SuNaPoWriMoThr 2

**beanbag** · 05-08-2010, 02:09 AM

1. you should come to round rock. (yay, fb!)
2. is this autobiographical? i feel like i recognize almost all of this from conversations we've had.
3. i like it. it's melancholy and sad, but i like it. (maybe that's why i like it.)

**SupaNova** · 05-09-2010, 04:24 PM

1. I've been to Round Rock, actually. A few years back I took a trip with my dad and one of his friends out to RR one Easter weekend (I'm thinking it had to have been during 08). See, every year they set up a giant antique market of sorts in the area. I can't say I had a great time (there are very few types of antiques that I have a passable interest in), but it's certainly a nice place to visit. Would have been much better had there not been a sudden abnormally cold spell at the time. I take it you've visited there? (And yes, yay fof fb indeed!)

2. Sort of

The road trip aspect is obviously fiction, but yeah, we've talked about some of the personal details shape this piece before. There's some stuff going on behind the scenes of the Cincinatti poem you would probably recognize too (that one also includes the added bonus of being about an actual trip). But sadly, as far as I can tell, there is no town along the road between Indiana and Texas named after Uruk. Which is just too bad, because that would be really, really cool.

3. Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. My favorite part of reading feedback for stuff like this (and believe me, it's not any vain idea of ego stroking

) is seeing what other people's interpretations are. It enlightens and helps me consider what I've written from another perspective. That said, I agree with you. It is permeated by a sense of melancholy, definately. I might take it a step further though and say that it's also about growing, and sometimes growing pains hurt. They are usually worth the temporary sadness though.

**beanbag** · 05-09-2010, 10:44 PM

yeah, round rock's really not that exciting. it's got nice houses, though. (i stayed there with my manager when i was homeless.)

also, i went back and read from the beginning again, and i saw the comment about your heart not really being into writing the stuff yet. i can definitely see a clear line of development, when it seems like you did start getting into it. your writing solidifies and becomes a lot more focused.

all in all, it's good stuff. i'm not qualified to judge poetry, but i like it all the same. =)