I feel like this week’s poem has a bit of a slower pace to it, but it follows in the footsteps of the past few weeks’ poems, which have flittered quite closely around the topic of memories and, in a sense, the creation of a personal history, which is something I’ve written about semi-regularly, so it’s nice to be on familiar ground for a while. This week’s poem was inspired by ‘Way to Fall’ by Starsailor, and I hope you enjoy it!
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On Printers And Blue Paper
This week’s piece is a poem inspired by my English Literature teacher at college, Chris, who was rather upset when he discovered that someone left blue paper in the printer. This caused a relatively small stir in the classroom, since he had to print out worksheets twice, but, in the moment, he suggested that the poets we study would turn this moment into a poem. Taking the opportunity, I grabbed a notebook and jotted down a poem. Upon reading it, he was surprised and said that it accurately portrayed his feelings in the moment, so I thought I’d share it with you today!
History
Today, I’ve got a thoughtful flash fiction piece ready for you. It covers the way that history is taught within education and how that often separates the past from the present, as historical figures become names and dates instead of people. It’s an unreal sort of feeling that is difficult to describe and there’s no one person to lay the blame onto, as I am also unsure of how it could be fixed. In short, much of history as it was taught to me through primary and high school felt strangely distant, as if I was being told about a fictional novel rather than the truth, despite logically knowing that it was truth. In any case, I hope you enjoy this piece!
Oskar Leonard 