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Paraphrase: “I talked long and hard in the universal language of nature.”

Connotations:

- Gibberish: ethnic landmarks in Oregon => language of land itself

- Isocolon: rhythm (“know, know, know”)

Attitude/Shift:

-Slight move towards more abstract

-Consistent wit

Tentatively, I uttered,

“Chemawa? Chinook?”

and the pines said

“Clackamas, Siskiyou.”

And before long, everything else

chimed in with their two cents’ worth

and we had a fluid and fluent

conversation going,

communicating, expressing,

echoing whatever we needed to

know, know, know . . .

Title Revisited: Urges everyone to try something new – break free from tradition (“boot” it far away)

Theme: There is a universal language among all things that transcends physical or mental divisions – opening up much more than any nuanced “human language” ever will. Nothing is strictly defined.

What was it like?

Well, just listen:

Ah, the exquisite seasonings

of syllables, the consummate consonants, the vigorous

vowels of varied vocabularies

clicking, ticking, humming,growling, throbbing, strumming—

coming from all parts of orifices, surfaces,

in creative combinations, orchestrations,

resonating in rhythm with the atmosphere!

Paraphrase: “The universal language is really cool.”

Connotations:

-Apostrophe: explains it more plainly/mixes it up

-Alliteration: sounds of universal language

-Asyndenton: rhythm + rhyme

-Parallel structure + exclamation: buildup of tension

Attitude/shift:

-swelling of emotion, climax

-shift towards more profound

Paraphrase: “After that experience, everything changed”

Connotations:

-microanalysis: reflects on whole

-italicized “we” – emphasis on belonging

Attitude:

-more didactic, more direct

Paraphrase: “The is much more to life than what we can put into words.”

Connotations:

- Rhyme = rhythm

- microanalysis: nothing is as it seems

- obsession with yellow?

Attitude/Shift:

-definite transition => moralizing: expansion of mind

I could have remained there

forever—as I did, a will.

And when I resumed my way,

my stay could no longer be

“ordinary”—

as they say,

as we say, in English.

For on the road of life,

in the code of life,

there’s much more to red than

“stop,”

there’s much more to green than

“go,”

and there’s much, much more to yellow than

“caution,”

for as the yellow

sun clearly enunciated to me this morning:

“Fusao. Inada.”

FINALLY DOOONNNNEEE! XP

Paraphrase: “I was so tired of English, I decided to seek a different, even more universal language.”

Connotations:

-LOL moments: “had had it with the habit”

-Metaphor: English = heroin (Alder Wright 1874)

-Cliché’s: “cold turkey,” “on the spot,” “burned out = restraint

Attitude:

-More emotional (pathos)

-TTTC => inner turmoil

Slight Shift: more aggressive/defensive

Until last night, that is.

Yes, I had had it

with the habit.

I was exhausted,

burned out,

by the habit.

And I decided to

kick the habit,

cold turkey,

right then and there

on the spot!

And, in so doing, I kicked

open the door of a cage

and stepped out from confinement

into the greater world.

TPCASTT

"Kicking the Habit"

Paraphrase: “But I’m no complaining – I luv English”

Connotations:

- Repetition of “Wong” + England = English: humor

- metaphor to drugs or drinking: addiction (qualifier both ways)

Attitude/Shift:

-Obvious tone shift towards restraint (loyalty, “foreign” perspective)

-Straight and simple

Title: “Kicking the Hobbit” or “Kicking the Rabbit”

-both involve rejecting something widely accepted as universal/ubiquitous

-involves breaking a pattern/mindset

Late last night, I decided to

stop using English.

I had been using it all day—

talking all day,

listening all day,

thinking all day,

reading all day,

remembering all day,

feeling all day,

and even driving all day,

in English—

when finally I decided to

stop.

Paraphrase: “I decided to stop using English one night because I had been using it everywhere.”

Connotations:

-Epistrophe (“all day”) – emphasis of the omnipresent nature of English

-Parallel construction – jazzy rhythm + balance

-Interruption – expansion of idea

-Period – finite ending

Attitude:

-weary and resigned

-matter-of-fact statements

Paraphrase: “I went to an isolated spot to listen to the language of nature itself – a language I was also a foreigner to.”

Connotations:

- metaphor: “main” highway to “dark country” road

- polysyndeton: “drives it forward,” connotes length

-ellipsis: sudden pause = greater effect of “stahp” (rhythm)

- personification: ubiquitous nature

- weird onomatopoeia: (1+3+3+3+3 = 13) jazzes it up!

- double meaning: “foreigner”

Attitude:

-flowery

-turning witty and light-hearted (slight shift)

Now don’t get me wrong:

There’s nothing “wrong”

with English,

and I’m not complaining

about the language

which is my native tongue.

I make my living with the lingo;

I was even in England once.

So you might say I’m actually

addicted to it;

yes, I’m an Angloholic,

and I can’t get along without the stuff:

It controls my life.

So I pulled off the main highway

onto a dark country road

and kept on going and going

until I emerged in another nation and . . .

stopped.

There, the insects

inspected my passport, the frogs

investigated my baggage, and the trees

pointed out lights in the sky,

saying,

“Shhhlllyyymmm”—

and I, of course, replied.

After all, I was a foreigner,

and had to comply . . .

Hi, my name is Alex Kohn. I will be weading "Eatin with Sticks"

The JAZZ CLUB

IMPROV TIME!!!!

Catie and Kenny

~Like a Baus

Lawson Fusao Inada

Poet, Writer, and Educator

mmm...

Born in 1938 (Age 2013-1938 = 75 years)

Born as a 3rd generation Japanese-American

Sent to internment camps with his family in 1942 when the U.S. entered WWII

Loved JAZZ music growing up and attended the University of Iowa Writers Workshop

-Met his wife Janet there

Eventually graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Oregon

POST-COLLEGE

Went on to teach Southern Oregon University for 5 years

Wrote the first volume of poetry by an Asian American published by a major publishing house-Before the War: Poems as They Happened

Also went on to complete two other collections:

-Legends from Camp-Drawing the Line

Became 5th poet laureate of Oregon

<= Drawing the line

JAZZ INFLUENCES

Very fond of Jazz music and his connection to the rhythm and repetition of the music is evident in his poetry

- Witty puns and phrases in his works = jazz riffs/improv

Recites and performs his poetry in front of jazz groups and soloists

Technician Mission

REEEEID BARKEL!!

Epistrophe - rhythm

• “Talking all day,/ listening all day,/ thinking all day,/ reading all day,/ remembering all day,/ feeling all day,/ and even driving all day”

Interrupted sentences

• Many lines end interrupted with dashes gives a more colloquial feel

Creates unbalanced rhythm = Jazzzzzy

Type of Verse:

•No rhyme (except for 1 couplet)

•Free Verse: No meter

•Unequal stanza lengths

•Short, colloquial sentences

•Enjambed Lines

Exclamatory - for stress (either simple or profound)

•“On the spot!”

•“Resonating in rhythm with the atmosphere!”

Alliteration – creates a balanced rhythm = traces of jazz

•“seasonings of syllables”

•“consummate consonants”

•“vigorious vowels of varied vocabularies”

Eatin' with Forks

Patterns and Devices

Onomatopoeia - emphasizes "universal language/nature concept"

•“Shhllyymmm”

•“Chemawa? Chinook?... Clackamas, Siskiyou”

Imperative sentences:

•“Stop... Go... Caution” – references tangible/relatable (stoplight)

By Justin Davies & Alex Corn

Form/Type/Rhythm

"Jazzy" Contemporary Poetry:

• Very colloquial in style

• Not defined traditionally

(ballad, sonnet, epic, etc.)

• Ethnically Focused

• A little scattered/hard to follow

Rhythm:

• irregular

"talking all day"

"listening all day"

"thinking all day"...etc.

I mean one can become ambitious

enough to pick up some sticks.

They won't run away, they do stick together.

Of course, without enough experience

you need to grab a stick helper and

maybe, exchange tips with the waiter.

Lets be honest,

feasting with forks

is the only natural way to eat.

Sure it may be simple as pie,

but it makes sense

to eat something simple

with something simple,

that way everything surrounding pie

will maintain its ease. Ease like cheese.

However this is a waste

of precious time, because

lets not forget that the art of eating

lies within the food itself.

Which is some food for thought,

why try to carefully embrace

your food when a quick schwiggidy stab

of the fork will do the trick?

No time or focus is lost on

the matter at hand

or at plate.

But don't eat too fast,

Don't use a stick..

FEAST WITH FORKS

<== LOL . WTH is that?

You don't want to burn your tongue,

get mad and blow off some steam.

Maybe some don't

Understand whats at stake

when eating steak.

All the cash your forking over,

A couple dollars and some cents,

some say its crazy but I think it makes cents

and no need to change the style.

But really, its all worth it to use

that glorious piece of

silverware, just come to a silver lining.

INTERMISSION

READ ALOUD!!!!!!

"Kicking the Habit" ~Lawson Fusao Inada

THE JAZZ CLUB PRESENTS:

CATIE RYAN

(a.k.a "Jazz Cat")

Reid Barkell

Justin Davies

Aryon Jafari

Alex Kohn

Catherine Waczek

Kenneth Xu

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