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I just wrote the world's longest journal entry over on my prose account and now I feel like I've been away for so friggin' long I owe this account a completely different but similarly themed exposition here. OKAY since we last spoke (11th of August 2008) I have become a fresher at the University of Hertfordshire and done a whole lot of learning about English Literature and some writing for creative writing. They made me do film too but I hated it and it is dropped. I'm one of those snobby people who think films aren't as important as books. Not even serious films. No-one wants your avaunt garde crap put Star Wars back on.

You know what the best part of an English Literature with creative writing degree is? The other people that do it. Not in general, I hate people in general, but there are some that are nice and I'm living with next year and I really like workshopping with them. It made me miss deviant art so much actually, so here I am. God I bet no-one is reading this, it's like singing to myself.

The second module on my course next year is writing the poem. I'm weirdly excited and scared about it considering it's such a way away and feedback on recent stuff I've put up would be so nice, I know I don't deserve it.

<sub>Born Afar, a poem from a considerable while ago- I need help with the middle stanza.


Saint Paul, I would love feedback and opinions.


Blue Drive - my newest. I really need some advice on this.</sub>

I have two half finished poems in my notebook that I hope to put up in the next fortnight. One is called Family Friend and is about failing exams (do you remember I was supposed to go to Lancaster ha?) and the other is called Swine Flu and it's about a nightmare I had where a headless naked corpse turned up in my bed. You're looking forward to it aren't you. Sicko.

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Lately I've been trying to finish off all the loose ends that are floating around in my gallery/ in scraps/ in my notebook/ on random peices of paper somewhere in my house, but I keep getting distracted or busy working or something else I can't think of another excuse but it's always good to list things in groups of threes I hear.

So this right here is a list that I will in all probability never stick to, but isn't it fun to make them.

I have just finished a poem called Glorious. For a while now I've wanted to write something that matches up to Precipitation, and I've love some constructive feedback on this, see if we can't get it there.

One that's been in the works for far too long now and I'm determined to finish called, "Lovers Leap" based on the Jack and Jill nursery rhyme. If there isn't a link to this poem right here in a couple of weeks, yell at me to get it done.

Apparantly there is a greek myth surrounding bluebells and a friend of mine has challenged me to write a poem about it, if anyone knows of any beautiful artwork concerning this story, or just more information, to get me going, I'd love to hear it.

And yes, I know this journal is in exactly the same format as my prose account, but these are the lazy summer days.

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~roxy-leo has always been pretty fantastic at writing but lately has really come into her own. I recommend people read; Like Lions

*fallenidle is someone I found on here, and writes the nicest poetry I've read not in a book in ages, excellent form, read; Broken Cigarettes

~OurConspiracy-x and ~JessikaValentine recently went to Kesteven Asylum and took some amazing photographs, so go and look at those as well.


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Tensions are running high, neurotic girls (and boys) are waking up early to hover near their letterboxes and crazed sixth formers with bulging eyeballs are refreshing the UCAS page every five seconds, what time is it? University Applications time.

So I applied to study English Literature with creative writing at five different unis, which I think was a very brave step for me (you know in these classes you have to stand up and read out your work? The thought of it makes me want to be sick, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it...) and I've managed to ignore all the careers teachers and annoying people who say things like, "but what can you DO with creative writing?"

That's right, Frankie is reaching for the stars, following that rainbow, leaping into the unknown and about a gazillion other cliches all at once I had an offer from my first choice university today and I literally don't think I've been so happy since... I don't know, since page 502 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. You know which bit I mean

I think that if I am seriously majorly oh my god this is real life seriously doing this now, writing properly, taking a course in it then I need to really buckle down and get some things done. I haven't really written a poem since I went to the presentation evening in London (I didn't win the foyle young poets but being a finalist was fun and it was such a great evening!) but I have one in development that I'm either going to call "Jack and Jill" or "Lovers Leap" and I will try to upload it here as pronto as possible, so please tell me what you think when I do? Oh I love all you guys!

Frankie x x x


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Alright, in my last journal (which, I know, was stupidly long ago, march I think?) I mentioned that I wanted to submit five poems to the Foyle Young Poet of the year competition, that I didn't really expect to win anything as it's such a huge deal but seeing as this is the last year I can enter I thought I might as well make an effort.

Okay, building up ha.

This is the best thing that has ever happened in my life?

So I got a letter from the poetry society today and I'm a finalist. Oh my gosh my hands are still shaking. They've invited me to an awards ceremony in october in London and since it's the tenth anniversary of the competiton they have such great people going? Like Sophie Okonedo and William Sieghart and I think Simon Armitage might be there because he's one of the vice presidents? I don't know. And I'll get to meet all of the other finalists and just. Wow.

It's just incredible and the best thing ever because there are one hundred finalists out of ten thousand entries and I would have never imagined I'd be one of them.

Okay I'll shut up now. I wish I knew which poem it was that got selected? I submitted:
Missing, 77
Dirty Feet
Lost
Precipitation

I honestly don't know which one it could be? At the moment my favourite is Precipitation but I keep changing my mind. Lost
is the oldest and the middle section is a bit dreadful, I really hate the last verse to Dirty Feet and wish I hadn't included it now. I'm not sure. I think it might be Precipitation but I don't know. I don't want it to be Lost. Bad times, bad times.

You can find details about the Foyle Young Poet of the Year and the Poetry Society here, just if anyones interested at all

Oh I'm so happy.

Frankie x x x

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I used to be way more community spirit on deviant art but recently I've been crap and got a life like I promised I wouldnt so cue lots of making up for it and critiquing people like crazy in exchange for help with my foyle young poet attempts and lots and lots of pageviews. And I'm promising to get the club ~writeaway a bit more up to scratch so there you go, community spirit again.

Before I forget, on my prose account ~frankieofthehills I'm also needing a lot of critique/comments/constructive criticism/good old fashioned praise on a project I've recently begun so if you have time, yada yada yada.

Regarding Foyle Young Poet of the year (a competition run for 11-17 year olds by the poetry society, it's basically a UK thing but international people can enter too) I don't actually expect to get anything, as it's such a huge deal and the winners were on newsround last year ha, but seeing as it's the last year I can enter I would realy love to make an effort and I want to submit about five poems. But I have no idea which ones. Probably ones I haven't written yet due to the state of my gallery. Anyway, here are a couple I am considering submitting, I would love love LOVE some suggestions and opinions please:

Lost, an oldish one now, I wrote it last september and I'm really struggling with the first four lines (the repeat of the word "through" drives me mad) so if anyoe could help me there...And opinions on it too thankyou.

The Fool is totally experimental for me. Not really rhyming. I used to hate non rhyming poetry. But there you go it still has form and it says a lot I think...tell me if I'm deluding myself?

You can find details about the Foyle Young Poet of the Year and the Poetry Society here.

That is really all I have to say for now, apart from yay at the fact that loads more real life people are beginning to get deviant art accounts. If you have a spare moment you could take a peek at ~OurConspiracy-x, ~Rachsworld, ~roxy-leo, ~kellybaker, ~just-hannah, ~elle-italic, ~efira and ~The-Pariah-Tlaloc.

Bye bye children

Frankie x x x

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