Archive for April, 2004

Exzeminoh

April 23, 2004
By LHP

“Ximeno” is a well-used north-south street here in Long Beach. Ximeno is a mile or so east of Redondo, which also runs north-south. Ximeno is properly pronounced “Hee-may-noh” (more or less), though saying that to a local results in a dead stare. Say “Exx-zem-in-noh”, however, and the locals will tell you that it was...
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See the Orange, Write the Orange

April 7, 2004
By LHP

It’s poetry month at the writing academy and I want the students to practice describing things accurately. From a suggestion in Robert Wallace’s Writing Poems, I’ve decided to use the first springtime oranges as objects to describe. We read a few haikus, first, to get an idea about how an accurate description of a...
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