WCU Alphabet Stew

 

Mae

Mountains are an interesting sight as they rise from the simple ground and they grow gradually to get

Near the sky to fight for a place amongst the almost endless blue with many trees of green to watch

Over everything that is unable to make a journey to the summits as not all roads go on forever or are

Preserved for vehicles or those who like mountains have been worn down to the point they can only

Quietly listen to stories or watch videos from those who still have the strength to make the long climb.

Reaching the top of anything is never an easy task, but with every step taken upwards, things aren’t a

Super difficult feat that rarely provide a glance at a better life from afar until something odd happens,

Taking many by surprise at where the climb led to on the way to the top and these people won’t fully

Understand the fruits of their labors until the final step is made and a view of the world below full of

Valleys, trenches and other slopes that weren’t visible because everyone was so focused on the climb,

Wondering in silence what will be seen from such a great height and if it’s possible to go any higher.

Experience is a part of life and not all of them are overly happy or overall tragedies, in fact we end up

Yawning during the times of normalcy due to either a balance of light and dark or endless grey, easily

Zoning out much of whatever goes on in the world until something important occurs to see how we

Acknowledge sudden changes to ordinary moments and what we do with them to form our tomorrow.

Beginning a new life can be difficult as sometimes things happen faster than expected and I started a

College journey almost immediately after I came to the mountains, but meeting so many lovely people

Divided my fears as for once I felt like I belonged in this new world that took years to learn of a better

Environment to thrive in and helped me discover new aspects to fill in the missing puzzle pieces and

Form the foundation on which to grow and like a mountain, find a place in the sky to call your own.

Getting to know people is another part of life as being alone is a terrible feeling, so there as those who

Help those who are lost find their way and some of the best helpers in life are teachers who make the

Impossible journeys of those who haven’t started seem less daunting and to take the first nervous step

Just to see how it feels and that if we take a few more that we’ll end up in better places in so little time.

Keeping your friends close is never easy, but for those who don’t go far, remember that there a those

Lost and with a few kind words and a smile can chase away the gloom until more friends do the same.

 

Drew

Documents are a way for those who find it hard to speak to find a way to communicate in a somewhat

Clear way so that ideas can be shared amongst those who can easily talk, but don’t have much to say

Before they lose their limited ideas and confidence of forming further words in order to find a way to

Advance the conversation with more than moving air and muttered syllables without much effect and

Zero interest in seeing where things could go without having something to read off of for assistance.

Yearning for a little relief in the future, people write down their important thoughts in a way that fairly

Explains the inner workings of someone in a way that everyone can understand and suggests at some

Wisdom from those who haven’t found the confidence to speak up, however it’s not a crime wielding

Virtues about life that can be expressed in a civil manner that can maybe explain some of life’s various

Unknowns that needed a voice in order to unfold so further mysteries aren’t looked upon with doubt.

Trying to find the words for anything can be hard as how can people explain something unfamiliar as

Sudden interest in a random area required further explanation and earlier words fall to the background,

Residing beside other forgotten thoughts until a little help from someone who knows good wordplay

Quashes the anxiety of new writers so that a few words find their way to paper or screens and in time,

Pages are filled with experiences of someone who learned about something interesting with hopes that

Open minds are nearby to learn more about such a person who took a chance on a peculiar subject.

Not everyone can create an informative piece on their first go, but with some practice from someone

Mature in the ways of writing, random words can find suitable place for ideas to relay their messages

Linked with care so that words agree with each other and don’t sound like alphabet soup on a paper.

Keeping records of life is essential and there are people who help others improve their recording for

Journals of passing thoughts or complex reports for businesses so that slowly others can learn how to

Improve their lives with the power of words that are remembered not just for being fun, but for the

Helpful way a lengthy report can be broken up into smaller segments while keeping everything intact.

Greatness doesn’t happen overnight, so anything that can be learned to prepare for the future is the

Fortunate benefit of being a human being who wants to hear what their next teacher has to offer as

Educating the next generation can be tough, but as students grow it means that their teacher was great.

 

Heff

Home in the evening with the lights on low and the smell of fresh popcorn means it’s movie time and

Good times are to be had with both old favorites and new wonders as screens come to life with those

Famed in the odd art of pretend, yet not many know what really goes into making a film as scenes are

Evolving with every detail placed into the background and with new surprises that those at the helm

Decided would improve glum moments so that the audience doesn’t lose interest before things start.

Capturing a scene isn’t too easy because before we see the final product, lights, sounds and people are

Balanced to set the mood and create a good flow so that we aren’t lost with the jumble or images that

Assault the senses and it could take several viewings before viewers see the various subtle details with

Zero clues on what they mean, leaving many stumped on what was dumped in the mind and the eyes.

Yelling silently at the screen for whatever confusion occupied a few hours without commentary to try

Explaining what went on in one scene scrap that stole the focus from everything else that you’re left

Wondering how such a moment left the audience baffled and timidly praying it doesn’t happen again.

Video clips from old films are amazing as there have been so many that have been lost to time, obscure

Until someone finds an old tin with a slice of history awoken from its slumber, eager for its chance to

Take stage once again to see that such wonders haven’t been forgotten and what new fans have found

Solace in watching the past when it can be testing in the present watching out for any potential classics.

Reviews and awards can be a good way to determine whether or not see a film as before one begins a

Quest for wonder, one has to know if others have done the same with success or have shunned some

Peculiar films that may be a hit with fans but not critics or if the new franchise is just a brief, but odd

Obsession from fans with limited lives who need a group to belong to as they discuss whatever they

Noticed in the background or what was omitted if the film was an adaption of a book to see how what

Matched and may not have been as magnificent through a lens as opposed to the images that suddenly

Lit up areas of a reader’s mind to build a new world with from scratch and how it would be like to see

Kingdoms based on what once filled the pages of a book or frames of a film to escape from normalcy.

Joyous times can be found in watching films and everyone has their favorite that they want to share

Illuminating places to build a grand library made of wonder because let’s face it, our reality really bites.

 

Pam

Putting fantasy to paper takes a lot of skill because we can’t put every great image from out head to

Quell curious minds who may not have the time to create a place to see wild imaginations come alive

Rescuing those trapped in a thick layer of normalcy without many options for distracting from all the

Sorrow or half-hearted joy meant to occupy a land where spectacular things rarely happens as people

Try make sense of why they ended up in such normal places with fantasy frequently just out of reach.

Unlocking the source of dreams doesn’t happen often as in little time the wonder would be gone with

Vexed people doing almost anything to stay in dreams or hold onto them long to write them once we

Wake so that we can try to make sense of the random images that came to us during sleep, not easily

Experienced outside of a nagging nightmares that are proof of having too much darkness left ignored.

Yesterday’s dreams I’ve already forgotten as when the sun rises it’s time to return to reality make into

Zoos attempting to keep people in line, but what about those who can be enthused by random things

Across their day or when something from the past comes back and wants to relive times of happiness

Between negative emotions and to prevent such events being forgotten, it’s best to write them down.

Creating peculiar things doesn’t have to be impossible as the tiniest details from normal life can easily

Develop into ideas most people may not thing of as they attempt to navigate their days that are often

Eclipsed by too many mundane moments to notice what shape a cloud takes or on a warm day many

Flowers and plants can form a tapestry over the landscape and in little time, people think of what else

Goes to such a place for an epic battle against strange foes to spend tender times with the person who

Holds them closely from behind the veil of dreams while desiring to be in the same odd world forever.

Images of phenomenal places and people enter our mines when we sleep and never want to leave until

Jolted back to our rooms by either a strange noise or the alarm to begin our days with our few images

Kept on the edge of our minds that could be easily forgotten unless we right them down so that once

Life becomes a peaceful time, we can try to fill in the gaps so that our odd imaginations remain strong.

Millions upon millions of fragments of inspiration are all around us, but it takes the right touch for a

New story or poem to come to life from scattered thoughts, so no matter what always remember to

Open your mind to the unusual and you’ll be surprised at what you’ll find when it’s least expected.

 

Mary

Monkeys pounding away on typewriters can may produce good things, but I’d prefer a real person to

Learn about the flow of words any day as people are more diverse than animals, lacking the mind for

Kindling meant to stoke the fires of creativity and put words together so that they tell a story and not

Jumbled together with little concerns for who might want to read or listen to a potential classic, being 

Inspired by the clever wordplay, wanting to savor more delights or perhaps create a few of their own.

Honing a love and talent for classical works takes time and while some works have to fit a pattern for

Gaining attention, people can take things at a pace that suits them with the avoided stress, idea slowly

Find their way to the surface of a writer’s dark mind and then onto a medium to be shared with others.

Essays for many are just long points of view based on a topic assigned by teachers, however in those

Days long ago they were meant to be the structure of love as it took talent to describe qualities of one

Cared for in a time where many couldn’t spell their own name let alone spice up their language with a

Bouquet of fancy words to prove one’s admiration so that a new relationship can be properly pursued.

Across the years and schools people have discovered the delights of William Shakespeare to quell the

Zillions of random thoughts that race through people’s heads as they try to navigate their lives under

Yellow sunlight amongst blue skies and clouds that take strange shapes as they go from white to grey.

Explaining what goes on inside your head isn’t always easy as sometimes words could become poems,

Weird songs or rough sketches that not everyone will get, but that only means that a different audience

Vies for a common ground so people aren’t completely lost and the shared points of view help others

Understand how people could say mountains full of green were like a large lumpy carpet of how some

Thunderstorms have tears for the world below instead of just rain attended by bright lights and noise.

Some poems are short and others are long, but they all start with a few words that slowly turn into a

Rich collection of phrases that could tell a story or allow a secrets to see the light of day within a few

Quick lines and then going onto the next ideas, providing insight into the being who wielded the pen.

Prose is often the easiest to write in as not many have the practice for more rhythmic speech, but with

Open minds and ample practice, anyone can find a way to relate their weird feelings to others so that

Nothing can ever get us down as when words are on our side, our inner voice will never be silenced.

 

Laura

Learning is a natural part of life and there are those who provide the structure on hold to obtain new

Knowledge so that whatever path is placed before students isn’t so daunting that they flee or become

Jesters to provide a little humor for those who went the distance or serve as the reason to believe the

Institutions of higher learning work and there are ample good people waiting to see others rise to new

Heights and whenever old students look back at how far they’ve risen, it won’t be a scary experience.

Going to school is a good way to meet new people to share difficult pasts and provide strength for a

Future that can be easily reshaped with every day and any ideas that pops into one’s head, making life

Exciting with more events to inspire greatness, however whenever life seems not as amazing, recall in

Days long ago, the teachers that exist today were also nervous students at points during their life and

Compassionate souls provided care for those in the dark in order to continue the long path of support.

Belief is important for everyone because if students can’t believe in their teachers and return the favor,

Acrid environments are created in which asking a simple question is met with hostility or silence like

Zero care is being given or received, something not meant for shaping futures so that the long dormant

Yearning can be satisfied through ample interaction and feedback instead of walking away from a task

Expecting anything to sink in when it takes many dissections of the subject materials and little time to

Whip up a response that doesn’t purely sound like a cry for help, making everyone seem incompetent.

Venerate the teachers and students who have brought joy to your life and be thankful that they weren’t

Unkind to those who didn’t immediately excel or had alternate ways of thinking about the strange new

Topic of the week and how other ideas were under everyone’s noses the whole time, but the cold have

Sneezed too often to accept that teachers and students can come in one package to explore our world,

Rich with knowledge that much be shared with those we care about to oppose the gloom of ignorance.

Questions always linger in everyone’s mind and it’s up to us to look for and provide the answers often

Plaguing minds that have been either blocked or not fully sated with whatever information makes up

Ordinary life, but this proves we are mortal and have to know as much about existence and if we seek

New sources of knowledge like a seasoned teacher, we can grow with them in places primed for careful

Molding minds so that wherever the future takes us, we stand together at the edge of the unknown.

 

Ron

Rivers are an amazing feat of nature as they carve through the land, providing homes for nice fish like

Speckled trout that dance beneath the surface with the rocks battered about by the currents where the

Treasured fish hide from hooks and colorful lures which can remove the aquatic wonders not seen

Until the next generation has the strength to leave the safety of the shallows to find their own wonders.

Venues on the water can be very therapeutic for some with cool temperatures soothing the aches and

Woes brought on from other difficult locations often forcing us to go beyond our limits all in the odd

Excuse to be productive members of society who have forgotten what it’s like to breathe freely when

Yesterday wasn’t so bad, warning us that tomorrow anything could happen and peace remains distant.

Zen can be a good way to describe the feeling of jumping into the cold water or sitting on the rocks

Across from rapids because the change in sensations and sounds reminds there is more to life than a

Bleak routine of going to work, running errands, coming home and seeking sleep to repeat the strange

Cycle that many only know because they’re too afraid to try new things, but as rivers flow in peace the

Difficult decisions of life can unfold long enough to dispel tension so that big anxiety doesn’t have to

Envelop any visions for a better life once we can breathe and discover our long forgotten confidence.

Futures can be shaped by small things just as a trickle of water and etch through the land so a curious

Groove slowly deepens so that life can be brought to dry locations with bits of greenery following for

Healthy animals to thrive both in and above the water so long as the stream can continue to work its

Impossible magic in order to provide ample inspiration for those who are frequently lost on dry land.

Jump, albeit carefully, into a river and feel the embrace of Mother Nature, finding a place to enjoy the

Kinetic energy created from springs far away and going to places unknown through the bloodstream

Linking the lands under a fragile sky with many people looking up for a sign that some place is surely

Meant for them to call their own and if they unwind, it might be much closer than previously thought.

Never let go of the memories that made your smile the brightest as in dark times that can prevent the

Oblivion from spreading to places where standing without dread, standing firm against the persistent

Pit of despair in order to form a footing for the future to take root, however that depends on if your

Quest towards salvation continue to flow like a wild river meant to wash away grief and bring peace.

 

Beth

Beats, a way to measure the flow of music or a group of peculiar people from a period long ago who

Created new ideas and sound to fill or corrupt the young minds of America during a time where being

Different wasn’t completely accepted because if you weren’t like everyone else, you were seen as some

Enigma that few desired to decipher and see what the other side of life offered everyone took time to

Freely express themselves using a hidden talent and see where they could go if they let go of contempt.

Getting one’s inner thoughts out of one’s head isn’t always a crime because it’s not very healthy to be

Holding onto darkness without the correct medium to express sorrow or rage about reality filled with

Impossible obstacles taking over serene moments in which few people can find a moment’s peace to

Jump back from the chaos and escape into a world where while other incredible things take place in a

Kingdom of the mind, only you have the power to create new things that give you wondrous strength.

Life is a very strange concept in that anything can happen in an instant, however so much time is spent

Miserably waiting for grand miracles that we ignore what’s around us because we’ve learned to handle

Normal things instead finding a way to give a little light to our dim world in order to find the path to

Open our minds to the return of flowers, young animal not fleeing or seeing others are still smiling as

Proof that small miracles can have a big impact everywhere if we continue to look for them every day.

Quieting wild views doesn’t have to be hard, often with good music like that allowed me to become a

Radish poet who has found something interesting in song titles that when arranged provide messages

Soothing souls or venting the inner madness without the need for perilous chemicals to quickly create

Turmoil within the body and mind that could be the final straw in getting help for being very eccentric.

Unknown wonders still await me as choose news artist to unlock their hidden messages in and with a

Vibrant sunset preluding the realm of dreams before the dawn, I’m sure the inspiration won’t run dry

Without a fight and even if I don’t write a new poem every week, the memories of audiences past are

Experiences that allow me to feel the power of past works to relax my mind when the world is insane.

Years have passed since The Beats began their message and I know that there are others with the large

Zeal to express themselves, if they have the right support from fans, and in time they’ll stand together

Across this great land proud to be from a different mold that is responsible for creating great miracles.