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Our Day at St Andrew’s Priory School for Girls
I’m excited and nervous because I don’t know how the girls will react. I’ll come back on Monday to write about it and hope that you (the girls and teachers) will join me on this page by doing the “ren” of renshi: contact, connect, collaborate.
Hi Ashley,Thank you for for question. Yes, I often think that what I have written is not good; in fact I know it, I just have to rewrite. Ha Jin a novelist says that he usually rewrites something 35 times before it's where he wants it. That seems daunting, but if I (you) really want to write, I guess we just have to work at it. So if I'm on rewrite # 10 and I still don't like it, I can think 25 more and it should get better. It's the working at it that's fun, too.
Hi Jian,
Your wish is my command. I just started a renshi that you students can continue. You have to be registered to post a poem. Whoever is first, starts, continues, etc.
I don't know what's going to happen, we shall see.
Hi my name is Britney and I really enjoyed the poetry you wrote. Thank you for sharing your poetry with us. You're an inspiration to me. I like creative writing because I can express how I'm feeling or write whatever is on my mind. I'm not exactly a poetry type writer but I'd like to know what kind of suggestions on how to pull in readers with the first sentence of any piece of writing?
Thank you for starting the renshi for us to work on. I'm so excited to see what everyone can come up with! It's like a little adventure we depart on together!
Hello, my name is Aly and i really enjoyed all of the poetry you wrote and shared with us. Thank you for taking time out of your busy scedule to come visit us at our school. Your poetry was very inspiring to me and made me open my eyes to the new ideas in poetry styles. I'm nt really the writing type of person, but do you have any advice for someone like me who wants to write?
Thank you for putting up a place where we can do renshi–I'm really excited! (Thank you too Jian, hah hah xP you awesome anime person). Thank you also for the good advice. I really hope to be a good writer like you someday!
Hi! I am very glad and happy that you created a space for us to start a renhsi
i really enjoyed you reading your poetry to tout high school class. Thanks you for putting aside time to read to us
Hello!
My name is Tessa. I really enjoyed the visit to our school. Yours and the other's work was amazing and very inspiring. Thank you for taking time out of your own to come and visit us.
Dr.Toyama, it really means a lot for all of us at the Priory that you and your co-writers took time out of your schedule to share your stories and poetry with us. I've always been interested in writing, and your visit really opened my eyes to other possibilities and forms of writing that I would never have thought of by myself. The only thing is, that whenever I write something, I need to have the perfect first sentence, or the story gets nowhere!!!! Do you have any advice to help me with that?
Hey Ms. Toyama, thankz for coming to our school the other day; we all really appreciate the time you took out to spend with us, and I think I speak for most of us when I say we all really had a good time and learned a lot. For English, some of my classmates and I will be writing some renshi poems. Do you have any tips for me and my peers?
Hello!
This is Lyn and I found your renshis to be very interesting I also noticed how each story was different from each other. I enjoyed listening to each of your story on how you got your inspiration. Thank you for coming to our school and enlightening us on what renshis are and how much fun they can be!
I just wanted to say that i enjoyed your visit to our school and I enjoyed the poetry that was read. I can't write to deadline because i work solely on impulse, but i want to know if you've ever had that experience. And is it a bad thing when you work renshi?
Thank you again,
Lanisa
Hi, my name is Emalani. I'm not much of a writer, but I try my best to be creative. You're poems were moving and interesting. While you were reading I was able to picture the words into actions. I felt like the poems were teaching me things about life, and they were very inspirational. Thank you for coming to the Priory, and hopefully you'll visit again.