Some Writing Tips I Hope you Find Useful (Because Isn’t Helping Others Learn from my Mistakes the Reward for Having Made Them?) Ms. Stokol, March 18 2010 As told to me by a Professor: The only way to know what good writing is is by reading; the only way to write well is to keep writing. An... »
Archive for March, 2010
Other Days
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Poem and music by Deborah Stokol, 2009. Performed by Deborah Stokol, 2010. Photo by Deborah Stokol, 2005. Other Days Some days I wake up, and I’m fine. I mind such business as is mine. Nothing can hurt me; I’m invincible— Untouchable— Infallible. But other days, I wake up missing you. (And you can be nothing but gone.) They say you live on in... »
In Western Lands
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Poem by J.R.R. Tolkein. Music by Deborah Stokol, 2001. Performed by Deborah Stokol, 2010. In Western Lands »
All the Smiles
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Futzing around at home one Saturday, March 2010. Music composed and performed by Deborah Stokol, 2010. All the Smiles »
Farewell my Love
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
A sea shanty I wrote in the style of the traditional 18th and 19th c. folk songs. Music and lyrics by Deborah Stokol, 2006. Performed by Deborah Stokol, 2007. Farewell my Love Farewell my love, my bonny lass Farewell to paradise To you will never be untrue, But I’ll and won’t look twice. Someday, perhaps I will return Someday, I’ll make... »
All the Way Home, Part II
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
A piece I composed for Harvard-Westlake’s 2000 performance of the play, All the Way Home. Music composed and played by Deborah Stokol, 2000. All the Way Home, Part II »
All the Way Home, Part I
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
A piece I composed for Harvard-Westlake’s 2000 performance of the play, All the Way Home. Music composed and played by Deborah Stokol, 2000. All the Way Home, Part I »
Oranges and Lemons (Say the Bells of St. Clemens)
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
My melody to the venerable English folk poem. Melody by Deborah Stokol, 1995. Performed by Deborah Stokol, 2007. Oranges and Lemons »
Awaken Not
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
A song I wrote in 8th grade to a poem encountered in John Steinbeck’s The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights. Poem by John Steinbeck. Music by Deborah Stokol, 1997. Performed by Deborah Stokol, 2007. Awaken Not »
What the Caterpillar is Not
Friday, March 12th, 2010
A roughly 300 word critique of this (“The Very Grouchy Daddy”) critique of The Hungry Caterpillar: On the whole, I think I’m grateful. I know I’m amused. But mostly, I’m pleased to encounter a piece that bitingly manages to balance the gently controversial with the insightful and fun. Daniel B. Smith’s “The Very Grouchy Daddy”’s indignant... »