Poetry: The Maybe Mood

[jhameia]

Title: The Maybe Mood
Genre: Found poem - a found poem being a non-poetic text that is transformed by use of enjambment and whatnot into a poem.
Theme: Tutorial.
Comments: This is actually a grammar tutorial written by my co-worker, on "Verb Mood". He describes the various types of moods that can be used in an essay. Most of this will be on the subjunctive, which is a type of writing that's seen a lot in older writing, and in Latin they talk about it a lot, but you rarely see it in standard essays today because it's a kind of mood which promotes "possibility" and thus, doesn't make for a strong essay.

The indicative mood
generally describes, or
      “indicates”
an action that takes place.   

The imperative mood is
      used to
issue a command.   

The subjunctive mood,
      finally,
generally indicates
      a possibility,
            doubt, 
                  or 
                  condition.   

The subjunctive mood
      is not
used too often,
      and not
readily recognizable in
      English, so
      it can cause problems for us,  

even when we’re not using it.    

Being aware of
      mood
is very important to  
academic writing.   

Most of the time, if someone –
      a professor,
            a teaching assistant, 
                  a friend –
tells you that your writing is
      not strong,
or that you don’t sound
      confident,  
      they are picking up
problems in your writing.   

Consider some of these examples. 

Comments

[nova-one.livejournal.com]

Did Michael write that?

[fantasyecho.livejournal.com]

Yeap. In paragraph form though. I just took it and transformed it.

[nova-one.livejournal.com]

Wow. You're both very talented!