BLACK DEATH: A POETIC RESPONSE TO THE SHORT STORY, "SOUND OF THE HOLLYHOCKS" BY HUGH GARNER

H appens to go to a Pinehills Clinics,

O pens up to another different world for him to explore

L ashed from Sarah’s sudden and abrupt death and the arrival of parents to pick him up

L ooms all over him

Y ellow, pink and white

H ollyhocks start

O btaining

C ontrol from him and with stress

K ills himself that day

S ilence; his name was Rock, Rock Hudson


That day, the hollyhocks start fading in colours,

pale as white as snow

GUESS: WHO AM I?

Quick intro to self + invention; PROBLEM->NEED->SOLUTION

-Essentially, all products for the Industrial Revolution come from the simplest substances in the ground: coal, tin, iron, etc. Anything more advanced is built on getting these things. I know this, coming from a mining town.

-Born in 1664 in Dartmouth, Devon: a region of mines, which led to my training and career as an ironmonger

-Our region’s problem was: the mines would often flood when we dug too deep

-We needed to invent a powerful enough pump to combat that degree of flooding

-I invented the atmospheric steam engine: combats flooding in mines

 

Background: How did I come up with this invention?

-I’m just a commoner, but well skilled as an ironmonger

-My boss was Thomas Savery, an aristocrat who’d invented a pump called “The Miner’s Friend”, because it pumped water out of the mines. But it wasn’t that good. Why?

-His invention used high-pressure steam to force water up. Its parts could barely withstand the pressure and needed to be repaired often. Also, his invention could only pump water out from 30 feet deep.

-An ironmonger like me could fix these problems. I knew which kinds of materials to use to withstand the pressure better. After consulting with a scientist, Robert Hooke, I got the idea to add a mechanical pump so that there was no longer a 30-foot limit.

-How does my invention work? The boiler below the cylinder heats water in the cylinder. The steam goes up and works the beam, which operates the pump. Then the steam comes back down and gets condensed into water again. The cycles work at around 12 x per minute, lifting 10 gallons (54.6 litres) per stroke. (1 min = 120 gallons)

 

What can my invention be used for?

-It’s spread to all the mining districts of England, to remove water from mines

-That’s not all: it’s also used to drain wet lands, supply water to towns, and propel ships

 

Why fund me?

-My invention (1712) stayed pretty much the same for about 75 years, and spread throughout England and mainland Europe

-If you don’t have this invention, how can you mine any precious materials from the earth? How can you even mine coal? How can you get the most basic stuff for the Industrial Revolution?

-Even when my invention became outdated due to James Watt’s engine in the 1760s and 1770s, it still stayed in use until the 1800s—because my invention was cheaper and less complicated, so it provided options to different places that couldn’t afford the newest technology

 

Summary

-My invention is needed to get the most basic materials for the Industrial Revolution and other inventions out of the ground

-It can also be used for a wide variety of other tasks that require pumping

-Even if newer things are invented, it can still be useful as to provide people with simpler, cheaper options; not many inventions can last as long as mine with very little need for change

MY NEW VERSION OF TITANIC: I CALL IT "TITANIC 2"! CREATIVE TITLE

The ball starts at 6 o`clock in the night.  Hundreds of people are following along the song, as well as Jim Carry, a low class citizen who has been able to steal the outfit of a butler.  Unexpectedly, he bumps into the ship captain’s daughter, who is overwhelmingly beautiful. Without knowledge of the fact that Jim is poor, the capital’s daughter, Danielle Cromptson, willingly escorts him to the dance.

However, this was four days ago, back when the ship was still afloat with the passengers alive.  Now, people are all swept away from the violent waves and the ship is destroyed and debris is floating along the crests of the waves.  But, all was not lost; with the cap-sized ship, the surviving few have been able to scavenge what is left of food and water. Time was running out.  The supply would not support the eight remaining survivors; Danielle and Jim were two of them.  This was not the worst of their problems.   The air that had been keeping them alive slowly starts to diminish; actions were needed to be taken and fast.

 The remainders must find a way to survive through the ‘voyage’ at sea.  But, as days passed by, the problem only seemed to become worse.  Nobody was familiar with each other and on the 9^th day of December, one by one, the survivors began to disappear, and there seemed to be not an answer to who the murder is. Along the lines of lacking food and disappearance of survivors, everyone becomes aware of each other and start accusing one another for what had happened. Everyone does not feel safe at this part of time.  But once a mistaken is drawn, this will never repeat itself.  Never than once will it happen.