Playlists
"The officer looked at Daisy while she was speaking, in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at some time" (Fitzgerald 75).
Daisy & Gatsby in Louisville
rock, indie, blues rock, blues, alternative
R U Mine? - Arctic Monkeys
Everlasting Light - The Black Keys
Yellow - Coldplay
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
Sleepwalking - Modest Mouse
Strange Vine - Delta Spirit
Waste - Foster the People
My Favourite Faded Fantasy - Damien Rice
"Then came the war, old sport. It was a great relief, and I tried very hard to die, but I seemed to bear an enchanted life" (Fitzgerald 66).
Jay Gatsby in WWI
indie, indie rock, rock, alternative, folk
Wavin’ Bye To The Train Or The Bus - Arctic Monkeys
The Legionnaire’s Lament - The Decemberists
Hudson - Vampire Weekend
War Machine - Delta Spirit
Parachutes - Coldplay
Cold Water - Damien Rice
Yamaha - Delta Spirit
These Days - The Black Keys
Everything’s Not Lost - Coldplay
Poetry
1
She is pure white scalloped bordering,
the click of one inch heels,
blackberries bitter, crushed by claws grasping with too much pressure.
She is the bruised sky
heavy with unshed tears,
she is the veins of leaves that look like slender fingers outstretched.
She is the echo you hear
when you drop a coin down the deepest well,
she is the shadow cast
by thin parchment.
She has no blemishes,
only beauty marks or freckled skin,
there are no scars, only nonbelievers
and the tricks of lighting.
2
Like iridescent pearls
sitting on the dresser.
Like the dancing shoes
wasting away in a shoebox.
Life as a beautiful little fool,
imprisoned behind breezy windows.
Whispering gayly, like soft rain
beating on your door.
Let me in.