The Poet's Trade

"O if we but knew what we do / When we delve or hew"

2008-06-06T22:02:20Z

Here are three poems mourning fallen trees by three different English poets -- William Cowper (1731-1800), John Clare (1793-1864), and Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-89). To me, the rise in concern over the environment provides an example of how poe...

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'My Papa's Waltz' a poem of abuse?

2008-05-14T20:32:20Z

I was reading this analysis today of a student work that was exploring that well-known poem "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke. What surprised me is that the writer was using the piece to argue about child abuse. I never saw that interpretatio...

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suburban prophets

2008-05-21T06:06:38Z

i bought myself a book of poetry. "outlaw poetry". the outlaw bible of american poetry. i like poetry. i always have. but i've never done any reading of poetry on my own, aside from discovering random spoken word artists. when i find poetry i lik...

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The 10 Habits of Renee Marie

2008-04-27T06:10:58Z

1. Sushi is a rare and wonderful thing; I love it. 2. Once painted a Japanese-style portrait of Wen's cat, Zeeb (notreallyahabit tho). 3. Alice Notley is my favorite poet, however Ken Mikolowski is up there too.....

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Inverted Commas: Adrienne Rich

2008-04-01T02:26:45Z

"I am an instrument in the shape of a woman trying to translate pulsations into images for the relief of the body and the reconstruction of the mind." --from the poem "PLANETARIUM"

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Poemes and Phonemes by Kyle McDonald

2008-03-29T21:47:49Z

Phonologically driven generative poetry, explored as a response to the standard orthographically driven electronic poetry (and its precursors: Oulipo, Dada). A genetic algorithm operates on "Poemes" made up of lines. The goal for this instance ...

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Sanity (a poem)

2008-03-26T22:31:56Z

Sanity If sanity is contagious, and sane is what we are, God help us all!

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Verbal Penetrations: The main site is now open! Join Us!

2008-02-11T04:42:52Z

The main site for Verbal Penetrations is now open. An urban poetry lounge Please join and upload your videos, photos and poetry, each month we will feature a different poet and have contests. Verbal Penetration www.verbalpenetrations.ning.c...

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WET LINES

2008-03-26T17:49:41Z

WET LINES By: Yeslin "Unknown Silence" Escobar Lips drink from warm rivers .... Breath confesses the secrets of a mingling .... White, wet, lines drip off Her Earth and from the crack of Her 'Damn' .... Honey-milk of Her skin washing over the bu...

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LEAVE PAW PRINTS

2008-03-26T17:47:31Z

LEAVE PAW PRINTS By: Yeslln "Unknown Silence" Escobar Split me open .... Rip me to pieces with your lion hunger — swallow my scatteredness and give me re-membering through your roar .... Leave paw prints, so I can follow them into your feast cav...

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