poetryatgoshen.blogspot.com
Poetry at Goshen: What is Poetry?
http://poetryatgoshen.blogspot.com/2011/12/what-is-poetry.html
Monday, December 5, 2011. To end the semester, we're revisiting the question, "What is poetry? Based on their reading and writing this semester of 20th and 21st century poets- including a unit on the poetry of witness, the study of an individual volume of poetry by a poet of their choice, and the visits of several quest writers- students will write their own definitions. I can hardly wait to read them! December 6, 2011 at 4:42 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Poetry with the Liz. A Peace of Poetry.
poetryatgoshen.blogspot.com
Poetry at Goshen: Carta Marina by Ann Fisher-Wirth
http://poetryatgoshen.blogspot.com/2011/12/carta-marina-by-ann-fisher-worth.html
Tuesday, December 13, 2011. Carta Marina by Ann Fisher-Wirth. A world-class poem about desire. Lesley Wheeler calls Ann Fisher-Wirth's long poem, Carta Marina, published by Wings Press (San Antonio 2009). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Poetry with the Liz. Review Davines Wizards No. 10 Universal Polishing Coat 3.3oz. The poetry blog of Samwise Jones. A Peace of Poetry. Primo Levi's "Buna": A Reflection on Transformation. A Continuum of Consistent Renewal. New Addresses to Life From a Master Poet.
jordan-wiebe.blogspot.com
wordplay: Denise Levertov: A Life in Poetry
http://jordan-wiebe.blogspot.com/2011/12/denise-levertov-life-in-poetry.html
Sunday, December 4, 2011. Denise Levertov: A Life in Poetry. Door to door to working class families (qtd in "Denise Levertov 1923-1997"). This humanitarian involvement and awareness deeply influenced Levertov’s later work. Was published in 1946 – establishing her as one of the “New Romantic” poets. A year after her first volume of poetry was published, she married American writer Mitchell Goodman. They moved to the United States in 1948. With the United States' instigation and immersion in the Vietnam Wa...
jordan-wiebe.blogspot.com
wordplay: October 2011
http://jordan-wiebe.blogspot.com/2011_10_01_archive.html
Sunday, October 9, 2011. Death Fugue" translation analysis. Death Fugue," by Paul Celan, gives insight into the choice of words made by the translator. In the comparison of the translations by John Felstiner, and Christopher Middleton, the differences are even found in the titles. The lines that stuck with me from both translations has some striking differences, but through the inconsistencies I was able to get a feel for what Celan was likely trying to communicate in the original German. The translation...
prettypoets.blogspot.com
Perceptions of Poetry: December 2011
http://prettypoets.blogspot.com/2011_12_01_archive.html
Wednesday, December 7, 2011. Poetry. What is it really? Poetry is words; no it is so much more than that. Poetry is self-expression through depictions of situations and emotions by a writer. Yes, but what about the reader; what is poetry to the reader? Poetry is given value and meaning by the reader and the personal experiences and point of view brought to the poem by the reader. All of these things are true and fine but really what is poetry? According to Webster poetry is “. As she creates two smaller ...
bkswitzer.blogspot.com
A Peace of Poetry: "Curfew": Juxtaposition of Peace and War
http://bkswitzer.blogspot.com/2011/11/curfew-juxtaposition-of-peace-and-war.html
A Peace of Poetry. Monday, November 28, 2011. Curfew": Juxtaposition of Peace and War. Bats take to the air once the sun sleeps,. And snakes fill the ponds behind. Crumbled buildings. the mosques’ doors. Open for their initiates, inviting the night stars light. This day the police caught rays instead of men,. And children put clothes out to dry with. Their mothers, while warm wind. The air did not crack nor the the ground shake, calm. Sgt Gutierrez didn’t hold a dying man with. Throughout Here, Bullet.
bkswitzer.blogspot.com
A Peace of Poetry: December 2011
http://bkswitzer.blogspot.com/2011_12_01_archive.html
A Peace of Poetry. Thursday, December 8, 2011. Primo Levi's "Buna": A Reflection on Transformation. The American Poetry Review,. Levi lovestruck, and ambitious, but soon transformed by his exposure to Auschwitz(Balakian). The style that Primo Levi implemented to write ‘Buna’ was quite interesting. Levi also uses his characteristic style of address to develop an atmosphere of separation from the subject of the poem. Anidjar, Gil. "Reluctant memory." Tikkun. 24 Oct. 2011. Web 24 Oct. 2011. Http:/ www.b...
jordan-wiebe.blogspot.com
wordplay: Fellow Passengers - By Denise Levertov
http://jordan-wiebe.blogspot.com/2011/11/fellow-passengers-by-denise-levertov.html
Wednesday, November 30, 2011. Fellow Passengers - By Denise Levertov. A handsome fullgrown child, he seems,. In his well-chosen suit and wedding ring,. Hair not too long or too short, taking. A business trip, surely one of his first -. Listening entrhalled to the not-much-older. Bearded man in the window seat,. A returned mercenary, bragging of Africa:. Bronzed, blondish, imperial pirate. Halfaudible, thrillingly, under the jet's monotonous. The baby businessman, naif, laughs, excitement.
poetryatgoshen.blogspot.com
Poetry at Goshen: Poetry Slam? -- Rita Dove vs. Helen Vendler
http://poetryatgoshen.blogspot.com/2011/12/poetry-slam-rita-dove-vs-helen-vendler.html
Saturday, December 10, 2011. Rita Dove vs. Helen Vendler. The poetry world isn't always a peaceful place. Especially when a poet is given the job of creating an anthology and a famous critic disagrees with her choices. Recently Penguin books published an anthology of American poetry, edited by former poet laureate Rita Dove. Helen Vendler. Harvard professor and long-time poetry critic, wrote a scathing review published in The New York Review of Books. According to The Atlantic Wire. Poetry with the Liz.
bkswitzer.blogspot.com
A Peace of Poetry: Perspectives through Poetry
http://bkswitzer.blogspot.com/2011/11/perspectives-through-poetry.html
A Peace of Poetry. Monday, November 28, 2011. Into four separate sections. Each section emphasizes an aspect of war and humanity, which Turner’s poem “2000 lbs.” demonstrates. The book as a whole carries Brian Turner’s perspective and experience with the Iraq war. 8221; Then, at the end of the poem, Turner warns that “each age must learn.” Turner’s mentioning of Biblical locations brings to mind the morality which seems to be absent from Iraq. The first stanza introduces the man who detonates the explosi...
