Archive for the ‘Pick-a-Poem’ Category

Pick-a-Poem: e.e. cummings

Posted: April 28, 2011 in Pick-a-Poem

Recently, I had to put together my senior writing portfolio as a part of the process of graduation from Lewis University. This meant that I had to rummage through old papers, scroll through old files, and think about those early days in my college career. It was fairly surreal to look back at papers from [...]

Pick-a-Poem: “Manhattan”

Posted: March 24, 2011 in Pick-a-Poem

Those who know me will tell you that I have New York on the brain. I have a mix CD of songs that mention the city, my computer’s desktop background is the city, and I’m constantly seeking out books and other literature that has to deal with the city. Simply put, I feel drawn to [...]

A few days ago, one of my favorite bloggers — Noisiest Passenger — posted about newspaper blackout horoscopes. The idea here is simple, a horoscope is clipped from the newspaper and then a black marker is used to strategically block out sections of the text. In this post, Amanda – proprietor of Noisiest Passenger — linked to [...]

Pick-a-Poem: Saskia Hamilton

Posted: February 24, 2011 in Pick-a-Poem

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Pick-a-Poem: Michael Robbins

Posted: January 6, 2011 in Pick-a-Poem

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Pick-a-Poem: Unconventional Work

Posted: December 16, 2010 in Pick-a-Poem

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Pick-a-Poem: Politics in Verse

Posted: December 9, 2010 in Pick-a-Poem

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A quick note about commenting: If you click the little number in the talk-balloon button at the top right of this entry, you can comment very easily on what you see here. We’d love to see some comments begin to pour in as that will help us grow our community! For this week’s poetry analysis, [...]

Pick-a-Poem: Ryo Yamaguchi

Posted: November 25, 2010 in Pick-a-Poem

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Pick-a-Poem: Music as Poetry

Posted: November 18, 2010 in Pick-a-Poem

A quick note about commenting:  If you click the little number in the talk-balloon button at the top right of this entry, you can comment very easily on what you see here. We’d love to see some comments begin to pour in as that will help us grow our community! For the past few days, [...]