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“Security,” a Poem by William Stafford
It’s been a while since we’ve revisited William Stafford. It is time. I love this poem, and I so wish I would have had a chance to workshop with William Stafford before he passed away. Photos here are by my dear friend David of David Alexander Photography Studios in Northern Ireland. Lovely memories of a…
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Poetry Out Loud: Something to Shout About
Are you familiar with the Poetry Out Loud program going on in US schools? Yesterday I said that decline for national interest in poetry started its turn around somewhere in the mid 2000’s. I have no statistics or proof other than my own observations, and what has been written and talked about by others in various…
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Poetry: Reflection and Relevance
I’ve been wondering exactly how to proceed here, because I know what I have to say will piss some people off. Ah well. The recent discussion on the blog is one I have wanted to have for some time and since I just happened to stumble upon Jlynn Sheridan‘s post about why her husband didn’t like,…
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What I Heard, and What She Said
Work and social schedule has had me a bit tied up this week, and too tired to think or write clearly. So we will continue the poetry discussion tomorrow since I have the day off, if that’s okay with you. I have so many things to do around the house that I will most certainly…
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Billy Collins on the Trouble with Poetry
We’ve been talking about what we don’t like about, or in poetry, and while I’ve been doing lots of great reading on the subject (Here is a little more on Moore’s Dislike), I don’t want to dwell here too long, but instead want to soon move on to what we love about it, what sets…
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Even Marianne Moore disliked it.
First of all, thank you for this great discussion on value and viability of poetry that has been going on among us. I hope it continues. I thought today we’d put the discussion into, well a poem. And since I have not yet, and might never write one on this particular topic, and Marianne Moore has already…
