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Duke Ellington’s Single Petal of a Rose
So I just love the idea of writing to the sounds of music, and I remembered that a couple years back I wrote something for class that was created while listening Duke Ellington’s “Single Petal of a Rose.” It’s not … Continue reading
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Tagged american poetry, Arts, Broadway theatre, Cotton Club, Duke Ellington, Harlem, Jazz, Literature, music, New York, poetry, Single Petal of a Rose, United States
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“My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close” Emily Dickinson
Hey Literary World! So first off, I just want to say how amazing the library is. Not only is it a place to escape from the world for a bit, and into the many wonderful landscapes of books, but I … Continue reading
“In A Station of the Metro” Ezra Pound
When I first read this poem in school, A few years ago, I didn’t understand. What makes this great writing, and what importance lies with in it’s few words? “The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a … Continue reading
“The Forms of Love” George Oppen
Ok, so I think this poem, “The Forms Of Love” by George Oppen is so oddly beautiful because, in part, of its simplicity. Oppen was part of a literary movement known as the Objectivists, who were influenced greatly by the … Continue reading
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Tagged american poetry, Art, Arts, Authors, beauty, Book, books, existence, Friendship, George Oppen, life, Literature, Love, Online Writing, Oppen, poetry, poetry review, Poker, The Forms of Love, Wallace Stevens
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“Like Some Rhino Hunters I Know”
Whoever is like me, and thinks that Ernest Hemingway was the baddest man around, and will forever be one of, if not the, great American novelist, watch this awesome video from Midnight In Paris!
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Tagged Arts, Authors, beauty, books, Ernest Hemingway, existence, life, Literature, Midnight in Paris, mortality, Paris, poetry, Rhinoceros, United States
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“You Fit Into Me” Margaret Atwood
OK, so this tiny, and amazing little poem is the one that helped me to realize how much power and emotion is hidden within the written language. And we are meant to uncover it! I first read this poem when … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative, american poetry, Art, Arts, Authors, books, Canadian, Fish hook, Indie Music, life, Literature, Love, Margaret Atwood, music, Online Writing, poetry, poetry review, Real Estate, Twitter, you fit into me
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“When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” Walt Whitman
When I heard the learn’d astronomer, When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me, When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them, When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured … Continue reading
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Tagged america, american poetry, Art, Arts, life, Literature, night, night sky, Online Writing, poems, poetry, sky, stars, United States, walt whitman, when i heard the learn'd astronomer, Whitman, writing
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“In That Other Fantasy Where We Live Forever” Wanda Coleman
I was a TA for a general education English glass in school, and this poem was assigned on one of the first days of class. It was so funny, because the students immediately decided that poetry was irrelevant, and that … Continue reading
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Tagged american poetry, Arizona, Art, Arts, Coleman, El Dorado, english, English poetry, Grand Canyon, life, litera, los angelas, mortality, Mount Wilson, poetry, poetry review, style, Thought, Wanda Coleman
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“Runway, Houses, City, Clouds” Tame Impala
Just listen, and think of home, when ever, and where ever it is…
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