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Category: On Poetry

Quick Thought after Paul Valéry

This, when the goal is to ignore the practical for the incomprehensible.

Creative Impulse, Creative Writing, Paul Valéry, Paul Valery, Poetic License, Poetry, Poetry Blog, Poetry Revision, Valéry, Valery

Sage Advice from Maj

It teaches us to pay attention, to learn how to be alone with ourselves.

About Poetry, Poetry, Poetry Advice, Poetry Blog, Poetry Professor

Writing Free, Free Writing

Less building a perfectly sturdy house with all the bells and whistles and more finding shelter before a storm hits.

Creative Writing, Free Write, Free Write Poetry, Freestyle, Freewrite, Overhead Projector Poem-ing, Overhead Projector Writing, Poetry Blog, Writing Process

About Overhead Projector Poem-ing

We grow. We learn. We wipe it all away.

Erasure-like, Flow, Mystic Poetry, Overhead Projector Poem-ing, Poetry, Poetry Blog

A Poem Is

Like a soul that knows it cannot be comprehended by its body, the meaning of a poem is left to devices outside of language, outside of formal knowledge or rationality.

Pablo Neruda, Poem, Poem Definition, Poetic Language, Poetry

Poetry: TF?

The instant a poem is contained the poet dies, and we can’t let that happen.

Creative Writing, Lit Crit, On Poetry, Poetry

Distracted Writing

At one point I’m just focused on the other thing—Baduizm is blowing me away in these first songs—On and On is eternally (you realize) catching—but when I come back in these short interaction with writing, I see little things that can get lost in the big-picture.

Creative Writing, Erykah Badu, Poetry Process, Writing Process

Organix: Poetry that Breathes

Fascists out!

Concrete Poetry, Creative Writing, Language, Language Art, Poetry, Poetry Blog

Poetic Possibility

He changed and his poems changed with him.

Art, Constantine Cavafy, Creative Life, Creative Writing, Painting, Poetry

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Check out this video poem I put together 👍
I posted the entire poem Barry on my website—click the link in my profile. Barry is a narrative visual poem with a bit of collage feel—What do you think? #visualpoetry #visualpoem #vispo #collagepoem #experimentalpoetry #concretepoetry #narrativepoem
I posted a narrative visual poem on YouTube. Check the video of me reading out to see what I’ve been up to. There is also a link on my blog (in profile) #visualpoetry #vispo #narrativepoetry #overheadprojector #poetryvideo #experimentalpoetry #creativewriting #poetry #poem https://youtu.be/e2RJyRHlR8I
Check out a little piece of mine up at the amazing looking @thebangalorereview #fiction #flashfiction #rainbow #bangalorereview
Huh?
Ever feel like you lost the fun and need to find your way back? It can be tough to ignore observation and intention and outcomes, and just write for fun. Don’t you think? #amwriting #writingpoetry #mfa #neomfa #poetry #writingprocess #poetryprocess

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