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Writing Blog

by Sil

Rated: 13+ · Book · Writing · #1821477

My thoughts on writing and other random things as they come up.

This is a blog where I keep my thoughts and daily comments about writing and WDC.

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Satuawany

Mar 28, 2019 at 5:40pm
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I really like his paragraph at the end, talking about it, too!

Satuawany

Mar 28, 2019 at 5:33pm
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Just lovely! Kinda sideways, but it reminded me of my old Buick that I inherited when my grandfather passed away. No gloves, but little remnants of his pipe tobacco everywhere. Completely different sentiment, I know, but the poem still too me there while it was also bringing me along with the poet. I love it when reading poetry is like that!

eyestar~*

Mar 27, 2019 at 6:50am
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Wonderful poem. And I hear you about WORK and time. Whew! we are alomost there though!

Satuawany

Mar 24, 2019 at 4:10am
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I love the line, "where his growth scared him."

I'm also glad to be introduced to more female poets. I feel like I'm not familiar with enough of them.

Rhyssa

Mar 20, 2019 at 2:00pm
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I love her, too.

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Satuawany

Mar 17, 2019 at 9:49am
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I stumbled on the same line. For me, it's because it wasn't the same voice as what I'd perceived up to that point.

Gorgeous poem, though.

I am loving this activity for getting me to articulate why the poems that stick with me do stick with me, but I'm not experiencing any surprises in my personal preferences...yet.

Satuawany

Mar 15, 2019 at 11:46pm
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Oh, gorgeous! Thank you for introducing me to this poem! I'm marking it to read again and again later.

Satuawany

Mar 15, 2019 at 11:39pm
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I love where the first line breaks off, as well as, "playing music with words." I bet she was an inspiring teacher.

Elle - on hiatus

Mar 12, 2019 at 8:54pm
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Wow, what a unique poem. Thanks for sharing!

Satuawany

Mar 11, 2019 at 1:16am
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Oh, I love this poem. Thank you for introducing me to it, and for your personal perspective. I relate to your under- or over-reacting. And to the poet's depiction of the latter.

March 17, 2015 at 1:23pm

#844359

How to Read a Poem

I read somewhere recently that sometimes a book needs time. In other words, it needs to be the right time in your life for you to be receptive to it.

When I first started learning about poetry, I bought a bunch of poetry books. I skimmed through them, looking for secret 'get rich quick' techniques that would help me improve my work quickly.

Now, a full three years later, I find one of these books

on my shelf, and open it again, and realize that the time is now. (And I just need MORE time to read).

What I read before, I'm not sure I remember, and I need what is in here - desperately. And I get it now.

So - I am reading Can Poetry Matter, and How to Read a Poem

and The Pursuit of Poetry

.

Oh, and my assigned works, Allison Hedge Coke's Blood Run

, Streaming

, Dog Road Woman

, and Off Season City Pipe.

.

Hedge Coke is for my final project in my advanced poetry class - A poet affiliated with Oklahoma (She lives in Guthrie, a city about 30 miles away). She also fits with my overall reading mission for this year to read more diverse books. She's apparently a blond, with Indian background, and a very diverse life experiential base.

I need a week just to read!!! EEK!

Luckily, the weather here is good - so far. It's been easy to spend weekend afternoons on the porch swing, reading.

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I hope the sunshine finds you today!

Sil

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