Write toward the voice in your head– that’s comforting, since Svoboda has recently torn apart some poems of mine. I’ve lamented it to a few of you, but the more I talk about it, the more it seems helpful. Are any of you fiction cross-overs/traitors? Because I’ve heard tell that she does the same thing [...]
Archive for February 28th, 2008
Yoda troubles; <3Chabon; one sentence v. short lines
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yoda svoboda (that rhymes, guys)
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what i mean by the title of this post is that svoboda is wise. seriously, let’s listen to what she told us in class when she visited:
poetry is a sculputural moment of time and place (it does not lend well to horizontal reading)
you should edit your poetry toward the voice in your head
“writing a series [...]
first attempts at being incantatory, like our recluse friend, emily
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Creating God
Susan Sontag says
photography is idolatry
copies are easier
on the eyes
on the knees
than reality
and of course
we want to worship
a god we can see
can manipulate
and of course
if He is not
exactly what we expected
there is always Photoshop.
Codependence
Mother, you told me
I had no family
Then forgot
Took me to Europe
Took 1200 pictures
Smiled through closed teeth
Through caustic word rust
Blamed me
For the [...]
