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Emma Corwin commented on the post, Poetry I don’t understand, on the site The Contemporary Poem 5 years, 11 months ago
This same idea has been on my mind a lot lately. I’ve always loved how poetry can have multiple meanings to each person, and it fascinates me what people can find in poetry, whether or not the author intended it. […]
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Emma Corwin wrote a new blog post Definition: poetry in the group The Contemporary Poem: 5 years, 11 months ago
So I’ve been asking myself this question since my last post and thought I’d bring it up here. Reading through other posts put up this week, I saw that Henry actually mentioned the same thing I’ve been thinking in […]
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Emma Corwin wrote a new blog post A Review on Matthew Dickman’s “Wonderland” in the group The Contemporary Poem: 5 years, 12 months ago
Matthew Dickman’s Wonderland is an intense display of what a writer can see in our world and how they can deliver that insight to others. The poems in this book revolve around themes of childhood, race, and v […]
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Emma Corwin wrote a new blog post “I am a poet” in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years ago
I’m sure I’ve said this more than once before, but I’ll say it again: I love music. So much that I wonder why I’m not interested in being a musician. My oldest memories of music involve family movie nights and my […]
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Emma Corwin edited the blog post Ambiguity in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years ago
I’d been meaning to go hunting through my room for a past class book, and today I was excited to find that I still have it. It was a book I used in my first creative writing workshop back in 2013: In the Palm of Your Hand: The Poet’s Portable Workshop by Steve Kowit. In it, I rediscovered a poem I had liked. After reading the poem and Kowit…[Read more]
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Emma Corwin edited the blog post When Poetry Goes Silent in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 1 month ago
During this first month into the semester, I’ve been working to focus more on how sound is used in poetry. In the past, I had a habit of reading poems in my head. I might be able to “hear” the words in my mind, but I’ll notice more of the creativity in sound when I read it out loud.
But this morning, I was reminded of something else. I had…[Read more]
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Emma Corwin commented on the post, Lacking Confidence?, on the site The Contemporary Poem 6 years, 1 month ago
Bri,
I think it’s awesome you’re pushing yourself and wish you the best of luck with your submission! Your work is beautiful – I’m confident you’ll get somewhere with it.
I’ve also promised myself to work […]
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Emma Corwin commented on the post, The Dreaded Writers Block, on the site The Contemporary Poem 6 years, 1 month ago
Hi Brianna,
Your post reminded me of something I do to help myself in this situation and others. Probably more often than writer’s block, I struggle with motivation. (The combination of the two is even worse.) […] -
Emma Corwin wrote a new blog post “Horses to be Broken” in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 1 month ago
I’ve recently been thinking about the poem from Carey McHugh’s American Gramophone that my group observed in class this week. The poem was “Death (as a Woman) Comes for the Draughtsman” on page 54. I remember we […]
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Emma Corwin commented on the post, A reminder, on the site The Contemporary Poem 6 years, 1 month ago
Abby,
You are most definitely not the only one there. Reading your post was, in some ways, like reading my own thoughts over the last few years. I keep thinking that one day I’ll have it all figured out. I k […]
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Emma Corwin wrote a new blog post Why I Came Here in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 1 month ago
As I’ve been thinking about what I took from Monday night’s “whirlwind” workshop, I realized I sort of relearned the things I keep forgetting; the things that are important to me. I hadn’t been able to take any […]
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Emma Corwin commented on the post, Painting isn’t great poetry practice., on the site The Contemporary Poem 6 years, 1 month ago
Hi Nick,
I agree with Julia’s appreciation for this post. It reminded me of my own writing, and the habits I still struggle to shake off a bit. Visual descriptions are something I tend to lean heavily on. W […]
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Emma Corwin wrote a new blog post Through Sound in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 1 month ago
Over the last week, my thoughts have been lingering on a single idea that was brought up in class (though I can’t remember how or by whom): can a poem deliver meaning by sound alone? Can words be paired in a way […]
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Emma Corwin joined the group The Contemporary Poem 6 years, 1 month ago
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Emma Corwin edited the blog post Futuristic Story or “Dug Up” Journal? in the group American Studies: 6 years, 10 months ago
After our returning discussion about last week’s class exercise of walking around campus, I remembered my first reactions to it. Though I had considered possible spots for shelter (looking for both shelter from bad weather and from watching people), I mostly noticed how it made me generally feel. Because I was looking for shelter, I was looking u…[Read more]
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Emma Corwin edited the blog post Just a Bit of Appreciation in the group American Studies: 6 years, 11 months ago
I don’t have any ideas on how Dominion might relate to the housing crisis yet, but I’m finding this book to be interesting in other ways. It is certainly a slow read; long and heavy. However, I do enjoy the language. It’s wonderful overall, but every so often there’s a moment when I pause and reread a piece of the language I especially like. It…[Read more]
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Emma Corwin wrote a new blog post Cha-Cha’s Ghost and the “Big Room” in the group American Studies: 7 years ago
I thought Alpha’s questions for Monday’s (2/27) discussion were good things to explore. I especially had interest in the idea of Cha-Cha’s concern about the ghost “running him out of the room” because this was […]
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Emma Corwin became a registered member 7 years ago