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sara munjack wrote a new blog post Form as “credible work” in the group The Contemporary Poem: 7 years, 10 months ago
It just so happens that focus on form in this course was applicable to me in another—Marxist Milton. In this course we looked at John Milton through the lens of Karl Marx and his idea of productive work. I ended u […]
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sara munjack wrote a new blog post what is poetry? in the group The Contemporary Poem: 8 years ago
To reiterate: “I hate this question”—me in class last week.
Because I’ve taken a class or two each semester that consists of studying and synthesizing poetry from a literary point of view this question has r […]
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sara munjack wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 1 month ago
Something that workshop does is help me to isolate what exactly turns me on or off in a poem. **HOWEVER, I often find a very annoying and peculiar phenomena occurring during class. It is difficult for me to […]
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sara munjack wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 1 month ago
Something I’ve recently started to get into is making zines. Zines are the perfect little multimedia projects I’ve been searching for. Short for “magazine”, they are tiny little DIY self-publications. They are […]
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sara munjack wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 2 months ago
Upon reading Szirtes, I was startled to realize that form doesn’t even cross my mind when I write a poem. I think I can mostly owe this to the fact that I rarely ever sit down and write a poem all at once. A p […]
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sara munjack joined the group Reader and Text 8 years, 6 months ago
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sara munjack wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 10 months ago
One of the techniques I use when I write poetry is finding random lines that I’ve written scattered in various notebooks, napkins, receipts, etc. and put them all in a hodge-podge on one page and then work with […]
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sara munjack wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 10 months ago
Hey guys I just wanted to share a little bit from my poetic statement and I was wondering if what you guys thought:
“Poetry exists outside the bounds of time. Prose’s linearity hinders it from existing as the […]
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sara munjack wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 10 months ago
For me, poetry has always beens very closely linked with music. I know it may be limiting myself, but I very rarely can write without listening to music simultaneously. This is true for practically all writing […]
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sara munjack commented on the post, Are we “poets” yet?, on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 10 months ago
Interesting thought—I’m not sure if I can really call myself a “poet” yet, either. I think about this in reference to calling myself a musician, as well. I’ve been playing guitar for some years and I’ve been […]
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sara munjack commented on the post, Stuck in Revision, on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 10 months ago
Revision always gets tricky for me because I have trouble parting ways with little things that I get too initially attached to, and then I get stuck trying to shift things around and truly make drastic changes. […]
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sara munjack commented on the post, Who are your favorite poets? From the past or the present, on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 11 months ago
Ok so I don’t know if I’m allowed to say Bob Dylan…but his lyrics are some of the most beautiful poems I have ever heard. Many of his songs have inspired me so much to write my own poetry. Particularly the song […]
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sara munjack commented on the post, Swearing in Poems?, on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 11 months ago
It’s interesting because I always end up editing out curses in my poetry. For me, curses are very heat-of-the-moment and when I’m writing poetry, it usually happens all at once, I’ll get a whole poem done in about […]
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sara munjack commented on the post, When will poetry die?, on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 11 months ago
woah Diego, this post was pretty far out there. However, I *highly* enjoyed reading it! It’s hard to imagine poetry dying. Well, it’s hard to imagine anything dying out really—nothing really seems so finite. I […]
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sara munjack commented on the post, King Kendrick, on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 11 months ago
Hey J!
I actually recently just got into Kendrick and I was talking to someone about his poetic vibe recently. The first song I ever heard of his was “Poe Man’s Dream” off of Section 8 and he tells a great […]
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sara munjack commented on the post, The Feminist in Me Says The Personal is Political, on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 11 months ago
After reading this post and it’s following comments, I started to think about artistic intent. How much do we let the artist’s intent affect our understanding and enjoyment of a piece (whether it be a poem, a […]
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sara munjack wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 11 months ago
Something I have always wanted to try is to write a poem with the poetic statement in mind. (I guess this means first I have to fully form the poetic statement that I have in mind.) I think that knowing where I’m […]
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sara munjack commented on the post, Someday My Prince Will Come And Rub Ointment On My Gills Because I’m Itchy, on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 11 months ago
Diego, I ADORE Bill Evans!!! I find jazz to be super stimulating when it comes to writing poetry.
Interestingly enough, I also find that electronic music is super motivating for me. (Which I know is odd […]
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sara munjack commented on the post, Piecing Together a Poem, on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 1 month ago
It’s funny because I have a really similar process for writing my poetry! Usually what will happen is me leafing through my notebook and stringing a bunch of lines together that seem that they may fit and maybe […]
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sara munjack wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 1 month ago
I’ve always struggled to take poetry too seriously. Poetry has always been something that I’ve derived great joy from reading and writing but also despised. The poet has always been a very enigmatic figure to me […]
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