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Arianna Miller wrote a new blog post Great Day at the Gazebo! in the group The Contemporary Poem: 9 years, 4 months ago

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Today David and I did our Great Day presentation at the Gazebo. We were supposed to do a “tour” of certain locations on campus, but the weather prevented us from doing this. Instead, we stayed s […]
Arianna Miller wrote a new blog post Page Poetry vs Slam Poetry in the group The Contemporary Poem: 9 years, 4 months ago

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So lately I feel like I have been straddling the line between page poetry and slam poetry. Oftentimes I find myself wanting to write page poetry but I end up writing slam instead. I am trying t […]
Arianna Miller wrote a new blog post “Honest Confessions on Letting Go.” in the group The Contemporary Poem: 9 years, 5 months ago

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I just realized I haven’t been on the blog in a while–oops! Seems like the end of the semester is creeping up on me!

These past two semesters have been crazy whirlwinds for me and I’ve found […]
Arianna Miller edited the blog post an old favorite of mine! in the group The Contemporary Poem: 9 years, 5 months ago

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I don’t know if any of you have heard of the national recitation contest “Poetry Out Loud,” but my high school participated in it and required all students to memorize a poem and recite it in front of the class. The students then voted on who they thought should go on from the classroom competition to the school-wide competition.…[Read more]
Arianna Miller wrote a new blog post In Relation to my “Show Me Your List” Post… in the group The Contemporary Poem: 9 years, 5 months ago

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I know we talked about this a little in class, but I’ll repeat myself so everyone knows what I’m blogging about. A couple of weeks ago our writing exercise was to write a piece after making a list of […]
Arianna Miller edited the blog post Show Me Your List!!! in the group The Contemporary Poem: 9 years, 6 months ago

Hi all,

If you haven’t read exercise 5 already here is the first task of the assignment:

“Begin by brainstorming a list of words you care about, including both words you use often and words you never use but would like to. You don’t need a long list, but you might need to write a long list to get to a shorter one, if that makes sense: you w…[Read more]
Arianna Miller wrote a new blog post “What to Do When a Politician Tries to Fall into Your Vagina Feet First” in the group The Contemporary Poem: 9 years, 6 months ago

Hi all,

This weeks exercise encourages us to write about something political. I just came across this slam performance by Theresa Davis. The piece is protesting the governments hand in women’s rights. I ha […]
Arianna Miller edited the blog post “milk and honey” in the group The Contemporary Poem: 9 years, 6 months ago

Hi all,

I found myself struggling when deciding what to post on the blog this week. I was looking through some of my books for inspiration, and I figured I would post some of my favorite pieces from Rupi Kaur’s “milk and honey.” Her book is currently one of the best-selling contemporary collections of poetry.

Regarding Kaur’s sources, I b…[Read more]
Arianna Miller edited the blog post “College-style” Workshop at the High School Level in the group The Contemporary Poem: 9 years, 6 months ago

Hi everyone!

Over the winter break I needed to complete a 20 practicum for my Adolescent Ed major. This meant I needed to observe/participate in/lead a high school English classroom for the required time. While I didn’t plan to spend more than 20 hours working with my favorite English teacher, I ended up completing 29 hours!

The e…[Read more]
Arianna Miller edited the blog post “Good Bones” by Maggie Smith in the group The Contemporary Poem: 9 years, 7 months ago

Hi all,

Last semester I took Fiction II with Rachel Hall. The class after Trump was elected, Hall gave us this poem which continues to resonate with me:

Good Bones

by Maggie Smith

Life is short, though I keep this from my children.
Life is short, and I’ve shortened mine
in a thousand delicious, ill-advised ways,
a thousand de…[Read more]

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