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Mary Auld wrote a new blog post Poetry on the Internet in the group The Contemporary Poem: 10 years, 4 months ago

I imagine that the Internet has really changed the way that poetry is read. The Poetry Foundation and The Academy of American Poets websites, along with countless other pages for accessing poetry, provide readers […]
Mary Auld wrote a new blog post Poetry on the Internet in the group The Contemporary Poem: 10 years, 4 months ago

I imagine that the Internet has really changed the way that poetry is read. The Poetry Foundation and The Academy of American Poets websites, along with countless other pages for accessing poetry, provide readers […]
Mary Auld wrote a new blog post Examining “Intrigue in the Trees,” by John Brehm in the group The Contemporary Poem: 10 years, 4 months ago

Cecily Parks’ collection stirred in me great interest in the way that poetry allows us to explore the relationship between humans and the earth. I read this poem in The Sun, a magazine of photographs, poems, and […]
Mary Auld wrote a new blog post Peace Poetry and Play in the group The Contemporary Poem: 10 years, 5 months ago

Last night I helped to judge the annual Genesee Valley Peace Poetry Contest. Children from elementary and middle schools in the area wrote poems on the topic of peace in their English classes, and Geneseo […]
Mary Auld wrote a new blog post Cecily Parks and Environmental Sociology in the group The Contemporary Poem: 10 years, 5 months ago

I would like to propose that Cecily Parks, author of O’Nights, is an environmental sociologist. Last semester I took an Environmental Sociology class in which we explored the history of the way that humans have t […]
Mary Auld wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 10 years, 6 months ago

Activity that immerse the mind is often identified as providing an opportunity for living in the moment. This sounds ideal—of course, the only piece of time that we can absolutely influence or tangibly e […]
Mary Auld wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 10 years, 6 months ago

I have been thinking about the question, “Why do we write?” I am taking creative writing senior seminar this semester, and preparing to graduate and remove myself from the bubble of academia that is college. Muc […]
Mary Auld wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 10 years, 7 months ago

The first poem that I knew intimately was “The Cremation of Sam McGee.” The poem was written by Robert Service, a banker who moved to the Yukon Territory in the early 1900’s, around the time of the gold rush in Ca […]
Mary Auld wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 10 years, 7 months ago

I was staying in a hostel in the middle of a long hike on the Appalachian Trail when I came across Wendell Berry’s “Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front”. It was clear and revolutionary. When I retur […]
Mary Auld wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 10 years, 7 months ago

When I write poems, form is not at the forefront of my process. The form of my poems is generated by intuition, almost as a side effect. My poetry feels deeply personal and isolated, giving me a sense of ownership […]

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