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Carolina Fernandez edited the blog post Reflection on my Creative Writing Major in the group The Contemporary Poem: 7 years, 5 months ago
Have you seen any progress in your work compared to your freshman year?
I’ve definitely seen a lot of progress in my own work since freshman year. I think back then I was really invested in seeming cool and seeming like my work was at its best. So I would usually submit poems that I thought were really good and didn’t need any work. Of cou…[Read more]
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Carolina Fernandez edited the blog post A Calling, (could be a response to Emily and Noah below) in the group The Contemporary Poem: 7 years, 5 months ago
“I’m sometimes asked why I chose poetry, and not some other genre. This is a good question. Some poets feel that they do not choose poetry, it chooses them…Poetry, I would argue, is a calling. It is not a job, not a task, not even a career, though some have described it this way—it’s a calling.”
When I read this quote by Kurt Brown, in his essa…[Read more]
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Carolina Fernandez wrote a new blog post Writing Exercise: Thread a colorful poem in the group The Contemporary Poem: 7 years, 5 months ago
Write one line describing a a vivid image. It can be vivid in terms of sound, color, touch, or smell. If it helps, think of something absurd, or something you once saw or experienced that has stayed with you […]
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Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, Social Exchange Theory, on the site The Contemporary Poem 7 years, 6 months ago
Kallie,
For me, it’s really hard to share my poetry. Part of the reason for that is because I began writing as a way to get over things, and the page was the only place where I felt I wouldn’t be judged about […] -
Carolina Fernandez wrote a new blog post What kind of poet are you? in the group The Contemporary Poem: 7 years, 6 months ago
There is a question we must all ask ourselves as poets, even though it might not be a question that begins outright more than it is one that develops as we move through the genre. That is, what kind of poets do we […]
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Carolina Fernandez edited the blog post Tarfia Faizullah’s “The Poem You’ve Been Waiting For” in the group The Contemporary Poem: 7 years, 6 months ago
This past week I signed up for daily poems to be sent to my email on behalf of the poetry foundation. It pleases me to wake up with a poem every day because it helps me interact with the poem more closely—and my day begins on a pensive note. Today’s poem was called “The Poem You’ve Been Waiting For,” by Tarfia Faizullah. The poem is beautiful…[Read more]
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Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, The Writer vs. The Actress, on the site The Contemporary Poem 7 years, 7 months ago
Amanda,
I guess I can understand what your friend means and I think I agree with her. While I do rely on my analysis of the world and of people for my writing, my writing could not exist without me. My analysis […] -
Carolina Fernandez edited the blog post Can poetry exist without language? in the group The Contemporary Poem: 7 years, 7 months ago
Since we’ve been discussing poetry as it relates to the physical image, I’ve been considering the existence of poetry without language. After all, it seems that art in itself is poetry, as is photography. A new kind of book has emerged in contemporary literature, where we have, in a way, returned to childhood—a book accompanied by a few lines…[Read more]
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Carolina Fernandez edited the blog post Transcending and learning patience in the group The Contemporary Poem: 7 years, 7 months ago
I am now in a place where I am wondering how I could explore my identity through poetry while at the same time make sure that readers are able to determine the underlying message about the bigger issues happening in the world in regards to human expression and current events. This brings me to the question, how can I weave my exploration of self,…[Read more]
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Carolina Fernandez edited the blog post Learning About Yourself Through the Image in the group The Contemporary Poem: 7 years, 7 months ago
After class on Tuesday I began thinking about the comment one of our classmates made about my poem. Specifically the line “hands folded over bellyfolds.” She said that she interpreted it as a representation of self-consciousness, and that’s what I intended for it to be at the time I wrote the poem. It surprised me how such a direct image was inter…[Read more]
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Carolina Fernandez edited the blog post Pound’s Essay in the group The Contemporary Poem: 7 years, 8 months ago
Pounds essay was thought provoking. Since I’ve come to understand poetry as more than therapy, I agree with most of his points. I was excited when reading his thoughts about what an image presents: “liberation” and “sudden growth,” because it’s strange to think about either of those treasures as immediate, when so often it seems people search for…[Read more]
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Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, Writing Exercise When You Need a Study Break!, on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 4 months ago
humn 220
in letter from a Birmingham jail I find:leaking desperation
jug filled injustice
black white just is,
hear words written by
underestimated and jailed:
are you better or are we the same
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Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, A Scientific Writing Prompt, on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 4 months ago
Hi Meghan!
I read this last week and did not comment cause I didn’t know what to say. However, after hearing refer to eusociality in class I realized that maybe I should let you know that I learned a lot from […] -
Carolina Fernandez wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 5 months ago
I noticed a lot of people speaking about fictional poetry and how to create the characters within the poem by thinking about their history or likes/dislikes, etc. I was surprised that so many people in poetry used […]
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Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, Seemingly ordinary things, on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 5 months ago
Ah! You found the correlation 🙂 thank you and I’m glad that it has inspired you. Sometimes your friends really don’t mean anything deeper, but if a sentence is meaningless yet still appears beautiful or stands […]
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Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, Punctuation, on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 5 months ago
That’s a really interesting way to look at commas in poetry Diego!
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Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, Punctuation, on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 5 months ago
My favorite punctuation is the semi-colon, because it allows you to explore the same idea or image in two different ways. This becomes especially handy when we’re a huge fan of an abstract image and want to use it […]
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Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, Writing Prompt, on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 5 months ago
“mamihlapinatapai (Yaghan): a look shared by two people, each wishing that the other will offer something that they both desire but are unwilling to suggest or offer themselves.” whoaaaaa Maya! Thanks for sharing […]
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Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, Post Poetry Class Blues, on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 5 months ago
Hi Arianna,
I understand what you’re going through. I will be taking fiction and non-fiction next semester and I’m worried about losing touch with my poetry. However, I look forward to implementing my poetry into […] - Load More