English @ SUNY Geneseo | Carolina Fernandez | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/cdf6/activity/ Activity feed for Carolina Fernandez. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 0b54446fa521da5451be0d4491052bd3 Carolina Fernandez edited the blog post Reflection on my Creative Writing Major in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7669/ Fri, 02 Dec 2016 22:11:23 -0500 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]

]]> 0 fa8526bb0abd43a3726bae325167e3d2 Carolina Fernandez edited the blog post A Calling, (could be a response to Emily and Noah below) in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7662/ Fri, 02 Dec 2016 00:23:49 -0500 “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]

]]> 0 8145780b2d3a08e99e5732273ff713cf Carolina Fernandez wrote a new blog post Writing Exercise: Thread a colorful poem in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7608/ Fri, 11 Nov 2016 04:14:07 -0500 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 […]

]]> 0 951df1c1d223dce20e31f57f92ca1e33 Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, Social Exchange Theory, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2016/10/26/social-exchange-theory/#comment-8476 Mon, 31 Oct 2016 16:08:46 -0500 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 […]

]]> f63a76f16b9e45613fa8e3ef9893480b Carolina Fernandez wrote a new blog post What kind of poet are you? in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7499/ Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:59:40 -0500 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 […]

]]> 0 bab95a18d2597c8faf47bd1ebc23f438 Carolina Fernandez edited the blog post Tarfia Faizullah's "The Poem You've Been Waiting For" in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7388/ Mon, 10 Oct 2016 22:52:03 -0500 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]

]]> 0 61fa84a568b86c20de35470fcc9403f2 Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, The Writer vs. The Actress, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2016/09/27/the-writer-vs-the-actress/#comment-8341 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:17:30 -0500 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 […]

]]> 05a3584ddde441324fa77652e58775bb Carolina Fernandez edited the blog post Can poetry exist without language? in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7338/ Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:11:04 -0500 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]

]]> 0 b745cc5479d9bb3b1a0782e0ced83432 Carolina Fernandez edited the blog post Transcending and learning patience in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7281/ Thu, 22 Sep 2016 18:06:33 -0500 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]

]]> 0 1a23d8d715c6e64851a7691d23b7dcf2 Carolina Fernandez edited the blog post Learning About Yourself Through the Image in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7115/ Thu, 08 Sep 2016 17:51:07 -0500 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]

]]> 0 c635d836ff9dab5c652e41c458def553 Carolina Fernandez edited the blog post Pound's Essay in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/6821/ Tue, 30 Aug 2016 02:31:28 -0500 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]

]]> 0 4fab4679d70c2f4af87df72960a9e765 Carolina Fernandez changed their profile picture https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/5753/ Fri, 15 Jan 2016 00:42:44 -0500 0 989cff4dd041a7a3d6ffe24ddce16509 Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, Writing Exercise When You Need a Study Break!, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/12/12/writing-exercise-when-you-need-a-study-break/comment-page-1/#comment-7000 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 17:16:30 -0500 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
or are […]

]]> f418daccb4cefccc079ede7ef2d6c0c5 Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, A Scientific Writing Prompt, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/11/23/a-scientific-writing-prompt/#comment-6900 Mon, 07 Dec 2015 23:26:02 -0500 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 […]

]]> 4921955f7a64686ff5a0f59a7625d4bc Carolina Fernandez wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=801 Tue, 01 Dec 2015 17:10:23 -0500 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 […]

]]> fe5ad1377745fe145d3bbe2afe932392 Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, Seemingly ordinary things, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/11/08/752/#comment-6841 Tue, 01 Dec 2015 16:52:58 -0500 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 […]

]]> 52fc426bd3f33b225b7e159fdc9bcceb Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, Punctuation, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/11/18/punctuation/#comment-6829 Mon, 30 Nov 2015 23:24:08 -0500 That’s a really interesting way to look at commas in poetry Diego!

]]> e671bfc08bde09acdd9aad6cb9469b25 Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, Punctuation, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/11/18/punctuation/#comment-6745 Mon, 23 Nov 2015 21:51:08 -0500 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 […]

]]> dd91861bf16d5c5f40c827fd7619bb32 Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, Writing Prompt, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/11/16/writing-prompt/#comment-6722 Thu, 19 Nov 2015 17:05:22 -0500 “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 […]

]]> bd63fff17ec21904820841da0e0c2d6a Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, Post Poetry Class Blues, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/11/08/post-poetry-class-blues/#comment-6654 Fri, 13 Nov 2015 19:55:21 -0500 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 […]

]]> 95e7b56cae7ab688af409883ae9832fa Carolina Fernandez wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=752 Sun, 08 Nov 2015 05:20:47 -0500 Sometimes, whilst participating in casual conversation, a friend will unthinkingly utter some beautiful words. Sometimes I miss the words, too caught up in my own thoughts and my future input to appreciate the […]

]]> ebee61fed884f5b03dc3ce2c70f7a31d Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, An Idea for Your Next Poem(s)!, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/10/26/an-idea-for-your-next-poems/#comment-6597 Sun, 01 Nov 2015 22:19:39 -0500 Jay, I love that you mentioned this. I’ve had so many photographs be the source of my inspiration, I think even trying your hand at photography works as a source of inspiration. After all, capturing the way we see […]

]]> eadf34a58b99215be0fd85c759bbdd0a Carolina Fernandez wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=728 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 19:41:37 -0500 A friend of mine shared this video with me recently and it hit home for me. I am one of the people she is referring to when she speaks of those who are unable to act on creativity for fear that it won’t be […]

]]> 2d293fd0fecb7011e314c3c4c9987c9e Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, The Editing Itch and Other Ideas, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/10/19/the-editing-itch-and-other-ideas/#comment-6521 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 20:43:54 -0500 Chloe,
I feel you. I dislike revising my poems right away. Usually I’ll revise a poem twice before sending it workshop and after those two immediate revisions which produce a final draft, I hate revising again […]

]]> bd03a6c4a74eedf4b879ab292b599f6b Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, More Comfortable Writing Poetry than Prose???, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/10/15/more-comfortable-writing-poetry-than-prose/#comment-6487 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 17:34:57 -0500 Chloe,
It’s funny you posted about this because I have really been thinking about this a lot. In fact, most of my close friends keep saying they suck at poetry, they’d never write it, they don’t understand it, […]

]]> febbad610fb2ee402e9ab0a0238e201f Carolina Fernandez wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=705 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 16:23:00 -0500 I visited my parents over the weekend. They are the conservative kind of parents who have let me roam in hopes that I will see the light and return to their way of life. I doubt that’ll ever happen though. I feel […]

]]> 9e8cf96dc0e97de82deb5d5a787be2be Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, Are Definitions Necessary?, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/10/14/are-definitions-necessary/#comment-6450 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 16:04:00 -0500 Hmmm, I like this perspective Maya and I want to agree with you. But I struggle with wanting to claim that definitions aren’t necessary and wanting to communicate effectively to all my readers. I don’t doubt that […]

]]> 3b01c0633db54d3c5d6f7e1d3b803b79 Carolina Fernandez wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=677 Wed, 30 Sep 2015 19:22:37 -0500 I want to agree with Amiri Baraka, hug him and kiss him and say YES! That’s EXACTLY WHAT POETRY IS. And then I want to talk to him about how dumb people who think poetry should be anything else are. I want to say […]

]]> e03189c1f7aa54c5b453c439a2792579 Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, Notebooks and the Writing Process, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/09/30/notebooks-and-the-writing-process/#comment-6216 Wed, 30 Sep 2015 19:07:22 -0500 I need some structure in my life, seriously. I think if I actually dedicated myself to making my life more organized I’d be better at life generally. But to answer your question, I use to keep a normal […]

]]> 9b5f893b38025fa46e00b51cd5b4303e Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, On Culture and Diversity, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/09/17/on-culture-and-diversity/#comment-6185 Thu, 24 Sep 2015 18:32:17 -0500 Christy,
I agree with you on all of these commentaries. I don’t think that anyone should be reaping the benefits of an underrepresented culture if they are not from that culture. Taking a name which is […]

]]> 255295185938b84f9f23eeff9fb6e4f1 Carolina Fernandez wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=646 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 19:05:26 -0500 Confused? So am I. Actually, I think I have been living in a confused state since I turned twenty, with slight moments of enlightenment/clarification. Hopefully it’s a phase.

Poetry is an art. You see […]

]]> 0896853de1a3753ce044d79e711c8c3e Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, Where Does Your Poetry Come From?, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/09/13/where-does-your-poetry-come-from/#comment-6055 Sun, 13 Sep 2015 21:49:30 -0500 Hi Meghan!

There are moments when I feel as though I shouldn’t be a writer because I’ll have this sudden urge to write something great and then I’ll sit at my computer with a Word document popped open and […]

]]> 69871bf80848ec80af917e24a64f1f7b Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, A Response to Steve Scafidi's "To Whoever Set My Truck on Fire", on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/09/01/a-response-to-steve-scafidis-to-whoever-set-my-truck-on-fire/#comment-6026 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 23:48:56 -0500 Jason, I really like how you took the time to analyze the structure of this poem and how it contributes to the reader’s experience. Lack of punctuation is always a bold choice for poets and when a poet can pull it […]

]]> bb2d356663f6978d3fb912e32f129c37 Carolina Fernandez commented on the post, Found Poetry, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/09/07/found-poetry/#comment-6004 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 16:24:33 -0500 I would like to comment on the last paragraph of this post. As I read that last paragraph I was reminded of a couple of moments I’ve shared with certain peers on hazy weekend nights here at Geneseo. During these […]

]]> 3c00555ac7053a74f56ee2a2e370249a Carolina Fernandez wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=602 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 18:13:55 -0500 I didn’t have the book for this week, luckily there’s a website that has most of the poems from the book. Upon browsing this selection of poems I decided the 5 O’Clock Poem by Jennifer K. Sweeney is one of the […]

]]> 0b5edcd73b8114cbf0c78551c53d3158 Carolina Fernandez joined the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/5087/ Tue, 01 Sep 2015 17:50:50 -0500 0 c9108a84fd341924aa958e6eaad10a58 Carolina Fernandez wrote a new post on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction http://nonfiction.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=527 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 21:35:58 -0500 When I began my journey as a writer, I was in high school. During our presentations in senior AP Literature, I would present articles I wrote and tell everyone I was going to be a journalist. My teacher, a […]

]]> c23dfbacaad510e1de9803e5f4ec930e Carolina Fernandez wrote a new post on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction http://nonfiction.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=241 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 00:46:13 -0500 I have been reading Philip NourbeSe’s work for my Major Author class. While, she is a difficult author to tackle, I believe that her work is essential to shift narrow and confined perspectives on truth. Her work […]

]]> f49df30aff78289e3ef5c0a90e32a7da Carolina Fernandez joined the group Fact vs. Nonfiction https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/4282/ Thu, 19 Feb 2015 00:11:41 -0500 0 535bdfd37a8bdffabcd407f8e4344a4a Carolina Fernandez became a registered member https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/4280/ Thu, 19 Feb 2015 00:09:14 -0500 0