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Lizzie Pellegrino wrote a new blog post Writing Exercise: Places & People in the group The Contemporary Poem: 7 years, 4 months ago
The book of poetry that I’ve been following has is an anthology of Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s poems on San Francisco. Many of his poems are based in a specific place, but focus on the people/ a specific person in tha […]
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Lizzie Pellegrino wrote a new blog post Response to “Poetry and Science” Pt. 2- The Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the group The Contemporary Poem: 7 years, 6 months ago
“Clearly a divide separates the disciplines of science and poetry. In many respects we cannot enter one another’s territory. The divide is as real as a rift separating tectonic plates or a border separating n […]
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Lizzie Pellegrino wrote a new blog post Response to “Poetry and Science”- Language Use as a Divider of Disciplines in the group The Contemporary Poem: 7 years, 6 months ago
I found an article the other day, while looking for a quote on crafting CNF, titled “Poetry and Science: a view from the divide.” Being the person that I am, I’ve been playing with and reading this article for a […]
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Lizzie Pellegrino wrote a new blog post The Art Assignment in the group The Contemporary Poem: 7 years, 6 months ago
Given that we talked about ekphrasis last week, I wanted to suggest this youtube channel, “The Art Assignment,” to everyone on this blog. “The Art Assignment” is a youtube channel founded by PBS and hosted by con […]
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Lizzie Pellegrino commented on the post, Where Do You Get Your Inspiration From?, on the site The Contemporary Poem 7 years, 6 months ago
Hi Pam!
Inspiration is a funny thing. On one hand, I feel like I find it everywhere. I find it in my geology professors, and how they word things in specific ways without acknowledging the beauty in their word […] -
Lizzie Pellegrino edited the blog post Verb Repository in the group The Contemporary Poem: 7 years, 7 months ago
This past week I’ve been thinking about two things, both related to words. The first is Pound’s defense of small words in poetry, and his argument that simple language can be effective language when handled correctly. The second thing was Richardson’s stance on using strong verbs, something I don’t think often enough about in my writing…[Read more]
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Lizzie Pellegrino wrote a new blog post “[20th centaury poetry] will be as much like granite as it can be.” in the group The Contemporary Poem: 7 years, 7 months ago
Pound talks about rocks, but I’m not sure if he would have liked geology. Geology is not an instantaneous science, and if he tried to describe a rock outcrop by only using “[his] intellectual and emotional com […]
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Lizzie Pellegrino wrote a new blog post Plot, enclosure, fishpond in the group Sojournal: 7 years, 9 months ago
Five minutes into writing for this prompt, and I’m thinking about fish tanks instead of place. So let’s talk about fish tanks. Wikipedia, the origin for most of my CNF inspiration, prefers to call fish tanks aqu […]
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Lizzie Pellegrino joined the group Sojournal 7 years, 9 months ago
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Lizzie Pellegrino wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 4 months ago
Near the beginning of the semester, we were asked what drew us to picking or liking a certain poem. I think what draws us to poetry says more about our poetry than the poem we picked. I’ve noticed over the s […]
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Lizzie Pellegrino wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 4 months ago
Inspired by Carrie’s line “cloudy snapshot,” I came up with a short little prompt that comes in two parts.
The First Part: Write a snapshot moment.
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Lizzie Pellegrino wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 6 months ago
I thought it would be interesting to look more into language and linguistics in this blog post, since the last poem I wrote played around with those sorts of things. (But mostly because I’m a geek for l […]
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Lizzie Pellegrino wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 6 months ago
When John Gallaher was here, I noticed that he was writing sentences (or line or observations, who knows?) in a notebook throughout the class. At the end of class, I asked him “Why do you use a small notebook?” He […]
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Lizzie Pellegrino commented on the post, What are we allowed to write?, on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 7 months ago
You have a really good point. When writing characters who are diverse, it would be writing a “white story” to not include any affects of racism. So maybe it would be fair to show a character (like Mark) […]
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Lizzie Pellegrino commented on the post, The Depth of Words, on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 7 months ago
I loved your reading of the first line Maya. Silence is one of those feelings that is all-consuming thing, and it can be comfortable or uncomfortable. A really has to have a command over language to describe […]
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Lizzie Pellegrino commented on the post, Where Does Your Poetry Come From?, on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 7 months ago
Hi Meghan!
I really enjoyed reading your post!I think that inspiration comes from pretty much everywhere, but I think it comes mainly from obsession. I’ve been interested in combining math and science in […]
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Lizzie Pellegrino wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 7 months ago
I’ve been really interested in the discussions we’ve been having lately about what we do and don’t have permission to write about. It’s a question that I’ve read about a fair amount on various websites and […]
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Lizzie Pellegrino wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 7 months ago
From the Fishouse is divided into ten different section which range from eulogies to poems that focus on wordplay. I was drawn in by the section titled “Spangling the Sea: Poems with Convincing Consonance and […]
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Lizzie Pellegrino joined the group The Contemporary Poem 8 years, 7 months ago
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Lizzie Pellegrino wrote a new post on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction 8 years, 11 months ago
Fiction and Creative Nonfiction are similar in a lot of ways. They both use literary devices to characterize characters, show a setting, and prompt the reader to think more deeply about the text. They both use […]
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