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Ethan Keeley commented on the post, Similar to Kallie and Katie/ Slam Poetry, on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 4 months ago
I’ve never been a big fan of slam poetry–it’s always felt more like theater or musical performance to me, though I suppose poetry lends itself to those art forms as well. But if I want to see theater I’ll go see […]
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Ethan Keeley commented on the post, All Poems are Love Poems (???), on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 4 months ago
Interesting post, Savannah. I think about this often, because it seems like most of the poems I’ve read have to do with love of some kind, yet the ones I write never do–or do they? I tend to shy away from love in […]
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Ethan Keeley wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 4 months ago
I can’t think of the exact name of the game, but I recall in a few introductory creative writing classes/creative writing clubs doing this exercise where one person writes one line of a poem/story/etc. and then […]
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Ethan Keeley commented on the post, Poetry Prompts, on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 4 months ago
I agree with both you. I think prompts generally bother creative writers because they seem to stifle creativity rather than encourage it. But these exercises actually provided the spark to get going on a poem […]
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Ethan Keeley commented on the post, T. Trosey–The Man, The Legend/How I Fell in Love with Poetry, on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 5 months ago
Great post, Christina. I too had an AP English teacher Junior year who was vital to my appreciation of writing and reading: Mr. Currie. The class was all about composition, creating a valid argument and expressing […]
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Ethan Keeley commented on the post, “Three Things I Know Nothing About…, on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 5 months ago
Katie,
I’m with you on wanting to be Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford, really). I’m also with you on your #5: Cars in general. This was actually the first thing I wrote down in this category. I also wrote […]
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Ethan Keeley wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 5 months ago
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Ethan Keeley commented on the post, Inspiration in Unlikely Places, or The Relative Merits of Eavesdropping in the Library, on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 5 months ago
I think it is a common habit–no–an obligation of writers to eavesdrop. The only way to develop an “ear for dialogue” or an understanding of character is through close observation of real people. Dialogue and […]
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Ethan Keeley wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 6 months ago
This semester is already halfway over (doesn’t feel like it, does it?) and this is just a brief meditation on where we are right now. Personally I feel like I’ve learned so much from you guys–reading your poems, […]
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Ethan Keeley commented on the post, mewithoutYou, on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 6 months ago
Interesting meditation, Evan. I actually find that writing music is easier than writing poetry, possibly because I disagree that all the greatest music has been written. On the contrary, I think because of music’s […]
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Ethan Keeley commented on the post, Punctuation as Noise (and White Space as Silence), on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 6 months ago
I keep finding myself avoiding thinking about punctuation in my poems, even though I admire the things being done with punctuation in our class and in the texts we’ve been reading. I agree with your assessment of […]
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Ethan Keeley wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 6 months ago
The first half of this semester has taken its toll on me, and so, devoid of any idea for a decent blog post, I lazily googled “Poetry” and clicked on the News tab and clicked on the first thing that came up. It […]
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Ethan Keeley commented on the post, I’m Scared of Poetry! Help! , on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 6 months ago
Hey Jason,
I’m in the same boat as you, and I share your fears and frustrations. The lack of causation in many poems, coupled with esoteric language and knowledge makes reading and writing poetry a completely […]
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Ethan Keeley commented on the post, Comment to Christina’s “Bot or Not” Post, on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 6 months ago
Now I’m doubly freaked out because by copying the text below the comment box I ended up somehow accidentally striking through my “Is nothing sacred?” while also getting rid of the actual html coded part (because […]
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Ethan Keeley commented on the post, Comment to Christina’s “Bot or Not” Post, on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 6 months ago
There is something disturbing about this, perhaps in a similar way to how free verse was disturbing in the poetry scene when it first entered the fray. This kind of poetry is so aesthetically relevant to our […]
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Ethan Keeley wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 6 months ago
When we write and tell stories, we know to start at the beginning, develop the middle (conflict, character), then come to some conclusion, whether it be resolution or irresolution. Some stories might require a […]
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Ethan Keeley commented on the post, Weaseling out of Assignments (with Poetry!), on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 6 months ago
I think I’ve managed to develop a sort of “fluid division” in my writing brain. I’m able to write analytically or creatively depending on the assignment, though sometimes the two bleed into each other. For […]
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Ethan Keeley commented on the post, Making Sense of Something Foreign , on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 6 months ago
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Dura and your own experience with language studies. Some of this post reminds me of Amy’s poem that was filled with German words and lacking translation. In that workshop we […]
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Ethan Keeley wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 6 months ago
Whenever I’m able to shake off my procrastination and sit down to write a new poem my mind always reels to all the things in life I care about; things I have passion for and stick with me that I just need to spew […]
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Ethan Keeley commented on the post, Is There a Geneseo School of Poetry? , on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 6 months ago
Not too long ago I was an outsider to the Geneseo Poetry world, and now that I’m becoming a small part of it I can definitely say there is something of a Geneseo school of Poetry. I notice many poems beginning […]
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