English @ SUNY Geneseo | Ethan Keeley | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/ethanjk8/activity/ Activity feed for Ethan Keeley. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 be124de262bc362fb28e3ef793f174c2 Ethan Keeley commented on the post, Similar to Kallie and Katie/ Slam Poetry, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/12/04/similar-to-kallie-and-katie-slam-poetry/#comment-2791 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 23:16:26 -0500 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 […]

]]> ac9dfaa9d89827fc2abf4856bc9ffe53 Ethan Keeley commented on the post, All Poems are Love Poems (???), on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/12/05/all-poems-are-love-poems/#comment-2790 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 23:09:00 -0500 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 […]

]]> 0d3cbcf66a0b69afc3e2e8cbaf849adc Ethan Keeley wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=378 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 18:53:41 -0500 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 […]

]]> 443aa1e846bd9a5350244a973c91857d Ethan Keeley commented on the post, Poetry Prompts, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/11/20/poetry-prompts/#comment-2267 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 18:40:25 -0500 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 […]

]]> cdecfbfc6923b3be4738562a8af8a9bb 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 http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/11/17/t-trosey-the-man-the-legendhow-i-fell-in-love-with-poetry/#comment-2171 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 23:38:33 -0500 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 […]

]]> da7ea80b67751887939bcfcad2a324aa Ethan Keeley commented on the post, “Three Things I Know Nothing About…, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/10/30/3-things-i-know-nothing-about/#comment-1568 Fri, 31 Oct 2014 01:21:31 -0500 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 […]

]]> 0173fb2a993676048a97f44381688625 Ethan Keeley wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=292 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 16:06:27 -0500 Worth a read:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2013/06/20/why-is-modern-poetry-so-bad/

]]> 680402e7e855defc85d6b9059a1ebd56 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 http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/10/21/inspiration-in-unlikely-places-or-the-relative-merits-of-eavesdropping-in-the-library/#comment-1393 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 16:16:57 -0500 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 […]

]]> 6bb7a91320f1e9d1dd1cc546fb9e3dce Ethan Keeley wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=266 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 00:36:03 -0500 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, […]

]]> 5109cf4a6bf009280988d3ac69abe4a2 Ethan Keeley commented on the post, mewithoutYou, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/10/10/mewithoutyou/#comment-1349 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 00:23:33 -0500 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 […]

]]> 55d6763f1fc718d9a74c0ade2e3bef73 Ethan Keeley commented on the post, Punctuation as Noise (and White Space as Silence), on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/10/10/punctuation-as-noise-and-white-space-as-silence/#comment-1348 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 00:02:49 -0500 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 […]

]]> 76ef44f428cf5ed96328430f9a2a60db Ethan Keeley wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=242 Fri, 10 Oct 2014 00:41:51 -0500 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 […]

]]> fed5846fc141aef810a1fbb20de35b82 Ethan Keeley commented on the post, I'm Scared of Poetry! Help! , on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/10/06/im-scared-of-poetry-help/#comment-1073 Mon, 06 Oct 2014 23:38:34 -0500 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 […]

]]> 7229941c62c137bfd7a5e774d84ae99d Ethan Keeley commented on the post, Comment to Christina's "Bot or Not" Post, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/09/30/comment-to-christinas-bot-or-not-post/#comment-979 Fri, 03 Oct 2014 02:21:16 -0500 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 […]

]]> d7d18a1a35714d3a16c44fa96dedad97 Ethan Keeley commented on the post, Comment to Christina's "Bot or Not" Post, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/09/30/comment-to-christinas-bot-or-not-post/#comment-978 Fri, 03 Oct 2014 02:18:58 -0500 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 […]

]]> e724440a78497c866631f32673ea7442 Ethan Keeley wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=214 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 21:19:16 -0500 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 […]

]]> c604263b1350630fc053acbaa7d577ca Ethan Keeley commented on the post, Weaseling out of Assignments (with Poetry!), on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/09/30/weaseling-out-of-assignments-with-poetry/#comment-963 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 02:16:31 -0500 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 […]

]]> f772a3149c30b98da7b410b22822b2f2 Ethan Keeley commented on the post, Making Sense of Something Foreign , on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/09/28/making-sense-of-something-foreign/#comment-905 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 19:06:06 -0500 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 […]

]]> 2b6148a8831373be0f19dbb0e1509f86 Ethan Keeley wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=158 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 14:17:09 -0500 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 […]

]]> dda09c43ca1bf57f31ac6931dbdaa6fc Ethan Keeley commented on the post, Is There a Geneseo School of Poetry? , on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/09/23/is-there-a-geneseo-school-of-poetry/#comment-498 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:36:54 -0500 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 […]

]]> a2208fe5020687b73614185cd99bb06d Ethan Keeley commented on the post, Quotes, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/09/22/quotes/#comment-349 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 13:56:01 -0500 Props to you for providing me with a good Facebook status this morning with that Hugo quote. I had never seen it before!

It’s important to remind ourselves the value of our work in a world that often diminishes […]

]]> 9a71a8bb4fb31d4b743c6508a4b4e256 Ethan Keeley commented on the post, Childhood Poetry, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/09/21/childhood-poetry/#comment-296 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 03:15:03 -0500 I also have my share of angst-ridden poems, though I’m having a harder time uncovering those. I’ll be sure to post at least one of those if I manage to find one!

]]> 97f2efa9ae13b958ca7eb9b1cdb8c57f Ethan Keeley wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=128 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 15:35:58 -0500 From a young age I dabbled in various creative tasks. I drew, wrote songs in my head, and eventually started writing things down. I loved the effect of rhyme. Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein were the Greats of my […]

]]> 281c5b1bf05736604da3004f5b112aae Ethan Keeley commented on the post, Workshop Community, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/09/20/workshop-community/#comment-279 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 13:31:45 -0500 Amy,
I think having a tight-knit writing community is invaluable for all writers, and we’re blessed to have such a strong program at Geneseo. Though we’ve only just passed week four of this semester I already […]

]]> 5e5791406515b18ca17f1ef48a71e643 Ethan Keeley commented on the post, Physical & Poetic Spaces, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/09/10/physical-poetic-spaces/#comment-10 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 20:58:32 -0500 Erin,

Your post made me realize how movement and speed shapes our perceptions just as much as the perceived objects themselves. When in a car or bus I like to look out the window. The closer objects outside the […]

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