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Francesca Barlowe wrote a new blog post i’m thinking out loud in this one (sorry) in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 4 months ago
Okay, I’ve done some extensive self-reflection, and I think the biggest problem I had with choosing a poem on Monday was that I was trying to veer away from a common “theme” or “technique” that I believe I’m known […]
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Francesca Barlowe commented on the post, Writing while doing things, on the site The Contemporary Poem 6 years, 4 months ago
I really like the idea of this! I think it can help you if you feel like your poems are “depressing”. Doing the constant process of note taking while you’re in the moment of something you enjoy is something I […]
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Francesca Barlowe wrote a new blog post someone had to ask the question in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 4 months ago
It took me closer to 2 hours to pick my poem to distribute today. I had a plethora of poems to choose from. I had poems that had long and short lines, and even one that took up a whole page, including all of the […]
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Francesca Barlowe wrote a new blog post paying homage in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 4 months ago
I’d like to talk about the purpose of an epigraph. I had to look up what an epigraph was before I wrote this because I didn’t want to make a fool of myself. I do know, however, that it came up in class the other […]
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Francesca Barlowe commented on the post, I think you all should know that I’ve been plundering your poems, on the site The Contemporary Poem 6 years, 4 months ago
I like this idea, and I don’t feel as if this is an attack on privacy at all. I actually LOL’ed in the middle of Starbucks when I read this. I also think that sometimes we have to borrow things from others, and if […]
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Francesca Barlowe commented on the post, line break (up), on the site The Contemporary Poem 6 years, 4 months ago
Just think of it like a photograph in black and white. Now think of this photo if it were to have been developed in negatives. What was illuminated when you switched the focal colors? What became black and what […]
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Francesca Barlowe commented on the post, On writing reviews, on the site The Contemporary Poem 6 years, 4 months ago
I think you have a good point! I think that it’s wise to recognize your position in the world, but I also think that that’s a way to add to the conversation. The books given to us were chosen because they were […]
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Francesca Barlowe edited the blog post i didn’t pass on the torch in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 5 months ago
I took what was said in my last workshop to heart, and I really tried to stop using all of my fire musings. Gone were the analogies of fire, including but not limited to: “crackling like teak wood in a blaze”, “engulfing infernos” and “bubbling blisters”. I even tried to stop using words that even equated to temperature, and instead used words…[Read more]
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Francesca Barlowe wrote a new blog post old world and new world; a history lesson in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 5 months ago
Over break, I made a point to grab some of the many books I’ve bought at Barnes and Noble over the years. I wanted to directly compare what we’ve been learning in class about “the line” with what had sparked my […]
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Francesca Barlowe commented on the post, (W)Right Side of the Page, on the site The Contemporary Poem 6 years, 5 months ago
I think it’s really interesting how you highlighted the power of a “right side” poem, and how it forces the reader to become immersed in it in a way. I think it highlights the decision that we all make when […]
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Francesca Barlowe wrote a new blog post twitter and texting linguistics in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 5 months ago
So, we all know that twitter is notorious for having a character limit of 140 characters, which isn’t much at all. But, with the talks of doubling the character limit, what does that do to the line?
The […]
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Francesca Barlowe commented on the post, calling all right brains !, on the site The Contemporary Poem 6 years, 6 months ago
Hey Grace! I wrote about something similar in my blog post with regards to songwriting. I always try to feel for the symmetry in a line, based on what the subject is and the feeling behind the poem I think you’re […]
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Francesca Barlowe commented on the post, Focus on Word Choice, on the site The Contemporary Poem 6 years, 6 months ago
Wow Meg, this is such an interesting idea! It may seem like you’re doing something mundane and rudimentary, but I think this is allowing you to step back and look at yourself. This also sounds like a teaching […]
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Francesca Barlowe wrote a new blog post poems and song writing in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 6 months ago
I found it really interesting that John O. Espinoza writes about a new way to piece poetry together with scissors and scotch tape. I think that using multiple methods to create poetry is useful in that it creates […]
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Francesca Barlowe changed their profile picture 6 years, 6 months ago
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Francesca Barlowe edited the blog post on abstraction in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 6 months ago
I hadn’t truly thought about the extent of how abstract poems can be before my workshop. To me, what happened in my poem was clear, but I was also the one experiencing it. Metaphorically, I tried taking my story and shattering it, only using a handful of shards to put it back together. In hindsight I don’t really know if that’s an effective way to…[Read more]
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Francesca Barlowe joined the group American Studies 6 years, 6 months ago
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Francesca Barlowe changed their profile picture 6 years, 6 months ago
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Francesca Barlowe joined the group The Contemporary Poem 6 years, 6 months ago
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Francesca Barlowe edited the blog post The Relevance of Lyric Journalism in the group Fact vs. Nonfiction: 7 years ago
The difference between lyric journalism and journalism is a component that allows for lyric journalism to be contemplative about the “bigger picture” and come to some kind of conclusion about the components of life. For example, it’s the difference between saying that the Romanticism Movement was “was an artistic, literary, musical and…[Read more]
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