English @ SUNY Geneseo | Julia Merante | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/juliamerante/activity/ Activity feed for Julia Merante. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 f3886b14545c88e616337f3bb8ce1b72 Julia Merante joined the group Unplugged https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13740/ Thu, 17 Oct 2019 14:40:23 -0500 0 6644546827999ba5b4fdab4e431bf032 Julia Merante wrote a new blog post What I Want For My Birthday in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11029/ Mon, 12 Nov 2018 04:56:23 -0500 For my birthday, every year, I usually get some great gifts from my friends (consisting of clothes, make-up, alcohol) — you know, the usual. We go to a nice dinner, take some photos and call it a day. But, with […]

]]> 0 3eb722b839a5d758d97bfed72240ecfa Julia Merante commented on the post, , on the site The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11027/ Mon, 12 Nov 2018 04:32:44 -0500 Natalie,

I love captions. Captions literally ARE poetry — and I love playing with words and making a goooood caption. My friends always come to me for advice, and for a funny caption. Not to toot my own horn […]

]]> 0 711b98c0295715c2f6a71d0de58fdb5e Julia Merante wrote a new blog post A Poet Who Inspires Me in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10989/ Fri, 02 Nov 2018 14:55:55 -0500 A poet who constantly inspires me (I think I’ve written about him before — probably. I write A LOT of blog posts, remember?). SO — this poet is Kaveh Akbar, and his collection of poems is Calling A Wolf A Wolf. […]

]]> 0 0982a5b8818d44d77c2775cd91fd62af Julia Merante commented on the post, Intersectionality in Poetry, on the site The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10988/ Fri, 02 Nov 2018 14:39:27 -0500 Bri,

I first heard the word ‘intersectionality’ in my Sociology 210 class. It was a question on my study guide — “what does the intersectionality of race and class mean for working class families” — or […]

]]> 0 f7960676e1cdb3833bc98c2970838412 Julia Merante commented on the post, Body as Political, on the site The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10959/ Sat, 27 Oct 2018 21:58:37 -0500 Mya,

I feel the same way regarding political poems. As I stated in class, I feel as though I don’t have the agency to write them. I don’t feel informed or ‘qualified’ to write a politically charged poem. This […]

]]> 0 9471ffc1fa8ed6908c9883ce504d0cbf Julia Merante wrote a new blog post About The Book I Stole... in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10958/ Sat, 27 Oct 2018 21:40:31 -0500 So about that book… that I uh… ‘borrowed’.

Just kidding, it will be put back safe and sound next week (most likely).

You see here, Maria Lima is my adviser — and never have I ever had a meeting on time […]

]]> 0 5bd0f03447fe63346f90f61c2d43f9b6 Julia Merante commented on the post, ~through~ on a bicycle, on the site The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10924/ Sun, 21 Oct 2018 17:17:39 -0500 Natalie,

1) Your drawing was INCREDIBLE, thank you for bringing another one of your many talents to Wednesday nights.
2) This reading of Through is very sophisticated. I know you talked about this concept in […]

]]> 0 f31d992734a5185c83fff9ced3e4d543 Julia Merante wrote a new blog post Embarking On A New Journey... (Genre) in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10923/ Sun, 21 Oct 2018 17:14:56 -0500 Next semester, I have decided to branch out. Well not really, my main motivation behind that decision is because I almost, basically have to. With the rule that you cannot take three of the same genre workshops in […]

]]> 0 b316a35720ef37c97b36b684bb221397 Julia Merante commented on the post, "Through" and Borderlands, on the site The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10872/ Sun, 14 Oct 2018 17:50:38 -0500 Connor,

I think this is a very interesting comparison of books. I too can relate Through by Herd to Calling A Wolf A Wolf by Kaveh Akbar — one of my new favorite books and poets. Both have to do with an […]

]]> 0 55d3fa770e8e7990e9e5da9c6d792422 Julia Merante wrote a new blog post Watch // Time // Through in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10871/ Sun, 14 Oct 2018 17:45:19 -0500 Time is movement. It is a passage of space and momentum and feeling and importance. Chronologically speaking, this is most vital conversion in human existence (in my opinion), because we can learn SO MUCH from […]

]]> 0 c8e49dab32832225fec8105331ae2059 Julia Merante wrote a new blog post I Am Trying To Become Smarter... Weird, I Know. in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10839/ Thu, 04 Oct 2018 23:03:51 -0500 Ok SO —

I watch a lot of Criminal Minds, let’s start there. Whether listening to Reid spit out amazing, random facts that he learned from a book he read once years ago, or listening to Blake know the root of […]

]]> 0 9d3b2e44517b942f0d87caff71907686 Julia Merante commented on the post, txt talk, on the site The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10838/ Thu, 04 Oct 2018 22:48:33 -0500 Natalie,

I love your flip phone. This summer I had a very similar revelation… after getting in a dumb texting fight with one of my friends I was literally ready to throw my phone out the window. I HATE […]

]]> 0 275cdb9776567a31459df95b6d0f3df7 Julia Merante commented on the post, What are My Organic Thoughts?, on the site The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10795/ Thu, 27 Sep 2018 19:47:04 -0500 Mya,

Where I can really feel your poems being unique to you is specifically within “Winter Girl”. I think this poem has some common, worldly themes incorporated into it, yet there were some distinct, and […]

]]> 0 c6c4fe6c288bb7740cb652bfb44e8108 Julia Merante wrote a new blog post Why I Write 11 Blogs A Week in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10794/ Thu, 27 Sep 2018 19:43:24 -0500 I get paid to write. Thank God.

When trying to find a flexible, noble, cool, and paying job on campus — my pickings were slim. Last semester, I came into contact with a GREAT opportunity. It was to be an […]

]]> 0 074cbc7eb99641d5b99e0856d710ad42 Julia Merante wrote a new blog post Like Carbon in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10736/ Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:49:42 -0500 Carbon is in anything living; it is organic. The pure forms of carbon are either graphite, or diamond. One dark, grainy, breakable; the other being strong, clear, and untouchable.

Our discussion on the organic […]

]]> 0 77007da80c8e92d2b4d1817ae081f90d Julia Merante commented on the post, The naive poet and erotic poetry, on the site The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10735/ Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:38:41 -0500 Daniel,

This is so interesting for me to read. I know you and I haven’t been in a workshop together, so you are not familiar with my writing. As Bre mentioned yesterday in class while looking at my “Closeted” […]

]]> 0 eb704308665ae2579ff72b45fe9c64b3 Julia Merante commented on the post, for the stuck, on the site The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10638/ Thu, 13 Sep 2018 13:26:35 -0500 Natalie,

I LOVE this. Used bookstores are my kryptonite. This makes me so happy that you ‘stocked’ up on books. Every time I go on vacation I ‘accidentally’ wander into a bookstore of sorts on a boardwalk or […]

]]> 0 207728dcd9b12dfab45f7b5d0dcecb9f Julia Merante wrote a new blog post Week 3: Being a TA for Intro to Creative Writing in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10637/ Thu, 13 Sep 2018 13:23:28 -0500 This is the third week of school, and for me it is my third week of being a Teaching Assistant for Caroline in English 201. It is going well… I think.

On the first day, we went through the syllabus–and that […]

]]> 0 cfc9ed3063bf634c6bf6e6cf038bbac4 Julia Merante commented on the post, On Finding a Distinct Writing Style, on the site The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10558/ Fri, 07 Sep 2018 19:07:23 -0500 Danielle,

It was amazing reading that packet of beautiful poetry. I could identify Abby and Natalie’s poem with ease. Their styles are gorgeous and incredibly unique. After reading a semester’s worth of your […]

]]> 0 cd8a6b7de39b7c88f9bd80b251f669ae Julia Merante wrote a new blog post My New Favorite Author in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10557/ Fri, 07 Sep 2018 19:02:52 -0500 I encountered my new favorite author (regarding poetry, that is) this past summer. His name is Kaveh Akbar, and he is PHENOMENAL. His book, “Calling A Wolf A Wolf” is one I read time and time again these past few […]

]]> 0 9570ae8d47fdb2101520be22a10c6178 Julia Merante commented on the post, Thoughts on Prose Poems, on the site The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10463/ Mon, 03 Sep 2018 15:22:00 -0500 Connor,

I love prose poetry. And I agree, it is a great way to transition from CNF to poetry. I often find myself mostly writing prose, because I have trouble keeping things short and simple as you might […]

]]> 0 7c4bf65a63f2d946852871346012695b Julia Merante wrote a new blog post taking steps toward my writing career. finally. in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10462/ Mon, 03 Sep 2018 15:07:57 -0500 For those of you who know, I recently changed paths in my life, and future life–very drastically, I might add. I have been on the pre-med track my entire childhood, to my teens. Recently, this has changed as I […]

]]> 0 e079d35c647e1407cd28f36a6af24133 Julia Merante commented on the post, Workshop Experience, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2018/04/18/workshop-experience/#comment-11781 Wed, 18 Apr 2018 20:55:36 -0500 Bri,

I, too, have never experienced something like this workshop… it really is different, but you’re right! Whether it’s our own piece being workshop, or revising someone else’s piece, it all ultimately makes […]

]]> 2b1a938a41f565cc9be1c270b5158f8f Julia Merante wrote a new blog post Julia's Favorite Things... in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10015/ Wed, 18 Apr 2018 20:44:13 -0500 I write about a lot of the same things because its all I know:Addiction, Alcoholism, Heartbreak, English, and Law. That’s all I got. Sorry. For this last blog post, I wanted to write about the books I suggest for […]

]]> 0 760046d869e8587e4aec0ef87a4c7df6 Julia Merante wrote a new blog post Putting My Skills To The Test//Writing and Confrontation in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9965/ Wed, 11 Apr 2018 01:57:45 -0500 I recently (and by recently, I mean about twenty minutes ago), had an encounter where my writing became a literal necessity. I am very energetic and READY to write right now, since the topic is fresh and the cut […]

]]> 0 d27de089c74c4f26c0eae515c4e2ba44 Julia Merante commented on the post, setting & creative output, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2018/04/05/setting-creative-output/#comment-11702 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 01:35:23 -0500 Noah,

Thanks for sharing. This is brave, and I admire that. I am glad that you can escape and go home, no matter how fair and inconvenient, it certainly is important for you to know your happy place.

I am […]

]]> 9f72cf6d7ea65c49fdc230c534ebc1e9 Julia Merante commented on the post, When An Unfinished Poem Is Published...?, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2018/04/01/when-an-unfinished-poem-is-published/#comment-11686 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 21:12:23 -0500 Dill or Sweet?

I can say that I have never had this issue, but I certainly understand the predicament. Martha Rhodes once said that her poems are constantly “artifacts” of where she is as a poet in that time. […]

]]> a58069ce5e63ae5b815e441befaa1708 Julia Merante commented on the post, Learning Curve, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2018/04/02/learning-curve/#comment-11685 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 21:02:32 -0500 Rachel,

I often feel a lack in my skill, and holes in my confidence. This comes from comparison to my peers, and from a fear of the future. What will I do with my English major? Will I get into a good MFA […]

]]> 5b531ef8c016a98a36ca05873892d698 Julia Merante commented on the post, Keep Moving Forward, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2018/04/04/keep-moving-forward/#comment-11684 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 20:56:38 -0500 Bri,

I appreciate you sharing this with us. I was not accepted into Gandy Dancer either, it certainly is a competitive industry… but you’re right! Just keep moving forward. I can very much relate to this […]

]]> a77a2f722555a01a40a5a055030916e7 Julia Merante commented on the post, Talented Form, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2018/03/28/talented-form/#comment-11659 Mon, 02 Apr 2018 00:37:19 -0500 Bri, I have recently started to play with form. I, too, always feel to write in the same sort of stanzas, line length, etc. But, I have been experimenting with my pieces–and I recommend it to anyone trying to do […]

]]> 345860f478463712a7328ef603cf779f Julia Merante commented on the post, On Fonts, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2018/03/30/on-fonts/#comment-11658 Mon, 02 Apr 2018 00:30:18 -0500 Fonts are crazy to think about–I agree. I view fonts as a lipstick color, like the way that words look coming out of my mouth can mirror the way that a font looks spelling out syllables. Red is strong, sassy, […]

]]> 1e02ddd9277dfbd39a815afdcdda5a65 Julia Merante commented on the post, Poetic Humor, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2018/03/30/poetic-humor/#comment-11657 Mon, 02 Apr 2018 00:23:04 -0500 This is so interesting. As is the overall idea of humor… isn’t it weird to write a joke, or to write to make someone laugh? How do people do it? I actually did laugh at this post, specifically where you said […]

]]> 1cbce84ae7aed841d7734f8157164ebb Julia Merante commented on the post, Spring, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2018/03/30/spring/#comment-11656 Mon, 02 Apr 2018 00:16:53 -0500 Henry, I hope the beginning of Spring finds you well! I am also excited. In addition, I have loved the fog, it is so cozy–feels like its wrapping around you for comfort, but can also be deceiving because it’s […]

]]> b44df8672564f937fc438e280cc0bbcb Julia Merante wrote a new blog post What Keeps Me Writing? What Keeps You Writing? in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9899/ Sun, 01 Apr 2018 23:46:38 -0500 People write for a multitude of reasons. From pure joy, to being coerced, to self-help or therapy–there is always an opportunity and reason to keep the pen on the paper. Allow me to share mine.I write as a sense […]

]]> 0 6765dcb317229dc4950889a231fd83c3 Julia Merante wrote a new blog post "English is the BEST major," Maria Lima screams in her Brazilian accent. in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9888/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 14:09:01 -0500 I recently came into a quarter-life crisis. All my years, I have been set on medical school, and expected to become a doctor. But, I simply cannot see myself as such. I do find surgery and health very fascinating, […]

]]> 0 55c7279f6776382d11aabb2014d319cb Julia Merante changed their profile picture https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9887/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 13:16:42 -0500 0 a76b6cdaa4334511308c7e44ca169f0d Julia Merante commented on the post, why i have trouble blogging, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2018/03/20/writing-why-i-have-trouble-blogging/#comment-11588 Wed, 21 Mar 2018 16:15:14 -0500 Joohee,

This was very brave. I love it.

I love the internal conflict/parenthesis in this post, it is truly raw and I appreciate that so much.

I am so happy that you want to ‘fill more space’ with your […]

]]> fc7a1b3d9619029ad549737ff7d2c61f Julia Merante wrote a new blog post My Second Language in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9814/ Tue, 20 Mar 2018 03:06:19 -0500 The Language of Cosmo… Today in class, the exercise of writing in a ‘language’ was so interesting. The jargon that we use in specific tasks was mesmerizing to think about, and brainstorm. Immediately, fashio […]

]]> 0 9686cb0bb449308ce4a70c758eb97491 Julia Merante wrote a new blog post My Roommates Are Psych Majors in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9774/ Wed, 07 Mar 2018 02:40:50 -0500 My roommates are psych majors. Not to demean this major in any way, but they often cannot comprehend what I do as an English major.

They sometimes ask to read my poetry, and almost always I say no because they […]

]]> 0 b9bab932e9fc1a6ee74f78d651b8dc2d Julia Merante wrote a new blog post Black Has Always Been The Strongest Color in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9742/ Tue, 27 Feb 2018 20:04:30 -0500 ALSO POSTED TO NARMO BOOK REVIEW:

Rankine, Claudia, 1963- author. Citizen : An American Lyric. Minneapolis, Minnesota :Graywolf Press, 2014. Print.

Claudia Rankine skillfully, and powerful displays the […]

]]> 0 6e20f8fe0288d222d21af3016dcf0eda Julia Merante wrote a new blog post Truth About My Pieces & The Addiction Within Them in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9723/ Thu, 22 Feb 2018 04:14:57 -0500 After my poems that I have written for whirlwind/workshop, I feel as though there has been speculation in relation to what parts are raw from the author as the speaker and which parts are fabricated to create […]

]]> 0 cf183b4397e4fbf5a36dec0e81d84c01 Julia Merante wrote a new blog post How Poetry Has Helped Me Ace My Tests in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9679/ Fri, 16 Feb 2018 20:21:41 -0500 According to John Locke, who I am currently reading in my humanities course, he believes that poetry is more of an ‘art’ than a ‘fruit of study’. And people who are ‘good’ at poetry are naturals at it. They can […]

]]> 0 2df49498c9c280eb08a4856cbdcbc0cc Julia Merante commented on the post, Lacking Confidence?, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2018/02/14/lacking-confidence/#comment-11352 Fri, 16 Feb 2018 19:59:10 -0500 Good Luck!

I think that’s awesome you submitted–I did, too!

I have been rejected a countless amount of times from magazines, (and boys, but that’s beside the point). Rejection gives you a key into what’s […]

]]> cf54afbbf3156085f750d8ea90d5068e Julia Merante commented on the post, Sorrow, a present moment, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2018/02/16/the-role-of-sorrow/#comment-11351 Fri, 16 Feb 2018 19:56:32 -0500 Abby,

I really love the raw aspects behind this piece. I often also feel sorrow more often than not, and just try not to bask in it. The most important value that I have learned in my sadness, is patience. […]

]]> cd06cbd129185381edef77dd4b848770 Julia Merante wrote a new blog post How I Know That The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword: First Hand Experience in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9631/ Fri, 09 Feb 2018 18:20:28 -0500 I always wrote for myself. I had some things published in small, local literary magazines, but I always wondered where my writing would actually take me. What was the point of all of these metaphors and pretty […]

]]> 0 be65ea0df5a3e73619821880efc0f6d8 Julia Merante wrote a new blog post Snark Zuckerberg in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9552/ Wed, 31 Jan 2018 04:47:20 -0500 As a person, I strive to be clever always. I appreciate witty repartee and intelligent comebacks. So, usually in my writing, that snarky-ness can come out. Especially at the very start/development while […]

]]> 0 449af43b1f8540f681e2d83cc8850c1a Julia Merante commented on the post, Painting isn't great poetry practice., on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2018/01/25/painting-isnt-great-poetry-practice/#comment-11209 Sat, 27 Jan 2018 21:43:54 -0500 Nick,

I appreciate this post, and the thoughtful comparison and contrast between sound, poetry, and art. While thinking about it, it is crazy to imagine that sound literally is just vibration. So shouldn’t it […]

]]> 9ab7334e013af55291d4e9ae30218556 Julia Merante commented on the post, indeed the tulips change tense too quickly, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2018/01/23/indeed-the-tulips-change-tense-too-quickly/#comment-11178 Wed, 24 Jan 2018 22:59:23 -0500 Grace!

I LOVE your idea of transportation, this is so true. Longer vowels seem to carry such a density to them and truly can bring you down to hell, or even through a tunnel of sort… But then the quicker […]

]]> d045112ba3d58780aa2f5244b9f39aa6 Julia Merante commented on the post, Sound in poetry (???), on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2018/01/24/sound-in-poetry/#comment-11177 Wed, 24 Jan 2018 22:55:50 -0500 Noah,

I very much agree with you on the ‘list’ within my writer’s toolbox. Sound is often not close to my first focus. I have an appreciation for word choice, but I never consider them in cohesion of their […]

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