English @ SUNY Geneseo | Juliet Wenzel | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/jw34/activity/ Activity feed for Juliet Wenzel. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 db70720c43fb3dad7f002da2327d9863 Juliet Wenzel changed their profile picture https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8338/ Sat, 06 May 2017 22:22:55 -0500 0 40721e05a755480bcd840e9aa5a796ec Juliet Wenzel commented on the post, Steam of (ADHD) Consciousness: Taking cues from Diego's "Poetry Freestyle/Off the dome/", on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2017/04/04/steam-of-consciousness-taking-cues-from-diegos-poetry-freestyleoff-the-dome/#comment-9709 Mon, 01 May 2017 20:48:31 -0500 Hi Grace and David!

As you may know, consciousness is both a source for my poems, but also what my poems try to uncover and understand. It’s an interesting dynamic. That being said, I LIVE for […]

]]> 601628e4f075524c5a261da5844c7610 Juliet Wenzel commented on the post, Great Day at the Gazebo!, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2017/04/25/great-day-at-the-gazebo/#comment-9706 Mon, 01 May 2017 20:43:57 -0500 Hey Ari!

Sad I missed your workshop and presentation. It’s really tricky for me to use towns as sources, because I never know where to start. But you interweaved these moments really well, and made it seem […]

]]> 6d50956fb175c2d15b028c19221c4f10 Juliet Wenzel commented on the post, Spitting our Painter's Palette into the Smog, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2017/04/18/spitting-our-painters-palette-into-the-smog/#comment-9704 Mon, 01 May 2017 20:38:06 -0500 Hey David and Arianna,

I like this post for the way it highlights how art is used in the modern day as a tool for priming consciousness and heightening cultural and political awareness. However, I have a huge […]

]]> fff6ebb1c4cec6f88888b2f80a606f6b Juliet Wenzel edited the blog post Taking Apart: "Telemachus" by Ocean Vuong// Writing our realities through spinning myths in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8286/ Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:19:52 -0500 I found this poem really interesting, particularly because it was informed by mythology, and I have been really into seeing how mythologies could connect to the modern day stories, or even just simply how a myth can inform a modern day poem. I think a good writing exercise for all of us would be to think about an event or person or object in our…[Read more]

]]> 0 2cda1e12b27a96cc8a3b89d63edca601 Juliet Wenzel edited the blog post Living Sources, Dead Sources in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8221/ Sat, 15 Apr 2017 18:01:04 -0500 Hi all!

I’ve been thinking about the deceased as a source for my poetry lately. Grace’s source showcase last week made me think about how we use living people as sources in very specific ways: their movements, behavioral quirks, noises, the way the walk or move their hands, etc; versus how lost ones would inspire poetry: more distilled, more in…[Read more]

]]> 0 80362457f9656272fa72b8465210f9b1 Juliet Wenzel wrote a new blog post the energy of happiness & writing away strife in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8222/ Sat, 15 Apr 2017 17:59:59 -0500 One of my biggest role models and continued writing inspiration, Andrea Gibson, recently was interviewed about her poetry and asked about her lack of love poems. She said “If the world wasn’t such a mess, I’d […]

]]> 0 58e0396c8e6c55b2ec5a04b834061d0c Juliet Wenzel commented on the post, People! (a prelude to my source showcase), on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2017/04/05/people-a-prelude-to-my-source-showcase/#comment-9561 Wed, 12 Apr 2017 19:57:05 -0500 Hi Grace! I’m also very much into exploring ‘dimensions’ of people in my poetry. I particularly like the way you described your own processes and techniques for doing this, i.e. characterizing and exploring your […]

]]> e9802f2974108749190b2a09a55225d0 Juliet Wenzel edited the blog post Mapping Consciousness & Using People as Sources in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8081/ Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:40:32 -0500 Hey all!

So, as some of you may know by now, a lot of my poetry is heavily influenced by mental spaces and human consciousness. I’ve been exploring what I’ve been referring to as a “three-dimensional consciousness” which is, the closest holistic view of yours or another’s mind works. I’ve been unpacking this idea lately with a lot more fervor,…[Read more]

]]> 0 863d1fabab0bd034378bc81205ea5fdf Juliet Wenzel commented on the post, Art as Source, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2017/03/18/art-as-source/#comment-9422 Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:29:18 -0500 Hey Amanda!

I’m hesitant to say I am not attached to other art forms I practice, thought I respect why you phrased it that way. I’m sure for you as well as me writing is our first passion, our first craft, and […]

]]> 863d1fabab0bd034378bc81205ea5fdf Juliet Wenzel commented on the post, Art as Source, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2017/03/18/art-as-source/#comment-9423 Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:29:18 -0500 Hey Amanda!

I’m hesitant to say I am not attached to other art forms I practice, thought I respect why you phrased it that way. I’m sure for you as well as me writing is our first passion, our first craft, and […]

]]> d8abfa1d388e9e03409f2daa22d8a9e0 Juliet Wenzel commented on the post, Poetic Source with Richard Simmons: Podcasts as Poetic Source, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2017/03/15/poetic-source-with-richard-simmons-podcasts-as-poetic-source/#comment-9403 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 17:38:34 -0500 Hi Gabi!!! I love this post!! I really like how you justify this person as your source simply because you cannot express your love for him. That’s such a simple way to say it, but it really says a lot. And I feel […]

]]> 4d517bdc91f62eac4416a40b5ed2f0b7 Juliet Wenzel edited the blog post Taking Apart- "Haunt Me" by Hieu Minh Nguyen & some thoughts on performance poetry in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8047/ Mon, 06 Mar 2017 16:21:27 -0500 I have a complicated relationship with performance poetry. I used to be a lot more of an active member of our slam team here in Geneseo, and I definitely think that learning more about performance poetry and the technique behind it has helped ground my writing process and also helped me to be experimental with the sonic qualities of my words.…[Read more]

]]> 0 1823900e4125c8c6ba54ca5bfbbf522c Juliet Wenzel commented on the post, Show Me Your List!!!, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2017/02/26/show-me-your-list/#comment-9355 Sun, 05 Mar 2017 20:27:01 -0500 Hi Ari!

Thanks for sharing your list. I love how I could see this list of words out of context, and if I had to ascribe a poet from our class to them it would easily be you. It’s cool that we can do that! These […]

]]> 903ac386c2879285fefc6b1f5d93620b Juliet Wenzel commented on the post, Place, place, displace, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2017/03/04/place-place-displace/#comment-9354 Sun, 05 Mar 2017 20:17:59 -0500 Hi Grace!

Thanks for sharing your thought process going into this exercise. I love hearing where fellow poets are at with the exercises and what you guys have been thinking about while doing them.

I like […]

]]> 3746978c8830888c4f158bdc10deb909 Juliet Wenzel edited the blog post grappling with mother earth as a source//questions on eco-poetry in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7977/ Mon, 20 Feb 2017 22:17:15 -0500 One of my goals for this semester of workshop has been to unpack my connection to nature and to the Earth, (as a source for my writing) and try to be more mindful while doing so.  Something I have been struggling recently is the issue of agency and responsibility, and being hyperaware of many instances in nature that we are scared by, annoyed by,…[Read more]

]]> 0 2b973eb11297049231547c0677755e89 Juliet Wenzel commented on the post, I guess I'll blog about love...*collective sigh*, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2017/02/14/i-guess-ill-blog-about-love-collective-sigh/#comment-9276 Mon, 20 Feb 2017 14:51:02 -0500 Hey Grace!!
Let me first say that I really love reading your blog posts. Your thought process is very natural and raw even when you are writing poetically on this blog, and I really appreciate that you are always […]

]]> 0931a9d010c9e12b313ab508e016d04b Juliet Wenzel edited the blog post tracing sources//being selfish in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7948/ Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:25:06 -0500 In the poem, “Introduction to Poetry,” by Billy Collins, is this brilliant stanza:

“I say drop a mouse into a poem/ and watch him probe his way out,/ or walk inside the poem’s room/ and feel the walls for a light switch”

I came across these four lines written on a sidewalk at Governor’s Island, when I attended their annual poetry festival. …[Read more]

]]> 0 b1467291d9b8af1a6abdebc733141920 Juliet Wenzel commented on the post, Poetry, Religion, and Education, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2017/02/10/poetry-religion-and-education/#comment-9250 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 22:01:57 -0500 Hey Amanda!

It’s alright to be scared. Fear is a good motivator. At the risk of not sounding cliche, I just wanted to offer a response to this insightful post, because it got me thinking.

I have also […]

]]> 0884a29528a55946ac1a91d654af96c2 Juliet Wenzel wrote a new blog post Drawing Inspiration from Art in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7864/ Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:50:30 -0500 This was an unintended pun. But, as we’ve touched on how art can be a source for our poetry, I wanted to share some of the art that I continue to return to.

Htmlflowers is an artist whose colors can always pull […]

]]> 0 12c114551d8978b6ddfe923e8baded7b Juliet Wenzel commented on the post, "Good Bones" by Maggie Smith, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2017/01/29/good-bones-by-maggie-smith/#comment-9151 Sun, 29 Jan 2017 22:21:06 -0500 hi ari!

thanks for this post, and thank you for providing a poem from which we can find some light during a rapidly changing political climate.

always, and especially during times like these where my […]

]]> 3c4403219f0e9106c797661e5ce0c227 Juliet Wenzel commented on the post, It's All Good Poetry, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2017/01/18/its-all-good-poetry/#comment-9122 Wed, 25 Jan 2017 05:14:22 -0500 Hey, Davina! Thanks for this post.

First, I think that keeping a journal is a great hobby, particularly because it gets you into the habit of writing every day. When I don’t write every day, I find it a lot […]

]]> 1bbb6814cfc4c86786a5d47d883fce3a Juliet Wenzel edited the blog post Inspiration for Sources, Sources for Inspiration in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7772/ Thu, 19 Jan 2017 18:50:25 -0500 Each time I sat down with this assignment in mind, I couldn’t get to writing about sources for poetry without using the word “inspiration.” I kept thinking about what inspires me, and the two concepts became muddled in my mind as one and the same.  That’s when I turned to the dictionary. Merriam-Webster defines “inspiration” as :

a :  a d…[Read more]

]]> 0 5b01fdcd493021977b6b550313f71067 Juliet Wenzel changed their profile picture https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7165/ Tue, 13 Sep 2016 02:09:42 -0500 0 6b7ec6d8259b5469df39dc6a49b1cd82 Juliet Wenzel commented on the post, Cecily Parks and Environmental Sociology, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2016/03/19/cecily-parks-and-environmental-sociology/#comment-7376 Thu, 31 Mar 2016 18:47:40 -0500 Hey Mary!

I really liked this post on Cecily Parks’ poetry collection and the approach you took to analyze her viewpoints under the discourse of Environmental Sociology. I think our class as a whole talked […]

]]> 70ae6899257f42cabee3ba8fc7da39cd Juliet Wenzel commented on the post, Fixations of Inspiration, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2016/03/30/fixations-of-inspiration/#comment-7375 Thu, 31 Mar 2016 17:48:23 -0500 Hi Rachel!

I totally get where you’re coming from, and I feel strongly, as I’m sure all other poets do, this conflict between active writing and stifling repetitive themes or images.

You bring up an esp […]

]]> e436ef92ebcb60212d59cd2692dc51a6 Juliet Wenzel wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=994 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 20:06:39 -0500 I’ve been meaning to write a poem where the title functions also as the beginning line. Personally, titles are tricky for me to come up with. Other times, they smack you in the face in a burst of brilliant […]

]]> 748cf40e2ae7742bc3be31de485d3983 Juliet Wenzel wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=973 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 20:35:02 -0500  

In class the other day, Evan mentioned the intersection between politics and art, and Oliver and Mary mentioned the intersection of music and poetry. This got me thinking about the inherent healing power of […]

]]> 198043f552a54da0a23de9d7877bf806 Juliet Wenzel changed their profile picture https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/6041/ Mon, 15 Feb 2016 15:01:53 -0500 0 65cdb41c78522d347d3bd243d7690cba Juliet Wenzel commented on the post, Life, Art, Image, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2016/02/12/life-art-image/#comment-7226 Mon, 15 Feb 2016 15:00:37 -0500 Hi guys!

I want to start by saying that I really enjoyed reading this post! Focusing on images and the way we craft them in our writing is often overlooked, because as poets we may feel as though we don’t need […]

]]> 357d213d6f1af20bc10f5530d2039231 Juliet Wenzel wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=916 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 19:07:07 -0500 As a lover of words and their many meanings, I spend much time surrounded by books–especially books of poetry. I like to randomly select a book off of a shelf and bring it home with me, so that I can expose […]

]]> 96f6738019b081d196f611534d9bdfe5 Juliet Wenzel wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=859 Wed, 20 Jan 2016 15:39:17 -0500  

Form is an adhesive element to the larger whole of a poem, for it microphones literary meaning and experience from within its vessel.  While there is a good mix of white and black, more often than not it is t […]

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