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Juliet Wenzel edited the blog post Taking Apart: “Telemachus” by Ocean Vuong// Writing our realities through spinning myths in the group The Contemporary Poem: 9 years, 4 months ago

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]
Juliet Wenzel edited the blog post Living Sources, Dead Sources in the group The Contemporary Poem: 9 years, 4 months ago

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]
Juliet Wenzel wrote a new blog post the energy of happiness & writing away strife in the group The Contemporary Poem: 9 years, 4 months ago

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 […]
Juliet Wenzel edited the blog post Mapping Consciousness & Using People as Sources in the group The Contemporary Poem: 9 years, 5 months ago

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]
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: 9 years, 6 months ago

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]
Juliet Wenzel edited the blog post grappling with mother earth as a source//questions on eco-poetry in the group The Contemporary Poem: 9 years, 6 months ago

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]
Juliet Wenzel edited the blog post tracing sources//being selfish in the group The Contemporary Poem: 9 years, 6 months ago

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]
Juliet Wenzel wrote a new blog post Drawing Inspiration from Art in the group The Contemporary Poem: 9 years, 7 months ago

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 […]
Juliet Wenzel edited the blog post Inspiration for Sources, Sources for Inspiration in the group The Contemporary Poem: 9 years, 7 months ago

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]
Juliet Wenzel wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 10 years, 6 months ago

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 […]

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