English @ SUNY Geneseo | Marina Rancourt | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/marina/activity/ Activity feed for Marina Rancourt. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 46902da490169cfb66f109ac02a658b6 Marina Rancourt 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-9432 Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:19:26 -0500 I love the idea of using Richard Simmons as a poetic source, in part because it sounds sort of strange and humorous at first, but the work you want to (or will) produce doesn’t have to be limited in that way. A […]

]]> 53873fb7fcf30c5caff4e5ecfb49e071 Marina Rancourt wrote a new blog post Identity as Writers in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8096/ Mon, 20 Mar 2017 03:07:17 -0500 National Geographic posted a short video about the late Yvonne Dowlen. In it, she details the interesting life she led. The path of her skating career is a very sweet one and the video talks at length about what […]

]]> 0 0d27ef7b79fef05eb9970ea5e38b8553 Marina Rancourt wrote a new blog post Good Reviewing in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8043/ Mon, 06 Mar 2017 01:11:58 -0500 We acknowledged in class that reviewing is in-depth, balanced, and encourages people to look further into a work. While I probably didn’t achieve that with my own writing, I do know of a great example of a review […]

]]> 0 7250b22752bfdf737db2cb63fb648d55 Marina Rancourt commented on the post, The Comfort of Habit, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2017/03/05/the-comfort-of-habit/#comment-9358 Mon, 06 Mar 2017 00:40:04 -0500 Hey Allison,

Niches can be both comforting and limiting in various ways. I know my niche, which tends to be songs about romantic relationships in some way, shape, or form, can be frustrating a lot. Its easy to […]

]]> 27c0634fb2439b6198004c5ef31a2c6c Marina Rancourt wrote a new blog post RUNNNN! in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8018/ Sun, 26 Feb 2017 21:50:36 -0500 I listen to slam poetry because I like being irrevocably moved by a particularly good line or a delivery that leaves me awestruck. So, in layman’s terms, I listen to a lot of sad and/or hopeful-for-the-future […]

]]> 0 e37caf57480b7f33fcea9326e51b9832 Marina Rancourt commented on the post, "What to Do When a Politician Tries to Fall into Your Vagina Feet First", on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2017/02/20/what-to-do-when-a-politician-tries-to-fall-into-your-vagina-feet-first/#comment-9284 Tue, 21 Feb 2017 18:01:25 -0500 This was such a great piece, I loved her passionate delivery and the blatant sarcasm. Like Allison said, the sounds she used were great. It reminded me a lot of Dominique Christina’s “The Period Poem,” which I […]

]]> bb02215388afc3c84365b47b7ce78be3 Marina Rancourt wrote a new blog post Ah, the Great Outdoors (indoors is also nice) in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7995/ Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:42:59 -0500 I wanted to talk about nature, for some reason. It might have something to do with the slew of foggy forest mountain range photos I’ve reblogged or the sight of mud and dead grass outside my window, but I felt […]

]]> 0 2841cc74f61560026f9ce36b66e426d5 Marina Rancourt 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-9282 Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:08:19 -0500 Hey Grace!
Like you and Juliet, I like those atypical love poems…but I have to say that I am a big fan of sappy ones, too. While reading them isn’t all that great, I find that they are really easy to write. […]

]]> a30d1f692a6047b61b085875b3d2a9c8 Marina Rancourt wrote a new blog post Because I Am This Person in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7931/ Sat, 11 Feb 2017 16:24:17 -0500 A couple of weeks ago, I went to Goodwill with my best friend about an hour before they closed, then we drove across the street to watch “A Dog’s Purpose” together and teared up several times. That last part is […]

]]> 0 86fb1a4a0419c76fb6d0a314f1c43bb9 Marina Rancourt commented on the post, the art of "suck": a poet's eternal question, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2017/02/10/the-art-of-suck-a-poets-eternal-question/#comment-9239 Sat, 11 Feb 2017 15:46:24 -0500 The struggle is real. A lot of my poems, especially ones I don’t immediately see “good” in or ones that feel like they need a lot of revision, give off that ugly baby/parasite vibe. I think embracing our work for […]

]]> 760a48767fc7042fe1bc0ecad4278b6e Marina Rancourt wrote a new blog post Faith in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7863/ Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:13:36 -0500 Thanks to a subscription to Rattle: Poetry, I get some great poems sent to my email. Recently, on the 25th of this month, I had the pleasure of reading the poem below by Leila Chatti. In a brief blurb after the […]

]]> 0 52a9d3139058c2982ef69826b27c242a Marina Rancourt 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-9172 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 20:19:04 -0500 This is definitely a good poem to consider in light of the recent political change and general atmosphere. Moreover, the speaker–as Juliet said–talks of the shielding vs. sheltering dynamic that parents […]

]]> 5b499b2db00de29fff6cdff86eacd7b4 Marina Rancourt commented on the post, My s*** is all over the place, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2017/01/17/1545/#comment-9077 Wed, 18 Jan 2017 23:09:40 -0500 When I read “scores to movies I haven’t ever seen,” I immediately thought of the film Amelie. I am unsure whether or not you have seen it, but I highly recommend it if you have not. The film examines a couple o […]

]]> 0d3957913a39fda60c19737abe25e233 Marina Rancourt commented on the post, Sources I turn to..., on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2017/01/16/sources-i-turn-to/#comment-9075 Wed, 18 Jan 2017 22:29:55 -0500 Going off of your post, it is clear that family and heritage is very important to who you are as a person and a writer, from what I gathered from the interactions you described. When looking for sources that […]

]]> 03ded020c466063aca1431d31ab767c1 Marina Rancourt edited the blog post Expression and Understanding in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7735/ Mon, 16 Jan 2017 23:27:11 -0500 Poetry has always felt intimate to me as I mainly use it to express and explain my inner thoughts and feelings. My work tends to be driven by my emotions and the way I analyze (or overanalyze) them. In that sense, I’d say the main source for my writing is really just my interest in balancing and understanding myself in relation to essentially e…[Read more]

]]> 0 f4f1ae10d0ac5757052ffbb7b34b5f02 Marina Rancourt joined the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7729/ Wed, 11 Jan 2017 18:52:30 -0500 0 2e0232301d71a7e301aa404a1e031584 Marina Rancourt became a registered member https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7727/ Wed, 11 Jan 2017 18:50:00 -0500 0