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Marina Rancourt wrote a new blog post Identity as Writers in the group The Contemporary Poem: 9 years, 5 months ago

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 […]
Marina Rancourt wrote a new blog post Good Reviewing in the group The Contemporary Poem: 9 years, 6 months ago

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 […]
Marina Rancourt wrote a new blog post RUNNNN! in the group The Contemporary Poem: 9 years, 6 months ago

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 […]
Marina Rancourt wrote a new blog post Ah, the Great Outdoors (indoors is also nice) in the group The Contemporary Poem: 9 years, 6 months ago

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 […]
Marina Rancourt wrote a new blog post Because I Am This Person in the group The Contemporary Poem: 9 years, 6 months ago

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 […]
Marina Rancourt wrote a new blog post Faith in the group The Contemporary Poem: 9 years, 7 months ago

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 […]
Marina Rancourt edited the blog post Expression and Understanding in the group The Contemporary Poem: 9 years, 7 months ago

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]

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