English @ SUNY Geneseo | Margot Hughes | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/mhh4/activity/ Activity feed for Margot Hughes. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 328d76427150b9cd7a34b7b235f585e1 Margot Hughes wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=578 Tue, 05 May 2015 03:58:35 -0500 So even through creative writing class last semester, this semester’s poetry workshop, and officially becoming a creative writing major, I still have trouble calling myself a “poet”–even a “writer” sometimes. I […]

]]> c20d243e46e81aa7164847fa4659de54 Margot Hughes wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=564 Mon, 04 May 2015 15:21:41 -0500 In looking through my poetry from this semester, I find it very interesting to see what pieces have developed from the weekly exercises. A lot of the time when I would do these exercises, I would get an idea of […]

]]> a0df320017646d22bcd74430fd00259d Margot Hughes commented on the post, Sound. Sound? Sound! Sound?! SOUND?!, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/04/11/sound-sound-sound-sound-sound/#comment-4830 Mon, 04 May 2015 03:31:36 -0500 Hey Diego,
I think it’s really interesting to accompany poetry with other art forms such as music. I am actually experimenting with this myself, since in the video production class we are both in, I have decided […]

]]> 5eb6d5e5c4ad9edbf3424091bc40f9c4 Margot Hughes commented on the post, Stuck in Revision, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/05/03/stuck-in-revision/#comment-4829 Mon, 04 May 2015 03:30:10 -0500 Sarah,
My thoughts exactly. The revision struggle is so real right now. I find that a lot of the time, the issues in my poems are certain images that are either too abstract or just aren’t working. So here’s what […]

]]> 05c9955c0d0e2546585aafd4269fd4f7 Margot Hughes wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=536 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 18:14:56 -0500 As the due date for the inevitable portfolio (which I’m sure we’ve all been avoiding thinking about all semester) approaches, I can’t help but question the revision process. Looking at the poems I’ve written […]

]]> 8ec194baec0840a2c6caab5daef64988 Margot Hughes commented on the post, On Motivation, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/04/27/on-motivation/#comment-4718 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 18:06:52 -0500 Sarah,
I often find myself struggling with the same issue. Particularly when school is in session and we all have tons of work to get done, I find myself wanting to just veg out in any free time I may find. So I […]

]]> a2dcb57b38edf6dc4e4f184fcf246996 Margot Hughes commented on the post, Sound. Sound? Sound! Sound?! SOUND?!, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/04/11/sound-sound-sound-sound-sound/#comment-4717 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 16:21:16 -0500 Hey Diego,
I think it’s really interesting to accompany poetry with other art forms such as music. I am actually experimenting with this myself, since in the video production class we are both in, I have decided […]

]]> b6b6027cb629a75b87a786e0cba74201 Margot Hughes commented on the post, Someday My Prince Will Come And Rub Ointment On My Gills Because I'm Itchy, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/04/20/someday-my-prince-will-come-and-rub-ointment-on-my-gills-because-im-itchy/#comment-4692 Sun, 26 Apr 2015 20:34:25 -0500 I often find myself inspired by music, too. However, it is often the lyrics not the music that inspire me. I find that often one line from a song will stick with me and make me want to explore that one idea […]

]]> 9483bbe178884724b23a7e0796c7d7c3 Margot Hughes wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=476 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 02:44:02 -0500 I often think that our reading eyes have two modes: criticism and enjoyment. When we read a published book of poetry or a piece by a famous poet, it usually doesn’t even cross our minds to think of revising it. […]

]]> d49917363c77a7f58e880d2bd52eb19d Margot Hughes wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=473 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 02:32:07 -0500 As many of us have discussed lately, both in class and on the blog, poetry often intersects with a variety of other art forms. We become inspired by art or mimic it in our poetry.

Try writing a poem about a […]

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