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Mya Nazaire wrote a new blog post Why I write in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 8 months ago

My goal in writing is to be able to be my most authentic. For me, poetry is a releasing of raw emotions. Complete and utter honesty of emotion is necessary to have a good piece. I don’t believe that the topic o […]
Mya Nazaire wrote a new blog post Inspiration in the group The Contemporary Poem: 7 years ago

I am trying harder to find time to write for fun but it’s so hard. Whenever I have the time to write, it feels like all motivation is lost. I get stage fright when the pen is in my hand and can’t find words that […]
Mya Nazaire wrote a new blog post Love for Poetry in the group The Contemporary Poem: 7 years ago

I’ve been writing poetry since I was in middle school which is why I am English Creative Writing major. I have loved writing poetry to express whatever I am feeling in the moment. Writing is a big part of my life […]
Mya Nazaire wrote a new blog post Cento in the group The Contemporary Poem: 7 years, 9 months ago

I really enjoyed the assignment of writing a cento. I decided to make my cento a collection of some of my favorite lines from some Sylvia Plath poems. Every line is from a different poem. After selecting about 8 […]
Mya Nazaire wrote a new blog post Guidance in the group The Contemporary Poem: 7 years, 10 months ago

When writing about nature and agriculture, I feel that talking about spirituality is necessary. It feels too connected not to talk about them in the same breath. When we were given exercise 10, which was to write […]
Mya Nazaire wrote a new blog post Form in the group The Contemporary Poem: 7 years, 10 months ago

It was really weird to write a poem that had a set form before I started to write it. I usually write all of my poetry by way of free-writing. Everything I write comes with no thought to form until after it is […]
Mya Nazaire wrote a new blog post Body as Political in the group The Contemporary Poem: 7 years, 10 months ago

As a black women, it is impossible for me not to think of my body as inherently making a statement. It takes up space and receives judgement, whether it be good or bad. It’s really hard for me to voice the […]
Mya Nazaire wrote a new blog post Writing What You Know in the group The Contemporary Poem: 7 years, 10 months ago

I believe that writing about something you’re familiar with is equally hard as it is easy. When I want to write about something I am very familiar with, it can sometimes be easier for me because I can probably […]
Mya Nazaire edited the blog post Through words in the group The Contemporary Poem: 7 years, 11 months ago

Looking up the background for words that are important to my writing was really interesting. I often use the themes of the body and touch through my writing. I know what they mean and are but I don’t often think […]
Mya Nazaire wrote a new blog post Blank Verse in the group The Contemporary Poem: 7 years, 11 months ago

When we began working with stresses in poems and trying to do scansions in class, I was very confused. Being able to tell what syllables were stressed was not really making sense to me even after reading a poem […]

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