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Natalie Hayes commented on the post, What I Want For My Birthday, on the groupblog The Contemporary Poem 5 years, 4 months ago
Julia,
I totally, totally, totally agree. Everyone can use a good book. I love giving presents and, frankly, I consider myself to be quite good at it. I think probably the most meaningful gift I’ve ever given, […]
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Natalie Hayes wrote a new blog post in the group The Contemporary Poem: 5 years, 4 months ago
My blog post this week feels a little bit like a cop-out, but also kind of relevant given Lytton recently brought up “Instagram poetry” in class.
As I’ve talked about before, I recently switched to a flip phone […]
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Natalie Hayes commented on the post, Revising Poetry, on the groupblog The Contemporary Poem 5 years, 4 months ago
Connor,
I, too, have been struggling with this lately. Poetry is so wide-open it can be sort of terrifying. In conjunction with that, I think, is the feeling that one’s poetry is arbitrary. Given a poem can be […]
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Natalie Hayes commented on the post, Form, on the groupblog The Contemporary Poem 5 years, 4 months ago
Mya,
I had a very similar experience. I find it really difficult, sometimes even frustrating, to write in a strict, predetermined form. I went into this week’s writing exercise knowing this, and thus opted for […]
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Natalie Hayes commented on the post, Senior Scaries, on the groupblog The Contemporary Poem 5 years, 5 months ago
Bri,
I’ve had the pleasure of being in workshop with you for two semesters now, and in both workshops I’ve had the opportunity to explore your work and write letters about it. As such, I have been made privy to […]
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Natalie Hayes wrote a new blog post ~through~ on a bicycle in the group The Contemporary Poem: 5 years, 5 months ago
Last week in class, I brought in a drawing of a bicycle as a symbol of my experience in reading David Herd’s Through. (I thought about bringing in a bicycle but I don’t have one, and also that seems like a […]
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Natalie Hayes commented on the post, I Am Trying To Become Smarter… Weird, I Know., on the groupblog The Contemporary Poem 5 years, 5 months ago
Julia,
First of all, Sprout is a great dog name.
Second of all, I’m really interested in the potential conversation between crossword puzzles and poetry. It seems that there are two connections to be made, […]
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Natalie Hayes wrote a new blog post txt talk in the group The Contemporary Poem: 5 years, 5 months ago
I’m going to talk about words this week. I’ve been thinking, for a single discernible reason, a lot about words as of late.
I’m using a flip phone right now. Yes, it’s on purpose. In short, I thought it might […]
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Natalie Hayes wrote a new blog post eeeeeeeek. talking abt rupi kaur (again) in the group The Contemporary Poem: 5 years, 6 months ago
I think at least once a semester I have to vent about Rupi Kaur for the sake of my mental health. So, here you go.
This video was suggested to me on YouTube and, out of curiosity, I watched it. I’m familiar […]
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Natalie Hayes wrote a new blog post ra/p/oetry in the group The Contemporary Poem: 5 years, 6 months ago
Mac Miller released “The Divine Feminine” exactly two years and four days ago. Two days ago his vigil was held, because thirteen days ago he overdosed.
This death is heartbreaking for a lot of reasons; Mac was […]
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Natalie Hayes changed their profile picture 5 years, 6 months ago
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Natalie Hayes commented on the post, The naive poet and erotic poetry, on the groupblog The Contemporary Poem 5 years, 6 months ago
Daniel,
I’ve always felt similarly about eroticism in poetry. I’ve been interested in it and certainly respected it, but never quite felt the urge to write it into my own work. Not necessarily out of […]
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Natalie Hayes wrote a new blog post for the stuck in the group The Contemporary Poem: 5 years, 6 months ago
For me, undoubtedly the hardest part of writing a poem is starting it. Unless I get direct external inspiration, it’s nearly impossible for me to just sit down and start writing anything; and, on that note, it’s […]
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Natalie Hayes wrote a new blog post writing (re: ranting) about writing in the group The Contemporary Poem: 5 years, 6 months ago
I get that this is a blog about poetry, but I’m going to take today’s post to talk a little bit about non-fiction, and just writing in general.
This semester, I’m taking two workshops: this one and, you guessed […]
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Natalie Hayes wrote a new blog post check this out!!! :-)!!! in the group The Contemporary Poem: 5 years, 11 months ago
Hey guys! I already posted this week but one more thing! There’s this really cool project going on and I thought I’d share it with you. It’s called “The Lost Poem” and it’s been put together by Saint Flashlight, a […]
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Natalie Hayes wrote a new blog post poetry in prison in the group The Contemporary Poem: 5 years, 11 months ago
I’ve always had a fascination with the prison system here in the United States, as it’s a pretty convoluted one. The implications of institutions like death row and solitary confinement are brutal to the psyche […]
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Natalie Hayes wrote a new blog post i’m going to write until i figure out why i haven’t been writing in the group The Contemporary Poem: 5 years, 11 months ago
I mean that literally; this blog post is going to be a stream-of-consciousness wherein I try to figure out why I haven’t been writing much lately. In other words, a therapy session wherein I am both the therapist […]
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Natalie Hayes commented on the post, Do We Limit Ourselves with Labels?, on the site The Contemporary Poem 5 years, 11 months ago
Rachel,
I definitely think we limit ourselves with labels, both inside and outside of the realm of poetry. For me, I find myself constantly struggling with the differences between “artist” and “poet” and […]
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Natalie Hayes wrote a new blog post found sound in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years ago
This is pretty tangential to poetry, but I want to talk about it. Hope ya don’t mind!Anyways, as an assignment for another class I’m taking with Lytton I’ve been tasked with developing a piece of installation art […]
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Natalie Hayes commented on the post, Be Bold, on the site The Contemporary Poem 6 years ago
Bri,
First off, I really love the poem you submitted; it was raw and confrontational, and it addressed an important issue that people (as we saw in class) often have difficulty discussing.
I commend you for […]
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