English @ SUNY Geneseo | Pamela Haas | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/pamthepoet/activity/ Activity feed for Pamela Haas. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 c1fb871fd3e0e0ca0b657ead16f9a599 Pamela Haas edited the blog post (Spoiler Free!) Thoughts on Parable of the Talents in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8381/ Tue, 11 Jul 2017 04:27:41 -0500 I finished reading Parable of the Talents a few days ago. I was so motivated to read it because I kept finding parallels between Sower and the current state of the country, and I was desperate to understand how Lauren’s journey was concluded. Butler said in an interview that Talents was meant to be “a book of solutions,” (or something simil…[Read more]

]]> 0 f34d59e84543f2d32759a0bf1021241a Pamela Haas wrote a new blog post Biblical Parables and the Talents in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8312/ Mon, 01 May 2017 16:52:45 -0500 The Biblical Parable of the Sower, in as brief an account as I can manage, follows a man who sowed seed into three different kinds of land with mixed success. The Parable of the Talents is about a man who went […]

]]> 0 71caf4aaf24a7fd7d0776260276ec497 Pamela Haas wrote a new blog post The Consequences of Resentment in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8302/ Sun, 30 Apr 2017 21:28:36 -0500 I’ve been considering the origins and effects of resentment for the past two weeks or so since it first came up in class regarding exclusive studying spaces on campus and hypothetical exclusive shelter privileges […]

]]> 0 72d4440dc7da6330ebbd420bbb08e610 Pamela Haas wrote a new blog post Housing Loss: The Grief & Other Losses in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8194/ Mon, 10 Apr 2017 17:27:53 -0500 I’ve been considering how it affects a person to lose their home as a result of foreclosure, extreme weather, or otherwise. In my dirge essay, I touched on how Lear and Leah were impacted by losing their homes […]

]]> 0 190219faa2a4c831dff40374a76b986f Pamela Haas wrote a new blog post Wages & Real Estate in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8164/ Sun, 02 Apr 2017 20:07:25 -0500 I made a few calculations after we watched part of Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House on Friday. I was suspicious while we were watching this because there were a few factors that lead us to believe that Mr. […]

]]> 0 2ef1a391c4de1a94d84894608508554c Pamela Haas wrote a new blog post The Exclusivity of Language in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8017/ Sun, 26 Feb 2017 05:58:04 -0500 Google defines “doublespeak” as “deliberately euphemistic, ambiguous, or obscure language.” I want to open up with this term because I am well-aware that there is some language used in the real estate business […]

]]> 0 0c35185f15f05b4faaf556217e2d01df Pamela Haas edited the blog post King Lear & the Housing Crisis in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7841/ Wed, 01 Feb 2017 03:02:55 -0500 Hey everyone,

I’m trying to draw some connections between King Lear and the course themes we’ve been talking about. Since reading Act III, I feel a little less lost and confused than I did about how Shakespeare would fit into all of this than I did a week and a half ago. I think there’s much to be said for King Lear, a man who is supposedly in…[Read more]

]]> 0 ecf500928444f70b5258a51a1d47a955 Pamela Haas joined the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7840/ Mon, 30 Jan 2017 18:26:14 -0500 0 7a83016713d57ba3aa64f272374a3cfa Pamela Haas commented on the post, On Sadness, Poetry as Activism, and Where We Go From Here, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2016/12/12/on-sadness-poetry-as-activism-and-where-we-go-from-here/#comment-8942 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 21:36:05 -0500 Thanks, Kallie, for the inspiring post. Too often I find it easy to slip into a rut of not producing any creative work, especially over the breaks between semesters. Now more than ever, it feels like what we’re […]

]]> 64d95eabaa2d1e279eaa3c96c0cb99eb Pamela Haas wrote a new blog post The Plateaued Poet in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7715/ Wed, 21 Dec 2016 07:47:36 -0500 Hello, me again, I want to talk about plateaus and my fear of them.

So over the course of this semester, I was (yet again) incredibly amazed by how much I was able to grow as a poet. I remember thinking the […]

]]> 0 828da3e3bf45e58ec1ceb8fc07f89a1e Pamela Haas edited the blog post Just a Thought in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7714/ Wed, 21 Dec 2016 07:29:08 -0500 So I began writing this way back in September and never posted it. Now seems like a good time to finish the thought…

We addressed the question last class (or more like, twelve classes ago) about the importance of bringing the poet into the poetry, and thereby be influenced in our reading  of the poem by the poet’s life and background. I kn…[Read more]

]]> 0 f4ae64bf7da33ccfb43013ad5c7a9f74 Pamela Haas wrote a new blog post Writing Exercise: Mix & Match in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7640/ Wed, 23 Nov 2016 05:07:15 -0500 For this exercise, the idea is to choose two prompts/exercises, one from the first group, one from the second group in a sort of mix & match. From there, blend the two together and see what comes out.

Pick […]

]]> 0 a602abb1cf4677197e68d7a593721fc2 Pamela Haas wrote a new blog post Never Really “Done” in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7622/ Sun, 20 Nov 2016 03:06:52 -0500 A friend of mine always used to say that a poem is never really finished. From what I’ve learned from workshop, it seems apparent that there’s no way to please everyone with every word choice and punctuation mark, […]

]]> 0 2fbc85cd8eb21cf3a220ef40e90b5567 Pamela Haas edited the blog post The Anglo-Irish Treaty: Borders and Boundaries in the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/5054/ Thu, 22 Sep 2016 17:32:35 -0500  
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          The Anglo-Irish Treaty and the Constitution of Ireland that followed restricted the rights and freedom of the Irish people while they simultaneously attempted to reconcile the abuse the country had endured in its long history of conflict and uncertain ruling. These documents established physical and figurative borders and boundari…[Read more]

]]> 0 76da15f681e7d9229f26c94de671d151 Pamela Haas wrote a new blog post Where Do You Get Your Inspiration From? in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7232/ Mon, 19 Sep 2016 20:38:05 -0500 Hey friends,

I’ve been considering lately the different places from which we, as artists, draw our inspiration from, mainly for the purpose of borrowing ideas for potential muses from other artists. So what i […]

]]> 0 a0958ec6a8445c89c0860b3d73e5c4fe Pamela Haas wrote a new blog post Making it New in the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/6834/ Tue, 30 Aug 2016 16:10:06 -0500 Ezra Pound’s emphasis on the “Image” in poetry seems to border on idolatry. Much of my own poetry in the past has spent a great deal of time on abstractions, which I think is one of its shortcomings. Concr […]

]]> 0 1dfdad638c6def200cb29002d9c96498 Pamela Haas commented on the post, Geneseo Poet's Society Meeting!, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/09/20/geneseo-poets-society-meeting/#comment-6134 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 02:45:47 -0500 Sundays, Arianna! Not Saturdays! And you should all really come. It’s an excellent space to create/work on poems for workshop, plus Lytton is our advisor 🙂

]]> 7101ff77776ca8f393027f1fabcd7094 Pamela Haas wrote a new post on the site Irish Studies http://irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=3274 Sat, 22 Aug 2015 10:02:12 -0500 Thumbnail
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Derry has an air about it of hard-won peace and respectful solemnity. The Bogside Artists may have contributed to the atmosphere of the city, or the art they created may reflect the sentiments of […]

]]> c97ee75cbba2cd62f3708db29b02095f Pamela Haas wrote a new post on the site Irish Studies http://irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=3300 Sat, 22 Aug 2015 10:00:45 -0500 Thumbnail

 

Graffiti is so often overlooked because it lacks the refinement that is usually more present in sanctioned art. Nevertheless, graffiti is often just as politically charged as the murals it is painted next […]

]]> 07094e954e26e0ee2736c2048fc20106 Pamela Haas wrote a new post on the site Irish Studies http://irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=3290 Sat, 22 Aug 2015 09:29:01 -0500 ThumbnailThe Dark Side of Art

 

Upon crossing the bridge into the Protestant section of Derry, one would come across more murals, but of a very different nature than those created by the Bogside Artists. The […]

]]> da86bfcd3e794efeb5cda02d133f3b75 Pamela Haas wrote a new post on the site Irish Studies http://irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=3278 Sat, 22 Aug 2015 09:00:03 -0500 Thumbnail
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On their Own Steam

“Artistic images bear witness to the inner journey and their quality determines the effectiveness of their testimony” (Joseph). Tom Kelly mentioned during the tour that the […]

]]> e89ae1152d95cb48f9471fe9942d1f02 Pamela Haas commented on the post, Interviews, on the site Irish Studies http://irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org/interviews/#comment-26375 Sun, 16 Aug 2015 04:34:42 -0500 I had an interesting conversation with a man named Jack in Hargadon’s in Sligo. The following is a record of that conversation as best as I could remember it a few days after it occurred.

Pam: Where are you […]

]]> 11031accc8f10cbe64b2c831beb91f67 Pamela Haas commented on the post, Saturday, 8 August: Bus to Dublin and Return Flights to US, on the site Irish Studies http://irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org/saturday-8-august-bus-to-dublin-and-return-flights-to-us/#comment-26264 Thu, 13 Aug 2015 22:31:49 -0500 The flight back was bittersweet. It was a long three weeks and I was exhausted by the end of the trip, yet at the same time, I wish I could have stayed longer. I learned so much during my stay, and it was an […]

]]> 3c2457c69e4c42e4d432745fcc470de1 Pamela Haas commented on the post, Tuesday, 4 August: Yeats International Summer School Lectures and Seminar, on the site Irish Studies http://irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org/tuesday-4-august-yeats-international-summer-school-lectures-and-seminar/#comment-25950 Tue, 04 Aug 2015 14:10:14 -0500 The town of Sligo is more fanatical about Yeats than I ever could have possibly imagined. Never mind all the statues of Yeats, the gallery of Yeats’s brother’s paintings, the archive devoted to Yeats, the Yeats […]

]]> 30ed362ad7a74c6c683100c24d875440 Pamela Haas commented on the post, Saturday, 25 July: Walking Tour of the Derry City Walls and Tour of Murals with the Bogside Artists, on the site Irish Studies http://irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org/aturday-25-july-walking-tour-of-the-derry-city-walls-and-tour-of-murals-with-the-bogside-artists/#comment-25725 Wed, 29 Jul 2015 08:21:25 -0500 The atmosphere of Derry was unlike anything I have ever experienced before. Upon entering the city, I was struck with the feeling of walking through the wreckage of a place a few days after a great storm swept […]

]]> e3cd5aca028d10649517f2f3f2be7066 Pamela Haas commented on the post, Tuesday, 21 July: Seminar on Young Ireland the 19th Century Nationalism and Walking Tour of Glasnevin Cemetery, on the site Irish Studies http://irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org/tuesday-21-july-seminar-on-young-ireland-the-19th-century-nationalism-and-walking-tour-of-glasnevin-cemetery/#comment-25590 Sat, 25 Jul 2015 21:00:53 -0500 The way Daniel O’Connell was memorialized in Glasnevin Cemetery was intriguing. Most of the second floor of the museum was dedicated to O’Connell, and there was an enormous tower–about 150 feet–erected in his […]

]]> 8b49a8e96fa92aa124301a303ad311ba Pamela Haas commented on the post, Saturday, 18 July 2015: Seminar on Plantation, the Penal Laws, and the Rise of the Ascendancy, on the site Irish Studies http://irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org/saturday-18-july-2015-seminar-on-plantation-the-penal-laws-and-the-rise-of-the-ascendancy/#comment-25265 Sun, 19 Jul 2015 01:33:44 -0500 During dinner today, a few of us were discussing our background knowledge of Ireland from high school, and we came to the conclusion that in our experiences, high school placed very little emphasis on the history […]

]]> ca00187191c3ceb32070b94465f8faa6 Pamela Haas commented on the post, Thursday, 16 July 2015: Overnight Flight to Dublin, on the site Irish Studies http://irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org/thursday-16-july-2015-overnight-flight-to-dublin/#comment-25141 Thu, 16 Jul 2015 08:09:41 -0500 Our flight will depart in less than twenty-four hours and right now I’m still awake trying to figure out how much sleep I can go without for the next three weeks. I know we are going to have some awe-inspiring […]

]]> 334622232c51626b62051fdd3f13abd3 Pamela Haas changed their profile picture https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/4966/ Thu, 25 Jun 2015 20:39:30 -0500 0 af45a8b63e7658577aa92936be27aaf7 Pamela Haas commented on the post, Swearing in Poems?, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/05/03/swearing-in-poems/#comment-4844 Mon, 04 May 2015 20:08:59 -0500 I think cursing has way too many assumptions attached to it. Sometimes you just have to get the intensity of the situation out, and sometimes this is best achieved through a well placed “fuck” or “damn.” Like with […]

]]> 24707e5151d54c68f598783ec08d10d2 Pamela Haas commented on the post, Geneseo Writing Community & the Poet-tree, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/04/30/geneseo-writing-community-the-poet-tree/#comment-4815 Sat, 02 May 2015 21:15:09 -0500 I’d like to see an organization (hint *FUSE* hint) keep the other organizations in contact with each other. So speaking from the perspective of an officer of Poets’ Society, we definitely do collaborations, and we […]

]]> 9f3bf02f61a833f0c174890987e7a2be Pamela Haas wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=554 Sat, 02 May 2015 20:57:06 -0500 Hey fellow poets!

So as the semester ends and we have time again to pursue our interests, I’ve been wondering what we’re all going to be up to. We’re all poets, but our creative talents and skills are not […]

]]> 8fe44d1170928ab16921ae375cc04367 Pamela Haas commented on the post, On Motivation, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/04/27/on-motivation/#comment-4761 Thu, 30 Apr 2015 02:53:22 -0500 First of all, Diego, all the points to you.

To Sarah: for me, motivation is all about staying in motion. I have realized that I only ever write after I have done something else, so I’m about as likely to wake […]

]]> 31ae177cdfcc8793bd315144d1c358be Pamela Haas commented on the post, Endless Revision, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/04/27/endless-revision/#comment-4760 Thu, 30 Apr 2015 02:29:41 -0500 Hey Margot,

A poet friend of mine has told me many times that a poem is never really finished. I can relate with what you, Diego, and Sarah have mentioned that this “unfinished” quality that is inherent in […]

]]> f5238cd91bf8dca6a39448f6b4ff34d9 Pamela Haas commented on the post, Poetry Overload, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/04/01/poetry-overload/#comment-4270 Sat, 04 Apr 2015 05:41:23 -0500 Thanks for the thoughts, Ashley and Arianna. I guess we wouldn’t be here if writing in whatever form didn’t speak to us in some significant way. So whoever else is reading this, keep sharing! Tangents and rambling […]

]]> a67738fbac9e11f40ef8f81dcb8bfa76 Pamela Haas wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=497 Wed, 01 Apr 2015 05:38:48 -0500 Hey Poetry friends!

With the onset of National Poetry Month, and given the fact that I just came back from CUPSI in Virginia Saturday night, I’m feeling completely immersed in poetry. Now this is not a letter […]

]]> a900da5a0f43590ef42ee28d95f69f3d Pamela Haas commented on the post, Poetry Slam Hosted by RLK, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/03/28/poetry-slam-hosted-by-rlk/#comment-4163 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 02:24:20 -0500 I think reading poetry to strangers vs. reading to family or friends is easier because strangers don’t know your life outside of the poem, and how much of your heart and soul you put into the poem. This may be […]

]]> 19b783731d7fe5e6d28b090c5983cf43 Pamela Haas commented on the post, Just a Line to Share, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/03/19/just-a-line-to-share/#comment-4058 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 21:20:42 -0500 I agree, that’s a pretty awesome line. Whenever I’m reading a poem or book or anything, or even just having a conversation and some amazing line or phrase seems to pop out from whatever context it’s in, I try to […]

]]> 338a93e3504b57cf67fd916286744f4d Pamela Haas wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=463 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 21:13:01 -0500 Why do people get tattoos? Do they get words permanently etched into their bodies to represent their life’s experiences, or experiences they would like to have? Maybe you have one/more than one and could […]

]]> 7cc60e00e4f56a71a9c52e940edb3391 Pamela Haas wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=456 Tue, 10 Mar 2015 05:06:22 -0500 What makes a poet great?

It’s 10:30am on a Tuesday and class is about to begin. Two poets are just taking their seats while three others near the door chat about the weather. On each desk is a copy of the same […]

]]> de3afa9834108de7de2e9759e23d1297 Pamela Haas commented on the post, Piecing Together a Poem, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/02/23/piecing-together-a-poem/#comment-3728 Mon, 02 Mar 2015 02:03:56 -0500 I can relate to much of what you said. Getting those first few lines is tough, and for me, beginning a poem happens many different ways. Recently, I’ve actually been going through some writer’s block and have been […]

]]> 781dc8ce0f350308c5e38bc51b1f220b Pamela Haas commented on the post, From Stage to Page (and back again?), on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/02/16/from-stage-to-page-and-back-again/#comment-3648 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 04:39:37 -0500 Codie,

I understand on some level where you’re coming from. Although I didn’t really get into slam poetry until I got to college, I really adore it now. When you say that studying page poetry has made you feel […]

]]> 9cdab74380e3b6cbf1186ec837b99c7c Pamela Haas wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=421 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 02:04:21 -0500 Hey fellow poets, I have a question for you all on the usage of the ampersand (&) in poetry. I like the thing well enough in handwriting, because it’s fun to make those funny flowing loops. When typing, however, […]

]]> 23083c1c8ad7c887389322d09e576a49 Pamela Haas joined the group The Contemporary Poem https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/4115/ Thu, 05 Feb 2015 01:50:27 -0500 0 9a853be3945d7239fa008be09b8ef247 Pamela Haas changed their profile picture https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/4114/ Thu, 05 Feb 2015 01:49:50 -0500 0 bf748649a0c107a0621d6be761fb3a38 Pamela Haas became a registered member https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/4112/ Thu, 05 Feb 2015 01:20:19 -0500 0 3fc489d3d33ef62633759d394960891e Pamela Haas commented on the post, A Poetic Problem, on the site The Contemporary Poem http://cpoem.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/01/22/a-poetic-problem/#comment-3473 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 05:12:35 -0500 When I attempt to write in meter, I have to set up the format of the poem beforehand if I will have any hope of ever finishing it. The last time I wrote in meter was actually something like two years ago, but it […]

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