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Rachel Colomban edited the blog post Limericks in the group The Contemporary Poem: 10 years, 3 months ago

So, we’ve all heard them, but since they’re typically meant for children they don’t get discussed much in academia as far as I am aware. But, they’re fun, so why not? I looked into them a bit. They’re usually nursery rhymes, but some limericks are rather lewd (like the infamous “There once was a man from Nantucket” poem, which won’t be fini…[Read more]
Rachel Colomban wrote a new blog post Revision Rituals in the group The Contemporary Poem: 10 years, 4 months ago

Hey! So with portfolio time coming up, I have to ask about revisions. Everyone’s got some way they prefer to revise, whether it is all semester or a frantic night before. For some unfortunate reason, I’m most pro […]
Rachel Colomban wrote a new blog post Found Poetry in the group The Contemporary Poem: 10 years, 4 months ago

So Gabi’s post about Google Poetics made me think about found poetry. Found poetry has always been a bit of an enigma to me. Is it lines found and arranged? How much is taken, rearranged, omitted? How much b […]
Rachel Colomban wrote a new blog post On Performing Poetry and Authorial Intent in the group The Contemporary Poem: 10 years, 4 months ago

So, I recently had my senior reading and chose to do poetry. It was pretty cool, if I do say so myself. It got me thinking about the performative aspects of poetry. When reading poetry out loud, it can completely […]
Rachel Colomban wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 10 years, 7 months ago

Generally, I don’t go for standard forms in my poetry. Verse, meter, and stanzas aren’t my thing. Instead, I tend towards making something I personally find visually appealing by playing with white space, whi […]
Rachel Colomban wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 10 years, 8 months ago

So, while writing my Poetic Statement, I got to thinking about the differences between being a “poetry writer” and a “poet.” In my mind, there’s a distinction between the two. Being a poetry writer means you can w […]
Rachel Colomban wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 10 years, 8 months ago

Hey guys! What are your thoughts on Writer’s Statements? I just finished mine, and I’m wondering what everyone did. Like, I mainly tried to connect parts of my poetry back to sound, but half the time I wanted to […]
Rachel Colomban wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 10 years, 8 months ago

(I’m about to put up like three different posts because I have poor time management and I figure if I’m up front with my intentions, it’ll be less bad.)

So Maya was asking about inspiration today and I deftly […]
Rachel Colomban wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 10 years, 9 months ago

Alright, it’s 4:30 AM, I’m not sure why I’m awake, let’s do this.

So the question of authorial intent has been plaguing me all semester. I personally prescribe to the “death of the author” ideal—on […]
Rachel Colomban wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 10 years, 9 months ago

Hey, so since it’s the end of the semester I should probably actually start posting. I’ve got a question for you guys: How do you handle poems about specific personal experiences? I’ve had a few ideas rattl […]

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