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Zachary Vila wrote a new blog post Perspective Writing/Reading in Poetry in the group The Contemporary Poem: 4 years ago
So recently I’ve been in the planning stages of my Great Day presentation and in doing so I’ve believe I have found another source for poetry; what I’m speaking of is perspective. Almost every human being has the […]
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Zachary Vila wrote a new blog post Repressed memories? in the group The Contemporary Poem: 4 years ago
In my past blog post “Home Depot by Brian Turner,” I talked about poetry being able to draw out repressed memories. After doing some digging, I found that the memory I was describing as repressed could be arg […]
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Zachary Vila wrote a new blog post Here, Bullet in the group The Contemporary Poem: 4 years ago
In this week’s blog post, I was gonna talk about a point I brought up in my previous one. In which poetry and writing has the ability to bring forward suppressed memories. However, my copy of Here, Bullet by B […]
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Zachary Vila commented on the post, How Poetry Evokes Emotion, on the groupblog The Contemporary Poem 4 years, 1 month ago
I 100% agree with your point that different poets act differently with different poems. I must admit, in workshop there has been some poems that I didn’t feel comfortable work shopping. I believe while reading […]
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Zachary Vila commented on the post, Poetry in Music, on the groupblog The Contemporary Poem 4 years, 1 month ago
So while reading your post, my initial reaction was to dispute your opinion that Justin Bieber’s music is any way poetic. However, I do agree that music innately has poetic elements to it and contemporary music is […]
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Zachary Vila wrote a new blog post Home Depot by Brian Turner in the group The Contemporary Poem: 4 years, 1 month ago
During one of our past classes, Professor Smith referenced a poem by Brian Turner called Home Depot. After he mentioned it and the themes that surrounding the poem, such as a soldier’s PTSD and dealing with it i […]
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Zachary Vila wrote a new blog post Looking Towards Prose for Inspiration in the group The Contemporary Poem: 4 years, 1 month ago
While the recommended blog post this week was supposed to explore our beginnings in writing poetry, I believe that I covered that sufficiently in my last post. Instead I would like to deviate from the path a bit […]
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Zachary Vila commented on the post, What I draw inspiration from, on the groupblog The Contemporary Poem 4 years, 1 month ago
After reading your post I get a sense that you love spending time with your friends and visiting cool and interesting places. With that I would recommend the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. Not only is the […]
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Zachary Vila commented on the post, Papercuts, on the groupblog The Contemporary Poem 4 years, 1 month ago
After reading your post and now learning you are a “Pack Rat” (don’t worry, I’m a bit of one too), I would recommend Game Informer magazine through Gamestop. Game Informer magazine is a magazine that keeps its rea […]
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Zachary Vila wrote a new blog post The Start of my Writing and my Evolution in the group The Contemporary Poem: 4 years, 1 month ago
If someone were to ask me “what poets do you draw inspiration from while writing?” I wouldn’t have the slightest idea on how to answer. Truth be told, I don’t follow or read many other poet’s works (though […]
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Zachary Vila joined the group The Contemporary Poem 4 years, 1 month ago
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Zachary Vila became a registered member 4 years, 1 month ago