April is National Poetry Month
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JUDO
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Book
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With encouragement from poets like you, I recently bought my first collection entitled First Loves from Scribner Poetry. It's been out for a year or so, and I like the way it's put together. Each chapter is a personal view of a poets' gradual, eventual exposure to poetry. Also included is their pick of a poem which they either love or that influenced them early.
The book is edited by Camela Ciuraru, former editor of the Journal of the Poetry Society of America with a forward by Alice Quinn, Poetry editor for the New Yorker.
The first chapter's poem is listed by Virginia Hamilton Adair and it's her father's work:
Along The Road
I walked a mile with Pleasure
She chattered all the way,
But left me none the wiser
For all she had to say.
I walked a mile with Sorrow
And ne'er a word said she;
But oh, the things I learned from her
When Sorrow walked with me.
- Robert Browning Hamilton
It's a wonderful book, full of anecdotes and incite. I reccomend it.
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With encouragement from poets like you, I recently bought my first collection entitled First Loves from Scribner Poetry. It's been out for a year or so, and I like the way it's put together. Each chapter is a personal view of a poets' gradual, eventual exposure to poetry. Also included is their pick of a poem which they either love or that influenced them early.
The book is edited by Camela Ciuraru, former editor of the Journal of the Poetry Society of America with a forward by Alice Quinn, Poetry editor for the New Yorker.
The first chapter's poem is listed by Virginia Hamilton Adair and it's her father's work:
Along The Road
I walked a mile with Pleasure
She chattered all the way,
But left me none the wiser
For all she had to say.
I walked a mile with Sorrow
And ne'er a word said she;
But oh, the things I learned from her
When Sorrow walked with me.
- Robert Browning Hamilton
It's a wonderful book, full of anecdotes and incite. I reccomend it.
daughter
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oh no, another book to add to my list
LOL
Judo--
It's dangerous to tell me about another good read! Thanks for the fyi. I'll resist as long as I can which is usually never very long.
I recently book, "How to Read A Poem and Fall In Love With Poetry", by Edward Hirsch. It is a beautiful book. It's one of those you read slowly, savoring the lines, hungry for more but caught up in the moment all at the same time.
Last night I went to a reading. Heard, author, Edwidge Danicat speak. A humble, gifted young writer. Ran into other aspiring writer/friends. It was a great night.
Peace,
daughter
LOL
Judo--
It's dangerous to tell me about another good read! Thanks for the fyi. I'll resist as long as I can which is usually never very long.
I recently book, "How to Read A Poem and Fall In Love With Poetry", by Edward Hirsch. It is a beautiful book. It's one of those you read slowly, savoring the lines, hungry for more but caught up in the moment all at the same time.
Last night I went to a reading. Heard, author, Edwidge Danicat speak. A humble, gifted young writer. Ran into other aspiring writer/friends. It was a great night.
Peace,
daughter
karmadog
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I am celebrating NPM by not writing any poetry this month. People were complaining about cemetary breezes caused by rapidly spinning dead poets.
My favorite poet is the late, lamented (now peacefully resting) Charles Bukowski. Whenever I right anything, I ask myself, What would Bukowski say about that? So far the old bastard is pretty insulting and quite frankly his (imagined) whiskey breath puts me off my lunch.
What was the other question? Oh yeah, readings. No poetry readings, but I did go to a Rick Bragg signing. Nice guy, good writer, and as a bonus, he had just returned from Pakistan where he was covering the war for the NY Times. So far he is a writer of nonfiction only.
My favorite poet is the late, lamented (now peacefully resting) Charles Bukowski. Whenever I right anything, I ask myself, What would Bukowski say about that? So far the old bastard is pretty insulting and quite frankly his (imagined) whiskey breath puts me off my lunch.
What was the other question? Oh yeah, readings. No poetry readings, but I did go to a Rick Bragg signing. Nice guy, good writer, and as a bonus, he had just returned from Pakistan where he was covering the war for the NY Times. So far he is a writer of nonfiction only.
My feelings are definately the same, Karmadog. Good ole' Buk had a way of seeing things that just made sense. Especially after a few Vodka 7s. One of my greater influences in writting poetry and prose, and a good sense of humor. My kinda humor anyways.
Celebrate? I celebrate well crafted words daily, and I slave now more than ever to breathe life into the novel I'm writting. I don't know if it will see daylight for a long time to come, but it is going to be my soul on paper when I finish. I could give a shit if anybody ever reads it. This one is gonna be for that dirty old dragon under the mountain, baby!
Celebrate? I celebrate well crafted words daily, and I slave now more than ever to breathe life into the novel I'm writting. I don't know if it will see daylight for a long time to come, but it is going to be my soul on paper when I finish. I could give a shit if anybody ever reads it. This one is gonna be for that dirty old dragon under the mountain, baby!
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