“In children, however, the impulse to tell stories and the impulse to play with words often seem to coincide, seem, indeed, to be part of the same impulse. The differences between poetry and fiction, between poets and fiction writers, may now be too well understood, may be understood with an artificial certainty. It may be [...]
Posts Tagged ‘poems’
Truth
Posted in Something Else, Writing, tagged Abby, Brian Phillips, death, melissa goodrich, memoir, mewithoutyou, murderboats, poems, poetry magazine, Summer, truth, Writing on May 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Success!
Posted in Writing, tagged ally harris, grandfather, poems, rivercraft, su review, Tara toms on March 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I got THREE poems into RiverCraft–one about Tara, one about Ally Harris, and one about my Grandfather. It’s funny that that’s how I classify them, but that’s the way it is. NOW: Craft witty and professional bio, organzine shit for SU Review, write a critique, read some stories, get shit done. All my affections, Liz
Karla Saves the Day
Posted in Reading, Writing, tagged fuck, john ashbery, karla kelsey, nice, poems, some trees, why my mother hates poetry on March 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
So today in Adv. Poetry we read a poem called “fuck” that was mostly about how everyone should say fuck in three haikus. Karla made us say fuck over and over to see if it would lose its meaning. Karla looked me in the eye and said fuck twice and believe me when I say [...]
