Category Archives: Creative

Followers of Society: Stationed at the “Subway”

Carl Sandburg’s poem “Subway”, written in 1916 is a sestet with no ending rhyme pattern for each line. The content of this poem leads me to believe that the subway has increased as one of the primary modes of transportation … Continue reading

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A Memory

In my imitation of Hardy’s poem “The Voice,” I attempted to imitate the weird beat that lies within his poem, as well as the idea of that which has been lost and cannot be retrieved, something that is slipping through … Continue reading

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Reminiscing the past…

Thomas Hardy is one of the world’s most renowned poets. He was an English poet who was well-known for his war poems. He typical wrote in a style that exemplified sadness and depression. A great example of his approach to … Continue reading

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What did they just say? What did they just say? Nah, dude it’s all gravy Whatchu doin tonight? we gettin after it? ight man word to the purple bird, stop by we’ll see what’s good. it’s done so much that, … Continue reading

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The Battle for Creative Joy; Surfing Through Poetry

  As we read in the Anthology headnotes, Yeats’s brilliance is most bright when he straddles sides of himself. His seemingly objective view of his own feelings and goals allows him to be truly romantic in this, what I would label … Continue reading

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When You Are Young: A Creative Imitation of Yeats

I was inspired this week by Yeats’ use of the deconstructed sonnet in his poem, “When You Are Old.” I decided to imitate this form and syntax by crafting a new poem similar to Yeats’. Imitating Yeats’ diction was not … Continue reading

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What Will Your Verse Be?

This clip from the movie Dead Poet’s Society ends with Professor Keating quoting Walt Whitman, “That life exists, an identity. That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.” He then asks the students, “What will your … Continue reading

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Soft as the massacres of the Suns

Emily Dickinson is not like many other poets, she possesses individual expertise, but she does share a common characteristic with other writers. Dickinson perpetually wrote about the things that fascinated her or intrigued her. I would say that Dickinson’s work … Continue reading

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Spread all the Lies and do it quick—

I always love Dickinson’s poetry, for it’s simplicity as well as rhythm.  In her poem “Tell All the Truth,” she is stating to always tell the truth of things, but to say it such a way that the listener is … Continue reading

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