26 7 / 2011
She’s banged up. Mentally and emotionally.
Literally and metaphorically.
But every day she walks outside with a smile on her face.
Because that’s who she is.
25 7 / 2011
Sharing Poetry: Dylan Thomas, "Being But Men"
Being but men, we walked into the trees
Afraid, letting our syllables be soft
For fear of waking the rooks,
For fear of coming
Noiselessly into a world of wings and cries.
If we were children we might climb,
Catch the rooks sleeping, and break no twig,
And, after the soft ascent,
Thrust…
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25 7 / 2011
Pathos Qua Nous - Feeling Insofar As Mind: Charles Simic on Writing Poetry
A few things to keep in mind while sitting down to write a poem:
- Don’t tell the readers what they already know about life.
- Don’t assume you’re the only one in the world who suffers.
- Some of the greatest poems in the language are sonnets and poems not many lines longer than that, so don’t…
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