I expect poems, as a rule, to have some self-contained meaning. I expect each line to build to the next and contribute to a sense of thematic unity in the poem. I know, I know; how 19th century of me. Modernism and postmodernism showed us that poems don’t have to make sense to make us… Continue reading Review: Reading Diane Seuss’s 2024 Modern Poetry is like listening to the ramblings of a drunk woman—but like, in a good way
Author: Poets
Poets on a mission to teach the world that verse is delicious, and very desirable.
Patchwork Poetry
Gathered in the second floor of Pioneer Book (a Provo, Utah staple), four poetry pals gathered to discuss Shakespeare–except, none of us had read the same play. Whoops. We improvised, however, and decided to use our meeting to write four poems–together. It was interesting, each of us writing a line on our phones, then passing… Continue reading Patchwork Poetry
Podcast episode is up!
Episode 3 of the Over/Poetry podcast is up on Spotify, Apple, & YouTube! If you’re interested at all in Lord Byron and his Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, check it out.
What poetry collections would the Disney Princesses be reading?
What poetry would the Disney princesses be into? This one is going first because it was the most straightforward. For me, The Princess and the Frog is, yes, a love story, but it’s also a love letter to New Orleans. Tiana wants to open her restaurant because of her father, but also because she genuinely… Continue reading What poetry collections would the Disney Princesses be reading?
Not for the first time
I’m trying to learn Latin and not for the first time. 7 years ago, I bought a Latin textbook at a used-book store, took it home, and imagined knowing how to read and speak this ancient tongue. At the same time, I took a class on English’s reception of Latin literature, listening to lectures from… Continue reading Not for the first time
A Ghost in the Coffee Shop: A Method for Peer Review
“Are you too deeply Occupied to say if my Verse is alive?” Emily Dickinson wrote with some fervor to the editor of a daily publication. “The Mind is so near itself—it cannot see, distinctly—and I have none to ask—” Writing is best understood as a static text coming into contact with a dynamic mind. When… Continue reading A Ghost in the Coffee Shop: A Method for Peer Review
Of a Writing Process
I tell my students that writing is an art, not a science, that there is no law governing how to write a masterpiece. Whatever works for each as an individual writer should be adhered to. Just how each walks with their chosen stride, there is no need to modify our gait to cohabitate the footprints… Continue reading Of a Writing Process
Whimsy
Due to a general aversion to emotion other than joy in my upbringing, I have a tendency to want to keep things light and funny. Poetry has given me a space to explore my feelings on a broader and more nuanced field, but this tendency for lightness is something that crops up very frequently in… Continue reading Whimsy
Poetry is Delicious
When I hear someone say that they don’t like poetry, whether it’s my freshman students sitting down for my lesson on haiku and the writing process or my sexagenarian neighbor walking her dog down the sidewalk, I am stunned. This isn’t because this is a response I am not expecting, but because I can feel… Continue reading Poetry is Delicious
The Epistle of MT
In September, 2024, M. Taylor sent one letter as three separate postcards to M, Scott and Micah. As an exercise, letter writing makes an invisible audience specific and intimate and lets a person explore writing as a physical object.
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