The moderator for this week is Abby!
Abigail Licad is an immigrant from the Philippines, a former editor-in-chief for Hyphen magazine, a full-on feminist, a diehard Tori Amos fan, a mediocre classical pianist, a dog mama, a chocolate fiend, a terrible cook, a succulent addict, a lover of sending care packages, and a poetry junkie through and through. She has no tattoos and lives in Portland, Oregon.
Tuesday, September 6, 2022
W.S. Merwin "Berryman" 1. Respond to or incorporate any of the following passages in your poem:
"pray to the Muse/get down on my knees and pray/right there in the corner"
"the great presence/that permitted everything and transmuted it/in poetry was passion"
"you can never be sure/you die without knowing"
2. Write a poem about or addressing a mentor you've had. Describe your mentor and the key lessons you've learned from them.
3. Write an ars poetica depicting your own writing process or key lessons you've learned from writing.
Thursday, September 8, 2022
Lucille Clifton "homage to my hips"
1. Respond to or incorporate any of the following passages in your poem:
"these hips... don't fit into little/petty places"
"they go where they want to go"
"these hips are magic hips"
2. Write your own homage to your favorite physical feature explaining why. 3. Write an ode to an inanimate object dear to you, such as a musical instrument, your favorite shoes, or your favorite tech gadget, and explain this object's significance in your life.
Friday, September 9, 2022 Donald Justice "Men at Forty" 1. Respond to or incorporate any of the following passages in your poem: "Men at forty/Learn to close softly/The doors they will not be/Coming back to."
"deep in mirrors/They discover/The face of the boy as he practices tying/His father's tie there in secret"
"something/That is like the twilight sound/Of the crickets, immense"
2. Write a poem from the perspective of someone in your peer group. What are some of the predominant concerns or preoccupations of this group? What are some new discoveries or realizations being made? What concrete objects help symbolize these preoccupations or discoveries? Or, alternatively, write a poem from the perspective of someone who is not in your peer group -- i.e., male, older/younger, of a different gender, etc. 3. Write a poem to commemorate your upcoming birthday. Reflect on how far you've come, where you've been, and where you'd like to go. Reflect on the context of our times and how this is shaping you. What are some themes or challenges that you find yourself encountering over and over throughout the years, and how have they morphed/evolved, or how have they changed you?
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