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Forum: Media 05-16-2014, 09:10 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 6,598
Posted By katsy
OH, this **** is good. The Quiet World By...

OH, this **** is good.

The Quiet World
By Jeffrey McDaniel
In an effort to get people to look
into each other’s eyes more,
and also to appease the mutes,
the government has decided
to allot...
Forum: Media 02-07-2014, 10:51 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 6,598
Posted By katsy
I'm reading this poem next week at an...

I'm reading this poem next week at an African-American read-in to celebrate Black History Month. I almost went with Soujourner Truth's "Aint I a Woman" which is also below.

"Be Nobody's Darling"...
Forum: Media 02-07-2014, 10:43 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 6,598
Posted By katsy
Love Langston Hughes. He has a collection of...

Love Langston Hughes. He has a collection of short stories worth checking out, I want to say the title is BLACK LIKE ME. I got it at a garage sale for 50 cents-- one of those awesome finds.
Forum: Media 08-13-2013, 12:56 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 6,598
Posted By katsy
Awesomeness: Traci Brimhall Incomplete...

Awesomeness:

Traci Brimhall
Incomplete Address To The Lord

When I found that mass of scales and muscle,
saw one anaconda twist around another, watched
a split tongue flick the air, choosing...
Forum: Media 08-12-2013, 11:16 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 6,598
Posted By katsy
San Antonio by Naomi Shihab Nye Tonight...

San Antonio
by Naomi Shihab Nye

Tonight I lingered over your name,
the delicate assembly of vowels
a voice inside my head.
You were sleeping when I arrived.
I stood by your bed
and...
Forum: Media 08-12-2013, 11:09 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 6,598
Posted By katsy
"my heart a wordless prayer" -- so many great...

"my heart a wordless prayer" -- so many great lines in this.

Please share as many as you like! I love reading new stuff.
Forum: Media 08-12-2013, 11:05 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 6,598
Posted By katsy
I really, really love that, thanks for sharing. ...

I really, really love that, thanks for sharing.

I am not a poet, but if I were, the sonnet would intimidate me.
Forum: Media 05-15-2013, 02:57 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 6,598
Posted By katsy
Brutal By Andrea Cohen Brutal to give ...

Brutal
By Andrea Cohen

Brutal to give
the prisoner a window—
a blue sky glimpse—

as if an afterlife
existed. Brutal
for you to parade
Forum: Media 05-07-2013, 08:49 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 6,598
Posted By katsy
Some more prose poetry: CLAUDIA CORTESE ...

Some more prose poetry:

CLAUDIA CORTESE

Dear Claudia—

I don’t know why you made a broken girl. I bury glass in the moonlight, eat Oreos at midnight, dream my skin abuzz with knives. Give me...
Forum: Media 04-23-2013, 08:04 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 6,598
Posted By katsy
I've decided to post some prose. I like this...

I've decided to post some prose. I like this stuff, it's all related and easy/quick to read. I think you will enjoy. I beleive you would call it a verse essay.

I've posted the first two essays,...
Forum: Media 04-16-2013, 06:18 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 6,598
Posted By katsy
More Neruda Don't Go Far Off Don't go...

More Neruda

Don't Go Far Off

Don't go far off, not even for a day, because --
because -- I don't know how to say it: a day is long
and I will be waiting for you, as in an empty station
when...
Forum: Media 04-08-2013, 02:33 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 6,598
Posted By katsy
Plath is one of my favorites and this is one of...

Plath is one of my favorites and this is one of my favorites by her husband, Ted Hughes-- who is kind of a big deal all on his own.

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"Lovesong"

He loved her and she loved him.
His...
Forum: Media 04-05-2013, 08:43 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 6,598
Posted By katsy
PAN, thanks for posting. I would say it belongs...

PAN, thanks for posting. I would say it belongs here, spoken word is a performance art and the speaker here is for sure using poetry. He has some really great/witty/clever lines. Interestingly...
Forum: Media 04-02-2013, 06:43 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 6,598
Posted By katsy
I like Larkin, though I have never read that one...

I like Larkin, though I have never read that one before. I enjoyed it very much, thanks for posting! It's nice to have another poetry fan around.

Read this one yesterday on Verse Daily, and WOW....
Forum: Media 03-27-2013, 07:35 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 6,598
Posted By katsy
Some of these are narrative poems, so it is...

Some of these are narrative poems, so it is fitting to think they are "short stories"

Poetry doesn't have to rhyme. It comes in many different forms-- just like music.

So here's a rhyming poem....
Forum: Media 03-18-2013, 01:55 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 6,598
Posted By katsy
“What Do Women Want?” By Kim Addonizio ...

“What Do Women Want?”

By Kim Addonizio

I want a red dress.
I want it flimsy and cheap,
I want it too tight, I want to wear it
until someone tears it off me.
I want it sleeveless and...
Forum: Media 03-07-2013, 04:56 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 6,598
Posted By katsy
you do not know me if you think i will not kill you

This poem is GREAT. Read it. Another love poem. My spouse and I have a similar agreement. My favorite line: "I tell you you do not/know me if you think I will not/kill you."

The Promise by Sharon...
Forum: Media 03-06-2013, 04:28 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 6,598
Posted By katsy
How to write an erotic letter

This is great. I love the letter to the father.

Anthony Farrington

HOW TO WRITE AN EROTIC LETTER

You must empty yourself first. Erase
everything you’ve written. If you’re naked,
revise...
Forum: Media 03-05-2013, 02:26 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 6,598
Posted By katsy
One more from Best New Poets 2011. Another poem...

One more from Best New Poets 2011. Another poem on the darker side. The theme today seems to be child abuse.

Ash Bowen
How Gravity Hated Us

My sister was the first to learn how gravity hated...
Forum: Media 03-05-2013, 02:08 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 6,598
Posted By katsy
^^ Neruda has many great poems, this one happens...

^^ Neruda has many great poems, this one happens to be my favorite. His book of love sonnets is pretty amazing. Sonnet form isn't the easiest to write in and it's all been translated from Spanish....
Forum: Media 03-03-2013, 05:50 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 6,598
Posted By katsy
I couldn't help but to share one more this...

I couldn't help but to share one more this evening. This is a freakin awesome poem. There is no doubt that in his time, Pablo, pulled more ass than a toilet seat.


“Sonnet XVII

I do not love...
Forum: Media 03-03-2013, 05:36 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 6,598
Posted By katsy
Poetry

Poetry is arguably a dying art form. I happen to enjoy it. I'm not a fan of the inaccessible works you may get in your lit class-- not that the stuff isn't anthologized for a good reason.

I am...
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