A litany is a form of poetry that repeats and repeats, repeats and circles. I’ve been trying to make friends with it lately, both through reading and writing. Here’s a little annotation essay of mine on some of Joy Harjo’s litanies:
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litany, litany, litany
Posted in annotation, tagged annotation, I give you back, Joy Harjo, litany, poetry, remember, she had some horses, writing on September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The California Poem (and The Vermont Poem?)
Posted in annotation, tagged annotation, books, California, Eleni Sikelianos, poetry, The California Poem, Vermont, writing on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve put this photo I took of a covered bridge here because I’m posting (after the jump) an annotation I wrote about Eleni Sikelianos’s book, The California Poem, and since I’ve never been to California, I did some thinking about what her book would be like translated into Vermont language. Vermont is my home [...]
dressing and describing a character
Posted in casual reading, tagged books, character description, Gladys Mitchell, Mrs. Bradley, mystery novels, novels, reading, The Dancing Druids, writing on May 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sometimes the character descriptions are my favorite parts of novels. They often seem more vibrant to me than other parts of the same book. Is this because the author puts in extra effort when describing a character? To me they just seem great fun to write.
Here are a couple recent ones that I enjoyed. They [...]
crow hill
Posted in my poetry, tagged ars poetica, creativity, crow hill, crows, hills, ideas, poetry, writing on May 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Where do ideas for poems come from? For me, it’s almost always something very small. An image, a phrase, a brief moment in a conversation–I call them seeds. It’s when I feel an opening inside my head, a fascination, a connection, the potential for growth. Then I try to save that feeling, to sort of incubate [...]
a quiz, a meme–for readers and writers
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, meme, quiz, reading, writing on April 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I got this from S’s blog on myspace. I don’t really use myspace anymore, so I’ve exported it here because I was interested enough to want to fill it out.
“This short survey is to encourage readers, writers, and poets to share a few simple things about ourselves. There are only twelve questions, and none of [...]
a little bit jumbled
Posted in annotation, tagged annotation, books, confusion, Lyn Hejinian, My Life, writing on February 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Here’s another annotation. This one’s on Lyn Hejinian’s book My Life. As you will gather if you read on, I was kinda baffled by this book, and it took me a long time to get through it even though it’s rather small as a physical object. In the end I decided that I didn’t feel [...]
Calvino on Water
Posted in annotation, tagged annotation, books, Italo Calvino, water, writing on November 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
An annotation on Italo Calvino, a nifty Italian writer, and how he made me think about why I write:
One small scene in all its glory
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