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Georg Trakl in Plato’s Republic

by Joe Weil Poetry and Poetics

Georg Trakl in Plato’s Republic

By Joe Weil

Poetry, like music, like dance, might be defined as the precision of ecstasy, and the ecstasy of precision, an ecstatic precision, and measured ecstasy.

May
15
2013
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Poetry, like music, like dance, might be defined as the precision of ecstasy, and the ecstasy of precision, an ecstatic precision, and measured ecstasy.

Hindu Surrealism: George Kalamaras

by Brooks Lampe Poetry and Poetics

Hindu Surrealism: George Kalamaras

By Brooks Lampe

The two loves of Kalamaras’s life: Surrealism and Hindu mysticism (with a touch of rhetorical theory!).

Jun
22
2011
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The two loves of Kalamaras’s life: Surrealism and Hindu mysticism (with a touch of rhetorical theory!).

Literary Movements: Insider as Outsider and Token Renegade

by Joe Weil Academia

Literary Movements: Insider as Outsider and Token Renegade

By Joe Weil

When gaining a foothold among the establishment, it is important the so called “outsiders” or mavericks have a figure fully anchored within the establishment who can be “acceptable.”

Dec
29
2010
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When gaining a foothold among the establishment, it is important the so called “outsiders” or mavericks have a figure fully anchored within the establishment who can be “acceptable.”

A Ghost (Sonnet) in Gene Tanta’s “Unusual Woods”

by Brooks Lampe Language

A Ghost (Sonnet) in Gene Tanta’s “Unusual Woods”

By Brooks Lampe

Seemingly disconnected things envisioned as unified: this is the surreal experience of the “marvelous” or the Deep Image experience of the deep image.

Nov
08
2010
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Seemingly disconnected things envisioned as unified: this is the surreal experience of the “marvelous” or the Deep Image experience of the deep image.

On Gene Tanta’s “Critical Introduction to Unusual Woods.”

by Brooks Lampe Academia

On Gene Tanta’s “Critical Introduction to Unusual Woods.”

By Brooks Lampe

Even though both the form and content of Gene Tanta’s work are particular to his Romanian-immigrant experience, he insists that his poetry is accessible to everyone. His poetry, he says, exists both as aesthetic objects and political propaganda. This is absolutely true about all poetry, not just his own. Inevitably, literary criticism will come to see that literature is always both.

Oct
30
2010
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Even though both the form and content of Gene Tanta’s work are particular to his Romanian-immigrant experience, he insists that his poetry is accessible to everyone. His poetry, he says, exists both as aesthetic objects and political propaganda. This is absolutely true about all poetry, not just his own. Inevitably, literary criticism will come to see that literature is always both.

How to Ransack a Poem for Parts

by Joe Weil Poetry and Poetics

How to Ransack a Poem for Parts

By Joe Weil

Hunch against the wind. / Call to the shadows / of lengthening children.

Oct
16
2010
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Hunch against the wind. / Call to the shadows / of lengthening children.

Closing a Poem (Blogging through Grossman, Part 6)

by Micah Towery Art

Closing a Poem (Blogging through Grossman, Part 6)

By Micah Towery

How do you know when you’re “done” a poem? I’m not speaking about revision, but rather, the act of writing, particularly lyrical free verse. Donna Masini once described it to me (or a class I was in—can’t remember which), as a settling in the body: a literal sense in the poet’s body that there is [...]

Apr
06
2010
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How do you know when you’re “done” a poem? I’m not speaking about revision, but rather, the act of writing, particularly lyrical free verse. Donna Masini once described it to me (or a class I was in—can’t remember which), as a settling in the body: a literal sense in the poet’s body that there is [...]