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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.

Lists and Parataxis: A primer for those who want it

by Joe Weil Poetry and Poetics

Lists and Parataxis: A primer for those who want it

By Joe Weil

Whitman has more listings than an anal retentive suburbanite.

Mar
20
2013
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Whitman has more listings than an anal retentive suburbanite.

A Primer on Writing and Imagery (for those who want it)

by Joe Weil The Other

A Primer on Writing and Imagery (for those who want it)

By Joe Weil

You will hear in workshops: “Show, don’t tell,” but that’s a bunch of malarkey. It should be: “Show what tells.”

Dec
19
2012
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You will hear in workshops: “Show, don’t tell,” but that’s a bunch of malarkey. It should be: “Show what tells.”

What Is This Thing Called Free Verse? (A primer for those who want it)

by Joe Weil Poetry and Poetics

What Is This Thing Called Free Verse? (A primer for those who want it)

By Joe Weil

Poets want to get away with murder.

Dec
13
2012
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Poets want to get away with murder.

On Rhetorical Devices and Their Use

by Joe Weil Poetry and Poetics

On Rhetorical Devices and Their Use

By Joe Weil

If you want to escape all rhetoric, you are out of luck.

Apr
04
2012
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If you want to escape all rhetoric, you are out of luck.

Teaching Poetry: Obedience vs. Conformity

by Joe Weil Poetry and Poetics

Teaching Poetry: Obedience vs. Conformity

By Joe Weil

We must teach our students to reinvent the wheel over and over again, to go back to origins and test them.

Mar
28
2012
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We must teach our students to reinvent the wheel over and over again, to go back to origins and test them.

Poetry as Fun

by Joe Weil Poetry and Poetics

Poetry as Fun

By Joe Weil

Most poetry, before the 20th century was meant to be relational. Modernism and post-modernism decided to disconnect from this relational dynamic.

Mar
07
2012
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Most poetry, before the 20th century was meant to be relational. Modernism and post-modernism decided to disconnect from this relational dynamic.

How to Edit Poems in a Workshop (Towards a Different Kind of Workshop, Part III)

by Joe Weil Poetry and Poetics

How to Edit Poems in a Workshop (Towards a Different Kind of Workshop, Part III)

By Joe Weil

Break up into groups, something they love to do now-a-days: Line/space coach, image/word choice coach, rhythm/syntax coach, and meaning/subtext coach.

Oct
30
2010
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Break up into groups, something they love to do now-a-days: Line/space coach, image/word choice coach, rhythm/syntax coach, and meaning/subtext coach.