Life is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use. ~Charles Schulz
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Friday, August 28, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
This Week
This week is my third week of taking on a different poet and focusing on his/her work. Actually thus far they have all been female. Week one was Kim Addonizio. While not new to me, I did read her very first published book which is out of print, but for the life of me I can’t figure out why it hasn't been re-released. It was exceptional.
Last week I read some material of Anne Sexton’s. Again, Sexton is far from new to me but I think I found a new way of looking at her. And on that note, I’m making Sexton my dead poet mentor. (more about this in a later post)
This week I’m reading Carolyn Forche. Actually I only started reading it yesterday as It took a little longer in transit then I had hoped. Forche is really new to me. At least her poetry. I read some interesting journal bits of hers during this last year so I was prepared to look at her poetry with a very curious mind. The book I’m reading is The Country Between us. (I plan to talk about this in a future post as well)
One of the things I’ve been thinking a lot about the past few days is how I view musicality in poetry. Beside that I toyed with a sonnet last week. I rarely attempt sonnets so this was me stepping out a bit. Taking risks I suppose. Writing without the comfort of a safety net.
Thought for the Day
"He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man." ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Monday, August 24, 2009
Turn Your Refrigerator Upside Down
I try to look at things differently. It’s something I’ve been doing for a while now and it isn’t always easy because I think people ten to see what they want to see.
I believe particularly successful artists of all stripes have been thinking outside the box long before Taco Bell popularized enlarging our way of thinking with it’s slogan, “Think outside the bun.”
I’m particularly fond of poets who are able to stretch our imaginations. I want to be especially adept at this and I think to get there it’s good to exercise one’s imagination even in the most common of things.
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Sunday, August 23, 2009
Quote for week ahead
As Sunday approaches midnight I’m headed to bed with the latest edition of Poets and Writers magazine.
My quote of the week ahead…. “Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves.” Hubert H. Humphrey
Saturday, August 22, 2009
On Poetry: Ordinary objects can become beautiful through words - Norwich, CT - Norwich Bulletin
Enjoyed this column by A.S. Maulucci - poems don't always have to be about something profound. Sometimes the very ordinary can make for extraordinary writing.
On Poetry: Ordinary objects can become beautiful through words - Norwich, CT - Norwich Bulletin
By A.S. Maulucci
For The Norwich Bulletin
Posted Aug 21, 2009 @ 09:19 PM
Most of us form attachments to simple, everyday objects such as a coffee mug, a pen, a Swiss army knife or a pair of scissors. Ordinary things we love to use on a daily basis can be very beautiful and give us a great deal of pleasure. I have a thick Lucite ruler with drawings by Matisse that is not very practical for measuring things, but which I love to hold and use as a weight to keep a book open when I’m taking notes. This ruler has been in my possession for 40 years and has accompanied me through several major relocations. It sits on my desk as I write this.
Another treasured object is a small piece of driftwood picked up on a beach in the Hamptons. It flows like the cresting of a wave and is lovely to look at. It serves no practical purpose, but I have become very attached to it, and it too is well traveled.
Many poets have written poems in celebration of the beauty of simple objects such as these. One of my favorites is a poem by Pablo Neruda called “Ode to My Socks.” FULL COLUMN
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On Poetry: Ordinary objects can become beautiful through words - Norwich, CT - Norwich Bulletin
By A.S. Maulucci
For The Norwich Bulletin
Posted Aug 21, 2009 @ 09:19 PM
Most of us form attachments to simple, everyday objects such as a coffee mug, a pen, a Swiss army knife or a pair of scissors. Ordinary things we love to use on a daily basis can be very beautiful and give us a great deal of pleasure. I have a thick Lucite ruler with drawings by Matisse that is not very practical for measuring things, but which I love to hold and use as a weight to keep a book open when I’m taking notes. This ruler has been in my possession for 40 years and has accompanied me through several major relocations. It sits on my desk as I write this.
Another treasured object is a small piece of driftwood picked up on a beach in the Hamptons. It flows like the cresting of a wave and is lovely to look at. It serves no practical purpose, but I have become very attached to it, and it too is well traveled.
Many poets have written poems in celebration of the beauty of simple objects such as these. One of my favorites is a poem by Pablo Neruda called “Ode to My Socks.” FULL COLUMN
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