I know that some of us have a hard time with rhymes when it comes to our poems, so I thought these might help. I use them every once in a while when I get stuck.
http://www.rhymezone.com/
http://www.rhymer.com/
http://rhyme.poetry.com/
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008
The Deviant Life
If anyones interested deviantart (deviantart.com) has a lot of random poetry you can check out but you can also post poetry, art, prose, photography, etc... and receive comments and feedback worldwide.
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
Limerickdb.com
There's this (verbose, nerdy, multi-thematic, stick-figured & all-in-all well-liked) webcomic, called xkcd. One day, on the author's blog (Blag), he discusses this Limerick database that he just made:
LimerickDB.com
February 4th, 2008Remember limericks? They were huge in the mid-20th century, but fell on hard times over the last couple decades. Now so many dirty limericks are a generation out-of-date, and the really clever ones lie neglected and un-retold.
I want more limericks, and I want the cleverest ones collected somewhere. It strikes me that a certain modern system for collecting bits of funny text might be perfect for both these goals.
So, after a moment’s work, I’ve set up LimerickDB.com, which you’ll recognize as similar to bash.org. Submit away, both old and new! Anonymity is encouraged and a respect for meter is required. Dirtiness is not mandatory, but it helps.
This database of limericks is mostly (entirely) made up of limericks that contributers have sent in. Limericks are a form of poetry, after all. Submit your own! Who knows? It may become one of the top rated. Parental advisory: given that limericks are traditionally dirty, it's no surprise that the ones on the website straddle the line between amusingly dirty and too offensive. If you find a limerick so, then click that 'X' next to it to 'flag' it, which suggests to the moderator that this limerick be removed.
Enjoy!
A Good Essay on Form by Linh Dinh
http://poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/03/half_rigid_half_verse_1.html
Reading and Exercises for the Next Two Weeks
From The New American Poetry:
The SF Renaissance:
Robert Duncan
“The Song of the Borderguard”
“An Owl is an Only Bird of Poetry”
“A Poem Beginning with A Line by Pindar”
Jack Spicer
“Imaginary Elegies, I-IV”
Brother Antoninus
“Advent”
“A Canticle to the Waterbirds”
Madeleine Gleason
“Once and Upon”
Philip Lamantia
“Terror Conduction”
“Morning Light Song”
“Still Poem 9”
John Wieners
“A Poem for the Insane”
“A Poem for Trapped Things”
The Beats:
Jack Kerouac
211th Chorus
225th Chorus
Ginsberg
“Howl”
“A Supermarket in
The Buddhists
Philip Whalen
“2 Variations: All About Love”
“
Gary Snyder
“Myths & Texts, Part III”
Other important Writers excluded from this anthology:
Journals Assignments
1. Considering the themes of romanticism, spirituality, and political engagement, describe how one of these poems fits (or doesn’t fit) into the broad themes of
2. Do you feel a connection with any of the three themes listed above? Please discuss, using examples from your own work as well as the reading.
Exercises:
1. Write an imitation of one these poems
2. Write a poem describing, in emotional terms, the weather wherever you are during spring break.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Like This Wasn't Coming
So I'm really into Dadaism and bat-shit crazy art, and I think you all should be too.
http://www.maxernst.com/
Wait, what the hell am I doing? I'm not going to link all of these. I'm just going to name the notable ones...
Man Ray
Heinrich Hoerle
Marcel Duchamp
Kurt Schwitters
George Scholz
Otto Dix
Hans Arp
George Grosz
Raoul Hausmann
Most of these psycho bitches and babies are pretty well known, but a few are lesser known and equally amazing.
Monday, March 10, 2008
The Affecting Eye
theeffectingeye.smugmug.com
The exercise goes like this:
Chose one of the images from this website.
Write a poem about it, around it, in its vicinity, perhaps including something in the photograph.
In your journals, write a paragraph about why you wrote the poem you wrote about the photograph about which you wrote.
The exercise goes like this:
Chose one of the images from this website.
Write a poem about it, around it, in its vicinity, perhaps including something in the photograph.
In your journals, write a paragraph about why you wrote the poem you wrote about the photograph about which you wrote.
Monday, March 3, 2008
More Links to Fun Goodness
http://www.zafusy.com/index.htm
A fun one out of London. I guess it sounds different when the Limeys read it...
http://anachronizms.blogspot.com/
Del Ray Cross: Lover of Roman Numerals.
A fun one out of London. I guess it sounds different when the Limeys read it...
http://anachronizms.blogspot.com/
Del Ray Cross: Lover of Roman Numerals.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Remembering Lawrence King
http://www.myspace.com/rememberinglawrence
Lawrence's story
NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2008 – Ten years after Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard was brutally murdered because of his sexual orientation, a 15-year-old gay California student is dead after a student allegedly shot him because of his sexual orientation and gender expression. Lawrence King, an eighth-grader at E.O. Green Junior High School in Oxnard, was shot Tuesday morning in English class. The 14-year-old attacker, among a group of students known to bully and harass King because he sometimes wore makeup and jewelry and told classmates he was gay, has been charged with murder and a hate crime. “This incident of senseless violence is truly horrifying, and our hearts go out to the student’s friends, family and the E.O. Green School community,” said Kevin Jennings, Executive Director of GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network. “As a nation, we’ve had our heads in the sand for far too long. We need to do everything we can to prevent something like this from happening again.Thursday, February 21, 2008
Undergraduate Artist Grants
http://www.ucira.ucsb.edu/
Undergraduate Action Research Grants
The University of California Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA) is pleased to announce a new funding program dedicated to supporting undergraduate student-led initiatives in the arts. The undergraduate Action Research grants are aimed at supporting arts and cultural projects with the capacity to have a significant impact on campus/community life. Projects may include, but are not limited to: exhibitions, performances, concerts, guest-artist visits, site-specific art, workshops, festivals and publications that foster innovation and campus engagement through the arts.
The undergraduate Action Research awards, which range from $500-$2000, support student-led arts initiatives. Funds are available for any currently enrolled undergraduate UC student or student group on a competitive basis. Applications are due March 15th for projects taking place during the following Fall or Winter quarters.
All proposals must:
oDemonstrate art's potential to foster understanding, encourage the intersection of communities, and transform experience
oEmploy peer-to-peer leadership and expertise to promote undergraduate student learning through the arts
In Addition, proposals should meet one or more of the following criteria:
oExpose students and the public to innovative and experimental art forms
oFacilitate new ways of thinking about how the University can more effectively and imaginatively engage its students and their attendant communities
oUtilize the arts as a means of addressing challenging topics
oFacilitate collaborations between new and diverse communities
oIncrease understanding of or proficiency in the arts
Some background on the Action Research Initiative:
The UCIRA Action Research program awards are intended to support expanded praxis/participation-oriented proposals in which UC faculty and/or students partner as co-researchers and co-learners with representatives from a broad range of off-campus communities, organizations and agencies. Project proposals should be designed to develop and foster sustained relationships between academic and non-academic sectors and to encourage participants to work on mutually defined problems and projects situated within a real world context.
How to apply:
In preparing to apply you should:
1. Read the guidelines carefully
2. Write down any questions you have and call (805-893-7799) or email UCIRA for clarification (info@ucira.ucsb.edu).
3. Have someone unfamiliar with your project read a draft of your application for clarity.
4. Check the application deadline.
5. Download Summary Sheet (word document: 56kb)
6. Download Host Venue Form (word document: 34kb)
7. Obtain a letter of support from a UC faculty or staff member familiar with you, your group or your project.
Deadlines:
Applications will be reviewed twice annually. When applying, please make sure that your event takes place well after the notification date. We do not provide retroactive funding so you we encourage you to apply early!
For projects taking place Fall 2008/Winter 2009
Applications due March 15
Applications must be RECEIVED BY 5:00 p.m. on the application deadline. In the event that the deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, applications must be received by the first business day following the deadline. Faxed applications will NOT be accepted.
Funding Process:
You must have an Office of Student Life trustee account or equivalent means of receiving the funds at your campus (note: each campus uses a different name for these accounts - check with your home department for details.) In order to do this you may be required to register as an official student activity group, or obtain permission through your department to receive the funds there. If you are awarded funding, we will send a record of the transfer to OSL or your departmental administrator, through whom you will be able to access your funds.
The Application Package:
To apply for a UCIRA grant, please submit 1 copy via U.S. mail and 1 copy via email in PDF format of the following set of materials:
Application Package:
1. A completed UCIRA summary sheet form (attached)
2. A narrative description of the proposed project
(Limit your Proposal Narrative to one page, with not less than 0.8 inch margins, 12 point font or larger)
3. The project budget proposal
4. Host Venue Form (attached)
5. Letter of recommendation from a UC faculty or staff person
Send completed applications to:
UCIRA
6046 HSSB
University of California
Santa Barbara CA 93106-7115
Undergraduate Action Research Grants
The University of California Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA) is pleased to announce a new funding program dedicated to supporting undergraduate student-led initiatives in the arts. The undergraduate Action Research grants are aimed at supporting arts and cultural projects with the capacity to have a significant impact on campus/community life. Projects may include, but are not limited to: exhibitions, performances, concerts, guest-artist visits, site-specific art, workshops, festivals and publications that foster innovation and campus engagement through the arts.
The undergraduate Action Research awards, which range from $500-$2000, support student-led arts initiatives. Funds are available for any currently enrolled undergraduate UC student or student group on a competitive basis. Applications are due March 15th for projects taking place during the following Fall or Winter quarters.
All proposals must:
oDemonstrate art's potential to foster understanding, encourage the intersection of communities, and transform experience
oEmploy peer-to-peer leadership and expertise to promote undergraduate student learning through the arts
In Addition, proposals should meet one or more of the following criteria:
oExpose students and the public to innovative and experimental art forms
oFacilitate new ways of thinking about how the University can more effectively and imaginatively engage its students and their attendant communities
oUtilize the arts as a means of addressing challenging topics
oFacilitate collaborations between new and diverse communities
oIncrease understanding of or proficiency in the arts
Some background on the Action Research Initiative:
The UCIRA Action Research program awards are intended to support expanded praxis/participation-oriented proposals in which UC faculty and/or students partner as co-researchers and co-learners with representatives from a broad range of off-campus communities, organizations and agencies. Project proposals should be designed to develop and foster sustained relationships between academic and non-academic sectors and to encourage participants to work on mutually defined problems and projects situated within a real world context.
How to apply:
In preparing to apply you should:
1. Read the guidelines carefully
2. Write down any questions you have and call (805-893-7799) or email UCIRA for clarification (info@ucira.ucsb.edu).
3. Have someone unfamiliar with your project read a draft of your application for clarity.
4. Check the application deadline.
5. Download Summary Sheet (word document: 56kb)
6. Download Host Venue Form (word document: 34kb)
7. Obtain a letter of support from a UC faculty or staff member familiar with you, your group or your project.
Deadlines:
Applications will be reviewed twice annually. When applying, please make sure that your event takes place well after the notification date. We do not provide retroactive funding so you we encourage you to apply early!
For projects taking place Fall 2008/Winter 2009
Applications due March 15
Applications must be RECEIVED BY 5:00 p.m. on the application deadline. In the event that the deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, applications must be received by the first business day following the deadline. Faxed applications will NOT be accepted.
Funding Process:
You must have an Office of Student Life trustee account or equivalent means of receiving the funds at your campus (note: each campus uses a different name for these accounts - check with your home department for details.) In order to do this you may be required to register as an official student activity group, or obtain permission through your department to receive the funds there. If you are awarded funding, we will send a record of the transfer to OSL or your departmental administrator, through whom you will be able to access your funds.
The Application Package:
To apply for a UCIRA grant, please submit 1 copy via U.S. mail and 1 copy via email in PDF format of the following set of materials:
Application Package:
1. A completed UCIRA summary sheet form (attached)
2. A narrative description of the proposed project
(Limit your Proposal Narrative to one page, with not less than 0.8 inch margins, 12 point font or larger)
3. The project budget proposal
4. Host Venue Form (attached)
5. Letter of recommendation from a UC faculty or staff person
Send completed applications to:
UCIRA
6046 HSSB
University of California
Santa Barbara CA 93106-7115
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Some more things
http://delirioushem.blogspot.com/
A new feminist theory/poetry blog.
http://www.typomag.com/
And another online magazine
http://delirioushem.blogspot.com/
A new feminist theory/poetry blog.
http://www.typomag.com/
And another online magazine
Friday, February 15, 2008
Some Contemporary Blogs and Online Journals
Hello There, Writing 125 Students.
In talking to Jack the other day, I thought it might be useful for you to get a glimpse at the kind of poetry that's being written today. This is by no means a complete list, but I hope you like it. You will notice a certain West Coast bias. San Francisco has been an incredibly important city in the development of American Literature. LA has too, but LA's been more about the Visual Arts since the 1960s
ronsilliman.blogspot.com
Ron Silliman is the king of poetry bloggers.
Eyeball Hatred
This is the blog of Clayton Banes, who manages Pegasus Books in Berkeley, the best bookstore for contemporary poetry on the West Coast. If you're in Berkeley, go there. This also has an amazing links page. Enjoy.
Selby's List
A list of "experimental" small magazines based in Oakland.
Octopus
A pretty good journal out of Lincoln, Nebraska
Poetry Foundation
The Online Home of the Poetry Foundation, now the richest publication in the United States of America. Really! Long story.
The Pines
Ok - the pines is like a poetry band. It's a collaborative work that's been going for a few years now. Pretty cool, actually.
In talking to Jack the other day, I thought it might be useful for you to get a glimpse at the kind of poetry that's being written today. This is by no means a complete list, but I hope you like it. You will notice a certain West Coast bias. San Francisco has been an incredibly important city in the development of American Literature. LA has too, but LA's been more about the Visual Arts since the 1960s
ronsilliman.blogspot.com
Ron Silliman is the king of poetry bloggers.
Eyeball Hatred
This is the blog of Clayton Banes, who manages Pegasus Books in Berkeley, the best bookstore for contemporary poetry on the West Coast. If you're in Berkeley, go there. This also has an amazing links page. Enjoy.
Selby's List
A list of "experimental" small magazines based in Oakland.
Octopus
A pretty good journal out of Lincoln, Nebraska
Poetry Foundation
The Online Home of the Poetry Foundation, now the richest publication in the United States of America. Really! Long story.
The Pines
Ok - the pines is like a poetry band. It's a collaborative work that's been going for a few years now. Pretty cool, actually.
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