National Poetry Month

[browngirl]

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see -- it is, rather, a light by which we may see -- and what we see is life. Robert Penn Warren

So, I was never a very good poet, but I do love poetry, so I'm going to try to post a poem a day this upcoming month.

But I have looked down into
These rain-spear-stung streets
And found mirrored there
An unguessed beauty of dingy things:
Oh, I do not want realities!
Give me their misshapen lovely images
And unreached forms.
-Mark Turbyfill

Comments

[sage]

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Yay! I say back, eagerly awaiting when you'll be able to read this.

[rebmommy.livejournal.com]

I *love* this idea - a poem a day! I enjoyed your posts when you were sending Christmas carols at that season. Where do you find your poems? How do you choose? What makes a good poem to you?

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

*beam* Thank you, and Happy Passover?

In general, I choose poems that speak to me; I tend towards the lyric rather than the narrative and the structured rather than the free. Many of my poems this month will be from a poetry anthology I loved in my teens and recently rediscovered.

[katarik.livejournal.com]

<3 <3 <3

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

*blush* Thank you. :)

[moechus.livejournal.com]

I've been posting a poem a day at www.allthingshuman.com for nearly a year now. It's starting to wear a bit but every once in a while I come upon something nice that I had never read before.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

That's a *lot* of poetry. I'll have to go over and look when I have a chance!

[danachan.livejournal.com]

I am looking forward to this.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'll throw some Tolkien in there. :)

[danachan.livejournal.com]

I would not object. :)