#Java & Verse

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Emotion in Disguise: What Modernist Poetry Really Feels

ESSAY – JAVA & VERSE How Teaching, Trauma, and Innovation Keep Modernism Alive Today When I lectured on poetry, I always felt that the material used wasn’t keeping pace with the times. Poetry has evolved—radically, beautifully—but the way we teach it? Not so much. The curriculum often clings to rigid categories, ignoring the electric shift in voice, form, and identity that defines our current…

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T. S. Eliot’s Cold, Snobby Guide to Poetry (Now with 90% More Dead Guys)

ESSAY – JAVA & VERSE What if greatness in poetry isn’t about your feelings, but your ability to disappear? T. S. Eliot thought so. And he said it with the intellectual force of a literary wrecking ball. The Essay That Keeps Haunting Me An English professor once handed me a stack of literary theories, as if they were polite interventions. I was emotionally raw, so naturally, I assumed the…

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Java & Verse #6

One of my favorite forms of writing is poetry. For years I have been trying to figure why? Perhaps, in it’s many forms it represents the truth of us. The truth that is only told within the lines we write. There’s something majestic about poetry that can’t be explained in words no matter how hard we try. But at least we can do is highlight one of its many forms. Acrostic Poems Acrostic poems are…

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Java & Verse #4

Collins Opinion As we practice and learn about the craft of writing, we sometimes forget what it is we are supposed to be doing when we read a piece. This is especially true when it comes to poetry. We forget to enjoy the words and allow them to resonate within us. In the poem entitled “ Introduction to Poetry,” Billy Collins reminds us of this fact.  Collins’ Poem is listed…

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Java & Verse #2

A Brief Look at Imagery In poetry, imagery is one of the most powerful tools in our toolboxes. If used properly, we can guide our readers precisely where we want them. However, we can also paint just enough of any image to allow them to visualize an experience that relates to them. So, I decided to look at the work of some other poets to gain a deeper understanding of imagery and its uses in…