Hi all. I thought, as your Poet Laureate, it would be fun to start something new that would help us all grow as critiquers and poets. (consider this my first contribution in this role).
A while back there was a conversation about the poet and the poet's body of work - does it matter who wrote it or just the poem? My belief is that the evolution and whole body of work is important to see a poet's path and growth, common themes, execution of same ideas differently over time, etc. So I thought it would be fun to do here with us as the subjects.
What I'd like to see happen:
1) poets who are interested in having their body of work reviewed should post their interest here.
2) I'll link several of the poets' works in a thread
3) for each poet we will discuss any of the following: common themes, word usage, habits, growth, evolution of theme and voice.
The idea is not to critique the individual poems but the poets' bodies of work as a whole so we can understand how the poet has grown, common themes, the things they do right and how they accomplish it, the things the continue to struggle with so we can offer suggestions on recurring issues.
Please also recommend anything else you may want to discuss in reference to each poet, if you choose.
I look forward to your participation!
Thanks,
Trish
A while back there was a conversation about the poet and the poet's body of work - does it matter who wrote it or just the poem? My belief is that the evolution and whole body of work is important to see a poet's path and growth, common themes, execution of same ideas differently over time, etc. So I thought it would be fun to do here with us as the subjects.
What I'd like to see happen:
1) poets who are interested in having their body of work reviewed should post their interest here.
2) I'll link several of the poets' works in a thread
3) for each poet we will discuss any of the following: common themes, word usage, habits, growth, evolution of theme and voice.
The idea is not to critique the individual poems but the poets' bodies of work as a whole so we can understand how the poet has grown, common themes, the things they do right and how they accomplish it, the things the continue to struggle with so we can offer suggestions on recurring issues.
Please also recommend anything else you may want to discuss in reference to each poet, if you choose.
I look forward to your participation!
Thanks,
Trish
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