Monthly Archives: April 2013

Reading Log

Posted on April 10, 2013 by jr152402

In this reading log I will be focusing on a poem from week seven, March 11th.  This poem is titled “On the Brooklyn Bridge I saw a Man Drop dead”, by Charles Reznikoff. Written in 1918, the poem is quiet … Continue reading →

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Makey-Makey

Posted on April 10, 2013 by jr152402

Never before have I considered myself an inventor. An inventor is someone who through the use of ingenuity and imagination has the ability and skill to produce, contrive, or fabricate something never before seen. Even though today I still do … Continue reading →

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Reading Log

Posted on April 10, 2013 by jr152402

The reading that I will be focusing on is from Week four, and is titled “Tyrant of The Shop” by Fanny Fern, who’s real name is Sara Payson Willis. She was the first female newspaper columnist and also a known … Continue reading →

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Travel Log

Posted on April 10, 2013 by jr152402

During my short time being a regular commuter of the great city known as Manhattan or NYC I have tried to make myself familiar with the plentiful sites that it has to offer. For example, the beauty of central park, … Continue reading →

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A Different Poetry

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Alvino

Frank O’ Hara. From reading his short collection of poems, I could tell that he was a very interesting man. What a pity that he only lived til the age of forty. If one were to tell me that he … Continue reading →

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Poem Packet

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Maggie

As I was reading through the packet of poems I felt that “Space” (1988) by Ted Berrigan really stood out to me. I see this poem as the perfect example of my inability and trouble with interpreting poems. The poem … Continue reading →

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Free write

Posted on April 10, 2013 by mb149566

The other day I had a baseball game at William Taft High school in the bronx. Although the high school is located in the borough of the bronx the area could not be more different then the area we attend … Continue reading →

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April 10

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Yulia.M.

It’s been pretty hard to come up with blog ideas recently since we have been posting here for such a long time already. We have discussed so many different poems and prose of different style. They all were different. Each … Continue reading →

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blog 4/9/2013

Posted on April 9, 2013 by cc143765

From the readings that are due tomorrow, I have realized our transition from Harlem to sort of narrative poems. I noticed that UN was mentioned by James Schuyler and Frank O’Hara. Although they were both descriptive, I noticed their different … Continue reading →

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A Little Lost

Posted on April 9, 2013 by McKenzie Davidson

The poems that we were assigned to read for class tomorrow were kind of difficult for me to read. I feel that I was able to get the main story/point of the piece but it was hard for me to … Continue reading →

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