Monthly Archives: April 2013

Understanding and not understanding Frank O’Hara

Posted on April 9, 2013 by ns148142

As I was reading the three diary-poems by Frank O’Hara I found it odd how I completely understood his first piece, but wasn’t able to really grasp what he wrote in his second and thrid piece. “A Step Away From … Continue reading →

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All in the details

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Nansi Matua

After reading each poet’s work, I realized that they all go into a lot of detail about their surrounding which helps the reader envision the writers state of mind. Frank O’hara describes the laborers in Times Square who “feed their … Continue reading →

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Nomad in New York

Posted on April 9, 2013 by eg149434

I moved this weekend to my new apartment which fit my budget perfectly and is also much bigger and closer to school than my old apartment. I feel like I have been a bit of a nomad since my time … Continue reading →

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Naked Cowboy: no big deal

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Shaina Kamkar

After reading Allen Ginsberg’s Mugging, it was quite hard for me to decipher what exactly was going on. It first started off with this fast paced routine, where Ginsberg listed everything he saw on his way, everything from the “Coca Cola & … Continue reading →

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the rewriting and drafting process

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Jason Tsalkas

In my free blog for today/tomorrow, I want to discuss the topic of the rewriting and drafting process. I spent majority of my weekend working, running errands, tackling some spring cleaning and rewriting my paper (our first paper). While doing … Continue reading →

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Special Moments

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Olga

While living in New York, certain moments will always stick out to you. Sometimes life here seems too hard to keep up with it, with all its enormous expenses, living and working 24 hours a day, and endless crowds in … Continue reading →

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Aging New York

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Ronald Litvak

To me, reading each poem, essay, or memoir in this course pretty much gave a picture of New York at each author’s time of writing. It confirmed and changed some of views on the city’s history. It easy to see … Continue reading →

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Poetry Is Not A Luxury

Posted on April 9, 2013 by aq143586

I really liked this piece of writing. It talks about empowerment to women and how they must be strong. It says that through poetry we can free ourselves. It is the “bridge” that connects our dark side and light. After … Continue reading →

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Harlem

Posted on April 9, 2013 by aw143129

As we are on the topic of Harlem, I’d like to describe my thoughts on what Harlem is to me. Growing up, I was always told and taught that Harlem is a dangerous place and I believe it is ranked … Continue reading →

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Colors of New York

Posted on April 9, 2013 by sl142878

One of my favorite poems from the reading was James Schuyler’s “February”.  The poem doesn’t have a set structure but reading it was smooth and it seemed like the poem was slowly unraveling.  I thought that it was very similar … Continue reading →

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