Monthly Archives: April 2013

Black Art

Posted on April 14, 2013 by McKenzie Davidson

Amiri Baraka’s “Black Art” is really a kind of vulgar poem. It is a very busy poem and Baraka seems to jump around a lot. I feel like I am listening to some vent about all of their frustrations in … Continue reading →

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The Age of Movements

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Eli Attias

I always find it interesting how movements are started and carried through. Naturally, everyone has a tendency to feel that they are a part of something, albeit a cause of sorts. I had never dreamed that I would actually take … Continue reading →

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“Personism”

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Edward Pinkhasik

Reading “Personism” by Frank O’Hara just made me appreciate and like the poet even more after the videos we’ve seen in class of his process of writing. In Personism, he describes the way that he writes poetry which he demonstrated … Continue reading →

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O’Hara and the Manifesto

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Maggie

Reading “Personism: A Manifesto” by Frank O’Hara was a different experience because I thought I was about to read a dreary poetic story about a philosophy that the poet is following and one I couldn’t understand. What I actually experienced … Continue reading →

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True Mastery

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Olga

The last class was the first time I met Frank O’Hara and other members of the  New York School of poetry such as Allen Ginsberg and James Schuyler. The poems of Frank O’Hara drew my attention from the first reading. … Continue reading →

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Frank O’ Hara

Posted on April 14, 2013 by js147740

“Personism: A Manifesto” by Frank O’ Hara is by far one of my favorite readings I’ve read this whole semester. The reason is because everything O’Hara says about poetry and reading is so true and I couldn’t agree more. He says how poetry is not … Continue reading →

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Baraka’s Void

Posted on April 14, 2013 by NastShcher

Amiri Baraka’s poem Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note revolves around a void in the poet’s life. In the first stanza he speaks of the ground opening up. Being impossible in reality, this statement hints at a void somewhere … Continue reading →

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Personism

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Jason Tsalkas

In “Personism: A Manifesto” O’Hara seems to write about an experience he had with a blond that he was in love with. He says, “While I was writing it I was realizing that if I wanted to I could use … Continue reading →

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Personism: A Manifesto

Posted on April 14, 2013 by George Cruz

Personism….does it really work? Frank O’Hara’s, “Personism: A Manifesto”, approaches poetry from a different angle that most poets would have never thought about. Personally when it comes to reading poems and analyzing them, I struggle. I always seem to just … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 14, 2013 by cc143765

Frank O’Hara’s writing, “Personism:A Manifesto” was personally a very interesting piece to read. It wasn’t anything about what O’Hara was saying about Personism or what he does not believe or what he believes in. It was interesting because Frank O’Hara … Continue reading →

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