Category Archives: Free Blog

Digital Essay Ideas

Posted on April 20, 2013 by aq143586

For my digital essay, I think that I might put my poem in the video. I will have a song in the background (I haven’t decided what song yet), and maybe use images. I haven’t decided if I want to … Continue reading →

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Ideas for Digital essay

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Ma Su Su

I want to do many things and have ideas, but I don’t know for sure that I can do what I plan to do. I chose the poem, “All the World’s a stage,” from Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.” I … Continue reading →

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Digital Ideas

Posted on April 18, 2013 by js147740

So instead of choosing a poem for this project I decided to choose a song that has a lot of creativity and meaning behind it. I don’t want to say what song it is yet because I don’t know if … Continue reading →

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Baraka’s

Posted on April 15, 2013 by mb149566
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The Many Faces Of Amiri Baraka

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Alvino

Wow! Amiri Baraka is quite an interesting character. It’s crazy to me how sometimes you are able to understand  writers’ works so much better by analyzing their lives and different times in their lives. And who better to analyze than … Continue reading →

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New York’s magic

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Yp143906

The readings from the past few weeks made me realize that there is no right or wrong answer regarding New York and a person’s experience in it. We read many different poems from different writers, and the only thing in … Continue reading →

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Personism – Shades of Grey

Posted on April 14, 2013 by am138791

When I saw the videos on the writing and thought process of Frank O Hara in class, I found him to be an incredibly remarkable individual, short of being eccentric though, but nevertheless interesting. In my mind, I have always … Continue reading →

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‘Personism’ by Frank O’Hara

Posted on April 14, 2013 by tl143728

After reading Frank O’Hara’s essay , “Personism: A Manifesto”, I realized that a lot of writings by “great” writers are difficult to understand. For example, I remember reading a long essay by a writer named Gertrude Stein a while ago. … Continue reading →

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Free Write

Posted on April 14, 2013 by em141829

I was not in class last Wednesday because on Tuesday evening I got a throat infection and woke up Wednesday feeling absolutely awful. Monday was supposed to be the first day of my diet and exercise routine, which I did … Continue reading →

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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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