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Video Thesis

In Pushkin’s poem The Prophet, the narrator undergoes a process of spiritual cleansing. His soul is initially filled with so much sin and despair that he does not know how to proceed with his life. His only remaining desire is … Continue reading

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Baraka’s

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Reading Log

For this reading log I deicide to do a poem from week twelve ‘s online packet titled “Space”, by author Ted Berrigan. He begins the poem as a continuation of the title, and goes about telling a story of an … Continue reading

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Reading Log

For this reading log I decided to do a poem from week twelve’s online packet titled, “Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note”, By Amiri Baraka. He begins the poem by describing the state of mind he is in. Baraka … Continue reading

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Reading Log

For this reading log I decided to do a poem from week eleven titled, “The day Lady died”, by Frank O’Hara. He begins the poem, like many of his others, as if he was telling a story. He mentions the … Continue reading

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Black Art?

I enjoyed reading, “Black Art”, by Amiri Baraka. The tone of the poem had a lot of emotion possessing anger yet nearing the end, uplifting  and hopeful. Judging by the aggressiveness towards the behavior placed upon African Americans in this … Continue reading

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New York’s magic

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

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 in the Modern Day

After reading Frank O’Hara’s “Personism: A Manifesto”, I found myself very intrigued by what he had to say. One of the things he wrote in this essay that particularly stuck with me was “nobody should experience anything they don’t need … Continue reading

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What’s the Point? Reflections on O’Hara

I LOVED what Frank O’Hara had to say about poetry in the piece on Personism. Stop worrying so much about technique and content. So many people dislike poetry because of technique and content and because of poets who act like … Continue reading

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