I need a poem about running/runners. The poem will be read at a banquet for a college's cross country team (coed). It should be short and accessible.
posted by mareli
on Nov 2, 2010 -
8 answers
I'm looking for a podcast on poetry (classical, modern, beat, all of it) where poems are read aloud, parsed, and accompanied by loads of biographical info and context, basically a poetry only version of
Entitled Opinions. A search on itunes has not lead to much. I'm really not into a podcast that is simply poetry read aloud, i really want the analysis and insight of a host who really knows what they're talking about. THX.
posted by mcgordonliddy
on Oct 13, 2010 -
2 answers
Poetry filter: help me find a poem I read in high school. It was titled "the Octopus" and it was filled with metaphors for sex and sexual organs.
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posted by riddler
on Sep 24, 2010 -
4 answers
I once read a poem in a literature anthology which said that the smell of boiling cabbage in a crowded tenement conveys desperation. My impression is that the poem may have been written 1940-1960 by a well-known American author. Can someone provide a citation for the poem?
posted by Abuissak
on Sep 24, 2010 -
13 answers
In high school (early-mid 90s), a textbook gave little two line ditties for various meters. I remember the one for anapestic tetrameter only:
I would like to be serious, but lo I cannot /
Anapestic tetrameter makes the verse trot
Which book was this? (It might have been yellow.) Even better, what are the other poems?
posted by jeather
on Sep 24, 2010 -
7 answers
Is there any value in writing out other people's work (by hand) as a method of improving one's own writing? In this case its poetry.
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posted by troubles
on Sep 20, 2010 -
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I'm a middle school teacher working with kids who struggle academically and emotionally, and I'm gonna make them memorize a poem over the course of 6 months.
What are some ass-kicking choices? "Jabberwocky" excites me, but I could use more.
Ideas?
posted by dzaz
on Sep 3, 2010 -
50 answers
I'm looking for a collection of modernist poetics by poets -- Pound, Crane, Stevens and such.
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posted by creasy boy
on Aug 2, 2010 -
7 answers
Am I missing why this part of Kipling's 'If' represents an admirable quality?
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posted by muteh
on Jul 16, 2010 -
21 answers
Does anyone remember a particular poem that art critic Harold Rosenberg wrote? It began something like "The best something-or-other" and had a line about some feeling - surprise, perhaps - as light filled a room. Sorry for the immense vagueness. Thanks.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Jul 7, 2010 -
3 answers
does anyone remember - in german - the rest of a short poem by ernst wichert that begins "wir wissen wann kommt der taifun..."?
as i recall, it was about how one can tell a storm is coming because their neighbors, even before the storm comes, are losing their heads, and the expression, "losing their heads" means the same in german as "losing their roofs."
thanks.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Jun 16, 2010 -
2 answers
Seeking poem by Dorothy Parker. I've looked for decades and figure I am probably paraphrasing it, Google has failed me. details to follow
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posted by misspat
on Jun 9, 2010 -
9 answers
Looking for a poem about winter that I believe was Theodore Roethke but was in the New Yorker within the last ten years.
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posted by mygothlaundry
on Jun 8, 2010 -
5 answers
Is there anywhere online where I can commission a poem? I’d like to set a price, pick a topic, pick a format, and get a poem in return. Sort of a work-for-hire thing where I own the product. (If I ever did anything with it, I’d always give full credit to the author, but having to deal with royalties sort of defeats the point of commissioning the work.)
I know there are places to do this with code (rentacoder) or products (ponoko) or even design and music (crowdspring and musikpitch*), but is there anything analogous for writers?
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posted by ericc
on Apr 28, 2010 -
26 answers
Looking for a poem about Life in the form of a product review. More details that I remember about the poem below the fold.
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posted by eleanna
on Apr 26, 2010 -
5 answers
Where can I purchase Carlos Drummond de Andrade's poetry in Portuguese and English? Portuguese version is for a friend; English version is for me.
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posted by esprit de l'escalier
on Apr 26, 2010 -
1 answer
QuotationFilter: "Serious over my cereal, I broke one morning my fast, with something-to-read-searching retina ... "
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posted by paduasoy
on Apr 25, 2010 -
9 answers
Poetry filter: I am looking for a relatively short (no longer than 10-12 lines) poem or excerpt of a poem (or especially lyrical piece of prose) that conveys the message: "When we are far apart, or fighting, or things are bad, remember that I love you/that we make each other happy." This is for a relationship that is serious but not committed, so please nothing that includes talk of being together forever or being the only one for someone.
posted by shaun uh
on Apr 12, 2010 -
16 answers
What are some recommendations for poetry appropriate for a 3rd grade reading level? This can be either works by a single poet or anthologies.
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posted by rollbiz
on Apr 7, 2010 -
26 answers
I want to create a wiki for writing poetry but I don't have extra money to spend. What free wiki-hosting site will best serve my needs? More about what I need below the cut.
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posted by Kattullus
on Mar 8, 2010 -
6 answers
Help me find a non-cheesy short poem/quote/verse to put inside a Mother's Day card.
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posted by ellieBOA
on Feb 24, 2010 -
4 answers
It takes a certain mood to get into rallies of joy and nature and deep emotions; when one feels alienated, out-of-touch from everything the poets love, what then to read?
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posted by mbrock
on Feb 19, 2010 -
17 answers
asking-for-a-friend-filter: i need help coming up with a cute, safe-for-work poem, verse or rhyming couplet that can hang on the wall in the bathroom.
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posted by janepanic
on Feb 13, 2010 -
29 answers
Is there a website that offers a simple and free way to upload or even just paste basic text files (poetry), keep them organized and private, but allows me to give certain users access to it with a user name and password?
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posted by Lizsterr
on Feb 4, 2010 -
9 answers
Celebrating a golden wedding anniversary next month - photobook in production - your favourite quotations, poetry and passages (in English, Welsh and French) please!
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 3, 2010 -
7 answers
