WE REAL COOL By Gwendolyn Brooks The Pool Players. Seven at the Golden Shovel. We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin....
Kat
katyana00@...
May 1, 2001 11:40 am
3604
I find it strange that the whole list was comatose just because a few key people hadn't posted for awhile. So let's hear from some normally quiet people for a...
Kat
katyana00@...
May 1, 2001 12:10 pm
3605
The only thing I can offer is that I just finished reading The Unabridged Journals. I read The Abridged version years ago. The journals end with her talking...
jodcrazee@...
May 2, 2001 2:31 pm
3606
on 5/1/01 1:06 AM, Kat at katyana00@... wrote: WE REAL COOL By Gwendolyn Brooks The Pool Players. Seven at the Golden Shovel. We real cool. We Left...
Everett Goldner
sharnonselis@...
May 2, 2001 2:32 pm
3607
Kat- I really like that poem, we did an annalysis of it my junior year in high school but I don't know where my notes are from that semester. Anyway, I think...
Brittany C
princessbritty@...
May 2, 2001 11:26 pm
3608
"a) it's a very simple, introduction-to-poetry type poem that people who neither know nor care anything about poetry can digest with little trouble" Yes,...
Hugo Rodrigues
hugogrc@...
May 3, 2001 2:16 am
3609
Hi, I have a suggestion. I've been lurking for a few months because I took a class that studied Sylvia Plath's poetry. Finals are next week, which may be why...
mjaym
mjaym2001@...
May 3, 2001 4:50 am
3610
Rhyme and Rythmn? -Aliaje ... Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com...
Prophet Aliaje
p_aliaje@...
May 3, 2001 9:40 pm
3611
on 5/3/01 2:03 PM, Prophet Aliaje at p_aliaje@... wrote: Rhyme and Rythmn? -Aliaje Any poem would have rhyme and rhythm; if it didn't, it wouldn't be a...
Everett Goldner
sharnonselis@...
May 3, 2001 10:13 pm
3612
It's in every anthology i own! But i tend to agree with your theory since i can see absolutely no other reason other than gregarious kissing of the buttocks ...
Kat
katyana00@...
May 4, 2001 1:35 am
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I have to say if any teach had made me study that poem i might have been turned off from poetry. I guess it's the rhythm that people admire but it is lauded...
Kat
katyana00@...
May 4, 2001 1:35 am
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Well Brit, i'm glad to hear a different perspective. since mine was so cynical ... lol ~Kat~ ... ===== Animals are our fellow travellers upon the earth. They...
Kat
katyana00@...
May 4, 2001 1:45 am
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on 5/3/01 6:21 PM, Kat at katyana00@... wrote: It's in every anthology i own! But i tend to agree with your theory since i can see absolutely no other ...
Everett Goldner
sharnonselis@...
May 4, 2001 1:47 am
3616
My point was that any yahoo can write such simple verse with rhyme and rhythm so WHY is it anthologized? ~Kat~ ... ===== Animals are our fellow travellers upon...
Kat
katyana00@...
May 4, 2001 1:55 am
3617
I joined the group because I find that contemporary scholars put Plath in only two categories - either suicidal victim crushed by men or a repressed feminist...
Erika Cooper
plath63@...
May 5, 2001 1:57 pm
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Didn't know Wevill (sp., Erika) was a poet; as for Teddy, "Birthday Letters" is all I've read and so I can't comment on his other stuff, but that book is truly...
Everett Goldner
sharnonselis@...
May 5, 2001 7:44 pm
3619
May 05, 2001 Hi! Since we're sharing and being critical of poetry other than Plath's, I thought I'd throw one of my particular favorites to the wolves. Her...
amy thibodeau
amyt21_99@...
May 5, 2001 8:47 pm
3620
The similarities to Plath are obvious, but she doesn't, judging from this, seem to have Plath's divided self or her tight-lipped restraint... I'd be interested...
Everett Goldner
sharnonselis@...
May 5, 2001 10:49 pm
3621
Hmmmm... I'm almost inspired to share some of my own faves... Here's Auster's "Fore-Shadows". By way of commentary here, I say only that Auster was big on Sam...
Everett Goldner
sharnonselis@...
May 5, 2001 10:49 pm
3622
I always though that Lovesong was one of the first read of her works....
Dayna
chicklet@...
May 6, 2001 9:03 pm
3623
Not neccessary rhyme- look at free-verse. And there are poems that are anti-flow, so...... ... Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at...
Prophet Aliaje
p_aliaje@...
May 8, 2001 10:21 am
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Hello, Can someone give me a starting point to what Sylvia's poem, "A Birthday Present " is about? I see sexual undertones in it, at least I think I do....
Edward Hullihan
seaned@...
May 8, 2001 10:50 am
3625
Hi! I thought I'd write a few words myself: Everet thanx you've made my day by making this group interesting to read again; your talent to move people into ...
gloria bowden
globo28@...
May 8, 2001 2:59 pm
3626
Who is this Paul Auster guy and how can I get one? On a completely shallow level, I thought this poem was delicious Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at...
Erika Cooper
plath63@...
May 8, 2001 3:00 pm
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mad girl's love song is my favorite one too..i got up the other morning and read lady lazares for the fun of it....i love that poem too sorry for typos...am a...
Athiena00@...
May 8, 2001 3:01 pm
3628
on 5/6/01 11:31 PM, gloria bowden at globo28@... wrote: Hi! I thought I'd write a few words myself: Everet thanx you've made my day by making this...
Everett Goldner
sharnonselis@...
May 8, 2001 6:57 pm
3629
Who is this Paul Auster guy and how can I get one? On a completely shallow level, I thought this poem was delicious I've brought him up ad nauseam in this...
Everett Goldner
sharnonselis@...
May 8, 2001 6:58 pm
3630
on 5/7/01 12:11 PM, Prophet Aliaje at p_aliaje@... wrote: Not neccessary rhyme- look at free-verse. And there are poems that are anti-flow, so...... I...
Everett Goldner
sharnonselis@...
May 8, 2001 9:08 pm
3631
Lovesong is by Hughes. It is from The Crow, I think not Assia. Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com...
Erika Cooper
plath63@...
May 8, 2001 9:08 pm
3632
I meant to say something about this before; Brittany, your enthusiasm's nice, but all you're doing here is stating simple metaphors present in the poem. It's...
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