Prompt: …about the impact of an individual’s ambition on self and others. Written from my personal perspective. There are some things that are universally liked. Daybreak. Warm blankets. The Eagles’ “Hotel California”. Disney’s[…]
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Beauty Is
On Beauty – Kahlil Gibran And a poet said, ‘Speak to us of Beauty.’ Where shall you seek beauty, and how shall you find her unless she herself be your way and your guide? And[…]
is there no power?
personal response to James Weldon Johnson’s “Art vs. Trade” Is there no power to rescue her, protect, defend her? There has always been power, Found in the hands of the people who roam the earth:[…]
I Won’t Leave You – A Polished Personal
What do these texts suggest to you about idealism and truth in an individual’s life? (2009) Based on Gwyneth Lewis’ poem Prayer for Horizon and a visual of two lovers in a car, parked at[…]
stray. : polished personal
prompt: What do these texts suggest about the conflict between pursuing a personal desire and choosing to conform? image: Gilbert Garcin’s Diogène ou la Lucidité – Diogenes or Lucidity, 2005 theme: When an individual’s perception of conformity is[…]
In Search of Peace
The following poem is Dan Almagor’s response to the ongoing violence of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Although I personally have not experienced times of war, I wanted to write a personal response based off the stories[…]
Though the Olive Tree Weeps
The following poem is the Israeli-born Dan Almagor’s We Shoot Children Too, Don’t We, which was written in the wake of the First Intifada during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It was a Palestinian uprising against the[…]
“Kaddish” Allen Ginsberg Personal Response
“Kaddish” by Allen Ginsberg Strange now to think of you, gone without corsets & eyes, while I walk on the sunny pavement of Greenwich Village. downtown Manhattan, clear winter noon, and I’ve been up[…]
Personal Response to Ginsberg’s ‘Kaddish’
It Leaps About Me An Emulation It leaps about me, as my feet travel across the pavement of the street, turning back to peer over my shoulder, Oude Vest, the water of the canals brushing[…]
Personal Response to Allen Ginsberg’s “Kaddish”
Poem: Strange now to think of you, gone without corsets & eyes, while I walk on the sunny pavement of Greenwich Village. downtown Manhattan, clear winter noon, and I’ve been up all night, talking, talking,[…]