Monthly Archive: July 2005

snow dreams

>Dreamt of snow last night. I was aware that it was July and it was unusual >for snow to be falling. I was even more surprised to find that it was >falling in the...

sha’ir

The role of the professionally trained poet was to defend the tribe’s honor, articulate its identity, and hold verbal duels with other tribes. The poet, or sha’ir, able to craft and perform verbal legerdemains...

qasidah

The qasidah describes a rite of passage in which the poet leaves his familiar surroundings, encounters a host of dangers, and returns to his tribe, celebrating his membership in the community. The poem contains...

perfect logo

Spam subject line, could also pass as fortune cookie message: Perfect logo & identity is a key to your success Seems a good and immediate answer to yesterday’s entry.

interactions

with a microphone | more successful with e. e. cummings | moderately successful with May Sarton | minimally successful with Sylvia Plath | very successful with elder poets | getting more successful with campgrounds...