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Tag Archives: poetry
in verse # 12 : notes upon the staff
When I was quite young, I thought “certain” was a verb. I was sure of this because I could think of no other reason that a choir of angels would tell a coven of shepherds that there was no well … Continue reading
in verse # 11 : last of the awdl
To me, turkey has always meant dark meat — the leg and the thigh. This may be because of an association I made early on between dark meat and the dark lady of the sonnets. I had no idea who … Continue reading
in verse # 10 : aged in charcoal
Rolfe Humphries’s fine poem, “Winter, Old Style,” with which he illustrates the Welsh meter rhupunt, ends with these lines: The trees are bowed in the bare wood; there is no shade in any vale. The reeds are dry and … Continue reading
Posted in In Verse
Tagged An introduction to Welsh poetry from the beginnings to the sixteenth century, An Old Man's Winter Night, Green Armor on Green Ground, Gwyn Williams, Leslie Norris, Midnight lantern, poetry, Robert Frost, Rolfe Humphries, Tess Gallagher, To Whom Can I Open My Heart?
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Irreantum Contest Winners
The Association for Mormon Letters and Irreantum magazine are pleased to announce the winners of our 2011 literary contests. The response this year was robust: we received 73 fiction entries, 47 creative nonfiction entries, and 91 poetry collection entries. Entries … Continue reading
in verse #8 : for good measure
“All early Welsh poetry is rhymed. The word awdl, used for the work of a chief bard, is the same as odl meaning rhyme, and an awdl was rhymed speech” as Gwynn Williams informs us[i]. This is an old, old … Continue reading
Publishers Corner: Peculiar Pages for Peculiar People
Guest post by Theric Jepson The seed for Peculiar Pages was planted—no offense—during my dissatisfaction with Irreantum‘s fiction back in the early days. I was just becoming aware that actual Mormon literature (and not just Mormon books) existed (or at … Continue reading
in verse #3 : Monster Bait
I was a graduate student at the University of Washington, studying Anglo-Saxon poetry, struggling to translate Beowulf, when I first thought of writing an epic poem about Joseph Smith in Anglo-Saxon verse. It’s a good thing I wasn’t studying Old … Continue reading
in verse, #1 : in the beginning
I first thought of calling this bloggette “re verse,” after the blogmaster proposed “Poetry Corner,” because I intend to write about verse, not poetry. “Poetry” is a quality judgment applied to occurences of verse, and some writers deprecate their works … Continue reading
Posted in In Verse
Tagged Beowulf, Frederick Rebsamen, John McWhorter, poetry, reading aloud, Simon Armitage, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, verse
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My Favorite Christmas Poem
This is my favorite Christmas poem. What’s yours?
In Verse: Zeitgeist poetry, or something
I’m going to completely expose my ignorance here, writing about something I don’t know anything about. I want to write about poetry, and it’s awkward because I don’t write poetry (at least not that I’m willing to show anyone), and … Continue reading
