Hi English 10-Donahue,
Read the following poetry quotations and respond to one by 5/6! Your response may be to agree or disagree, ask and attempt to answer a question that the quotation made you think of, or simply to converse with the quotation and what the "author" had to say in his/her comment. Make sure that your response is at least 5-7 sentences. Use the writer's last name when commenting.
*You can't write poetry on the computer. ~Quentin Tarantino
*We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. ~Dead Poet's Society
*Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes. ~Carl Sandburg
*Writing poetry is like trying to catch a black cat in a dark room. ~Unknown
*It is the job of poetry to clean up our word-clogged reality by creating silences around things. ~Stephen Mallarme
*The poet doesn't invent. He listens. ~Jean Cocteau
*Poetry is life distilled. ~Gwendolyn Brooks
*A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses. ~Jean Cocteau
*Poetry is the momentary stay against the confusion of the world. ~Robert Frost,
“The Figure a Poem Makes”
*There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army. ~JOHN ASHBERY, International Herald Tribune,
Oct. 2, 1989
*There has never been a great poet who wasn’t also a great reader of poetry.
~EDWARD HIRSCH, interview, 2007
*A poet’s work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep. ~SALMAN RUSHDIE,
London Independent, Feb. 18, 1989
*Poetry ... wasn't written to be analyzed; it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch without understanding. ~NICHOLAS SPARKS, The Notebook
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ReplyDeleteHello English 10-Donahue. Have fun with the quotations on poetry and blogging. I look forward to your interesting and well thought out responses to the quotations I selected for you.
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ReplyDeletewhat he is saying is that it is really hard to right poetry and it is also hard to catch a black cat in a dark room. so how are we supposed to right poetry if it is pretty much impossible. i do not agree with this person at all because anyone can write poetry but not everyone can catch a black cat in a dark room.
*The poet doesn't invent. He listens. ~Jean Cocteau
ReplyDeleteI really like this quote, because it's so true. A true poet doesnt't randomly put down words that he likes or that ryme to create a poem. Poetry is an art form that comes from your heart, not from your head. If one listens to what their soul is saying, any poem can have meaning. All a poet has to do is cooperate with how they really feel and what they really think, rather than what they think the audience would like to hear.
*Poetry ... wasn't written to be analyzed; it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch without understanding. ~NICHOLAS SPARKS, The Notebook
This was another quote that struck a chord with me, because I feel like that in english class, all we ever do is analyze everything, from short stories to books, and poetry as well. Poetry really should just be about becomming in sync with the authors emotions at the time, not disecting every word phrase and ryme.
*There has never been a great poet who wasn’t also a great reader of poetry.
ReplyDelete~EDWARD HIRSCH, interview, 2007
I like this quote because this is true for almost everything. You learn by doing and seeing. Seeing other poets' work can help you develop you own style and compare your work. You watch first to see how it is done and then you can take what you learned and apply it to whatever you are doing. Reading poetry is practice and if you keep doing it, you become better.
*A poet’s work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep. ~SALMAN RUSHDIE
ReplyDeleteThis quote is very important. Typically, people tend to think they are above or immune to criticism or that certain [controversial] topics should not be talked about for fear of receiving criticism or creating conflict. This creates a lot of issues in the world. If everyone is afraid to talk about problems with the world itself or to tell their fellow human beings the problems with their actions, nothing can ever get solved. Poetry (among other things) is a great way to convey these messages in an artistic fashion. It is, of course, impossible to not anger anyone with whatever your message may be, but the delivery of the message is a great factor in how the message is received and this knowledge allows to people to talk about these things in a more beautiful manner which can earn respect even from the most opposing viewpoints, whereas just coming out and saying it can arouse a lot of dark emotion or appear too blunt.
It really reminds me of the quote: “There are few nudities so objectionable as the naked truth.” – Agnes Repplier
With Quentin Tarintino’s quote “you can’t write poetry on the computer.” I disagree entirely. I Believe that you can write poetry on any medium whether it be a computer a type writer pen and paper or anything. To say that you cant write poetry on the computer is like telling someone you can’t drink water out of a straw. The computer is used to make things easier and to help write. It all depends on your preference but my preference is to use the computer.
ReplyDelete*The poet doesn't invent. He listens. ~Jean Cocteau
ReplyDeletei agree. a poet listens to what is inside of him. poet isnt known as an inventor, just someone who accepts their feelings. listens to their inner peace.
-brittany randall
"Writing poetry is like trying to catch a black cat in a dark room"
ReplyDeleteI agree with this quote because writing good poetry is very difficlut, just like catching black cat. In order to catch a black cat in the dark you have to enable more of your senses like sound. With poetry you have to be able to write what your feeling, they both take practice. You cannot just run into poetry, thinking its a piece of cake, it takes much thought. I believe there are some who are natural poets, and others not so much.
reading, writing and poetry are going to help in life because reading and thinking is learning. the more you read and write the more that you will learn about the world that surrouds you. and it will give you the skills that you need to succeed. writing is the best way to learn and think because it makes you think about what you want to say, how to say it, and in what format you should put it in to get your point across to the reader. reading poetry is the hardes type of reading. the reason it is difficult is because itmakes you listen to the puncution. but you also have to look at the way the poem is set up.so over all reading writing and reading poety are going to be very usefull for you but you may not know it yet.
ReplyDeleteThe poet doesn't invent. He listens. Jean Cocteau
ReplyDeleteI think a poet responds to the feelings they have about what they "experience". What they see fully, understand deep in their cells. I think it is like remembering something you already know but forgot that you know it. Like deja vu.
The trick is to be brave and honest as you recreate the "experience" using words, the brush strokes of a writer to paint a picture.
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Writing poetry is like trying to catch a black cat in a dark room. Unknown
A poet must learn to Listen. Not only with their ears but with their eyes, nose, skin. Even the hair on our heads respond to experience. A poet must listen with the minds ear in order to "capture" the images that flow in as the poet fully "experiences" the happenings of their surroundings.