tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396226836483140641.post5798653644636813343..comments2023-11-02T01:29:11.575-07:00Comments on The MFA Chronicles: First AssignmentsJayTeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923700657540655227noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396226836483140641.post-62581768126880670462009-09-03T13:07:16.783-07:002009-09-03T13:07:16.783-07:00Wow, leave to all you wonderful people to suggest ...Wow, leave to all you wonderful people to suggest poems I've never read before. Unfortunately, I am not terribly well read in poetry, thus my issue. Now I know what I'll be doing for the rest of the afternoon!<br /><br />I am so tempted to submit "My Mother's College" by Sharon Olds. I'm having such a hard teasing out the difference between perfection and my admiration. Still, I reread it last night and I had the exact same reaction I had the other times I read it. That speaks something of perfection.brimcp19https://www.blogger.com/profile/09052699744452972119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396226836483140641.post-24807435931204129032009-09-03T12:04:10.637-07:002009-09-03T12:04:10.637-07:00if i sat down and researched i'd probably thin...if i sat down and researched i'd probably think of others but one of my all time favorites is<br /><br />The Snow Man by Wallace Stevens<br /><br />otherwise I'd probably lean towards At the Fishhouse by BishopJessie Cartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181286764480973423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396226836483140641.post-57766546346946049312009-09-03T10:43:19.479-07:002009-09-03T10:43:19.479-07:00Oh yeah, I had to list 5 poems too! So I'll ju...Oh yeah, I had to list 5 poems too! So I'll just share those:<br /><br />"Urban Renewal" by Major Jackson (the first line "You are almost invisible in all this plain decay.") this probably would be #1 for me. Yeah, I just read it again. Hands down the perfect poem, IMO.<br /><br />"At Pegasus" by Terrance Hayes<br />"Same City" by Terrance Hayes<br />"Aftermath" by Claudia Emerson<br />"Nikki-Rosa" by Nikki Giovanni<br /><br />Phew! Glad that's over lol.JayTeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923700657540655227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396226836483140641.post-62974018302085702612009-09-03T08:59:43.939-07:002009-09-03T08:59:43.939-07:00Man! Where would I start?!Man! Where would I start?!Rainahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18261846710670865118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396226836483140641.post-14847332278580066782009-09-03T08:47:48.175-07:002009-09-03T08:47:48.175-07:00I love "Kaleidoscope" by Sonia Sanchez a...I love "Kaleidoscope" by Sonia Sanchez and "Cambridge Elegy" by Sharon Olds.Crystal Patenaudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14853681396112681427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396226836483140641.post-13096618682842540182009-09-03T08:33:44.702-07:002009-09-03T08:33:44.702-07:00Funny, I just discussed a poetics statement in one...Funny, I just discussed a poetics statement in one of Paul Hoover's classes by Andre Bretan that said "Perfection is laziness." Weird coincidence. <br /><br />That said, here's my top five:<br /><br />1. Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Elliot<br />2. In Memory of W.B. Yeats by W.H. Auden<br />3. Morning Song by Sylvia Plath<br />4. A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes<br />5. Stanza LII in Song of Myself by Walt Whitman<br /><br />Even after listing five I'm not satisfied that one of these is "the most perfect". Tricky assignment. I hope you'll tell us what you pick.Keely H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15623559076577587725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396226836483140641.post-44342921661450277722009-09-02T21:12:38.529-07:002009-09-02T21:12:38.529-07:00"Man and Wife" by Robert Lowell is divin..."Man and Wife" by Robert Lowell is divine. I don't know about perfect, though.Whitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09421427853394025911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396226836483140641.post-70765928216225647902009-09-02T18:02:03.518-07:002009-09-02T18:02:03.518-07:00ooooh, that is a trick question! i don't even...ooooh, that is a trick question! i don't even know what to suggest.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02608421232179032744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396226836483140641.post-53538897313163035332009-09-02T17:41:31.802-07:002009-09-02T17:41:31.802-07:00Shakespeare's Sonnet 18? Or is that too old sc...Shakespeare's Sonnet 18? Or is that too old school?Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08887749173643713230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396226836483140641.post-15385716292207505932009-09-02T17:15:16.055-07:002009-09-02T17:15:16.055-07:00Now I am totally stressed out about suggesting a p...Now I am totally stressed out about suggesting a poem for you lol. I shall return!JayTeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923700657540655227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396226836483140641.post-53532196687341994002009-09-02T14:59:53.932-07:002009-09-02T14:59:53.932-07:00Well, I know nothing of perfection, but I would li...Well, I know nothing of perfection, but I would like to refer you to Li-Young Lee's "Persimmons." For me, there's no more touching a poem.insertbracketshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07980404937296101384noreply@blogger.com