Walking down 10th street, I was surrounded by small townhouses that all looked pretty much the same; the whirling, chilly breeze of autumn tingled at my bare neck and causing shivers down my spine. Wearing three layers of clothing I was still freezing. I constantly shifted from one foot to another impatiently looking for my final destination. I stopped in front of a beautiful, historic townhouse that read ' the Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House". As I stepped inside, I was greeted by a wave of warm air that calmed my nerves. The host and director of the program "Deborah Landau" welcomed us inside. The hall was filled with people chatting away; white clean walls surrounded me, as if they had just been newly painted. .
24 striking black and white portraits were displayed throughout the house, capturing artists such as John Ashbury, W.H Auden and Phillip Roth to name a few. The reception was picturesque featuring illuminating skylights and stained glass. The aroma of wine and cheese wafted through the room. The whole atmosphere had a very European and elegant feel, everyone seemed very classy and sophisticated. I found my way down the hall and settled down in the middle seat for the best view of the poets.
As the host approached the podium, the chatter quieted down into light whispers and murmurs.
First, the host introduced herself and warmly welcomed the audience, giving us a brief summary of the sequence of events. As common tradition, a graduate student " James Leano" further introduced the occasion. Mr Leano gave a brief introduction to Leah Umansky, the author of the Mad-Men inspired chapbook, "Don Dreams and I Dream" full and, "Domestic Uncertainties," He then welcomed Ms Umansky herself to the podium.
Ms Umansky began with " The Art Of Unloving" a memoir about her marriage and divorce, followed by two poems, " the martial space' and 'life is a verb".
Some poetry readings can be monotonous and not engaging. ... Michael Keely attended the poetry reading with Rypmas reading being his first. ... He was personally interviewed after the poetry reading. Rays first poetry reading was in college in the 70s. He claimed he went to readings to meet girls and likes poetry. ...
Poetry has a long history, dating back to the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh. ... One that seems to be trending lately is a type of genre called "poetry slam. " Poetry slam is "a competition at which poets read or recite original work. These performances are then judges on a numeric scale by previously selected members of the audience. " In 1985, a construction worker and poet named Marc Smith started a poetry reading series at a Chicago jazz club, the "Get Me High Lounge, " trying to discover a way to breathe life into the open mic, in a poetry format. ... Depending on what type of slam you are...
Only attending for two semesters, she had no intentions of returning. ... She showed a great likeness of the poetry of John Keats and Robert Browning. ... Another key reading she was influenced by was the King James Version of the Bible, stressing the book of Revelations. ... (Poetry 1). ... In Dickinson's poetry, connotations are used throughout all of her poems. ...
After the conference Dunn attended dinner at a nearby restaurant. At 7:30 p.m. he then attended a forum open to the public to commence on the reading of his poetry. ... He then attended the New School Writing Workships from 1964 to 1966 and earned his Master of Arts in Creative Writing from Syracuse University in 1970. ... He has taken dozens of poetry readings at colleges and universities including Yale, Harvard, Princeton and continues to do so. ... Dunn is the 7th New Jersey Professor to win a Pulitzer Prize, 3rd for Poetry. ...
Afterwards, if we continue reading, nature as a whole is thus presented as the tomb of men, where neither social classes nor other earthy categories are distinguished. A second deep reading will make us realise the fact that there is no God in the poem, and that our final destiny is then that of reabsorption, where "pleasant dreams" wait for us. ... He mastered its grammar in only eight months, at the same time he was reading the New Testament, all of Virgil and the Orations of Cicero. The following year he attended a school in Plainfield to learn Greek, a task to which he gave himself w...
Emily enjoyed nature and enjoyed reading authors such as Keats, Browning, Ruskin, and Ralph Emerson. ... Emily went to primary school for four years and then attended Amherst Academy from 1840 to 1847. ... In the 1850s she began writing poetry voluminously, organizing her work into small booklets. ... The people whom she did communicate with had an intense impact on her poetry. ... "The extent of her seclusion was the point that when her father died in 1874, she did not attend his funeral. ...
A man of great poetry once lived a long time ago. ... Reading his poems to myself, I felt his words settling into my brain and it made me curious. ... I have a lot of question, but by researching n reading his poems I have learned them all. ... His father went way to become a lawyer, while his mother struggled as she herself attended college. ... Langston attended Central High School in Cleveland where he started writing poems for school paper. ...
His grandmother was the first black women to attend Oberlin College, in Ohio, and bestowed the values of reading books and education. ... In 1915 he moved back with his mother and new stepfather in Lincoln, Illinois, where he attended school. ... There he attended school at Central High. ... While in school he wrote poetry and short stories for the high school literary magazine. ... He incorporated rhythm, the mood of jazz and blues music into his poetry and other writings. ...
