What’s Poetry Got To Do With It?: School Days
Teachers, homework, and ringing bells. How do poets revisit the challenges of the school year?
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What’s Poetry Got To Do With It?: Sports
Poetry in the end zone? Why not on the basketball court, or the cricket pitch?
What’s Poetry Got To Do With It?: Halloween Special
In need of a scare? Why not read poems that haunt, frighten, and keep us company these October nights?
What’s Poetry Got To Do With It?: Space
What happens when poetry explores space, astronomy, and everything else that fills the sky on a starry night?
What’s Poetry Got to Do With It?: Introversion/Extraversion
musings by José Angel Araguz Episode 7: Introversion/Extraversion In this episode I explore ways that the terms introversion and extraversion can be used as a lens with which to read poems. The Introvert/Extravert Lens The terms introversion and extraversion were first significantly put into use by Carl Jung and later popularized by personality tests such …
What’s Poetry Got to Do With It?: Meditation
Musings by José Angel Araguz Episode 6: Meditation In this episode I explore ways in which meditation can apply to the craft of poetry. Some Preliminary Thoughts Before getting into the nitty-gritty, however, it’s worth framing my own outlook on meditation as it has developed over the years. First off, meditation is simply being. While …
What’s Poetry Got to Do with It?: Tarot
Musings by José Angel Araguz Episode 5: Tarot In this episode, I do a quick study of the ways I see tarot being connected to poetry. As tarot is more complex than can be contained in one blog post, I will focus on my personal experiences with two cards in particular and how I see …
What’s Poetry Got to Do with It?: Astrology (Virgo)
Musings by José Angel Araguz Episode 4: Astrology (Virgo) In this second astrology-themed round of this column, I scrutinize my own sign via a tour of quotes from three Virgos of American Poetry: Charles Wright, Kay Ryan, and William Carlos Williams. First Stop: Charles Wright In my previous post, I spoke of Pisces poets as having …
What’s Poetry Got to Do with It?: Astrology (Pisces)
Musings by José Angel Araguz Episode 2: Astrology (Pisces) In “What You Should Know to Be a Poet,” Gary Snyder lists what he feels to be some indispensable resources and skills for poets, including: your own six senses, with a watchful elegant mind. at least one kind of traditional magic: divination, astrology, the book of …
What’s Poetry Got to Do with It?
Musings by José Angel Araguz Episode 1: Shoes Poetry: three mismatched shoes at the entrance of a dark alley. —Charles Simic, Dime-Store Alchemy One of my favorite moments in the classroom comes from sharing this quote and, before digging into the meaning of this singular definition of poetry, turning to my students and asking: What …