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Post by RAVENEYE on Jul 12, 2024 21:09:35 GMT -6
Hey, hey, all poetry-loving Legendfirians!
(Poetry-curious or poetry-nervous? This invitation is for you too!)
>>Come join us for poetry discussions ON DISCORD, EVERY FRIDAY @ 8 pm, US Central<<
 "Read poetry every day of your life. Poetry is good because it flexes muscles you don’t use often enough. Poetry expands the senses and keeps them in prime condition." - Ray Bradbury What is the weekly poetry meet-up and how does it work?
1. Participants must sign up to receive the Poem-a-Day from Poets.org. The link to do this is FOUND HERE. It's free and very easy. Barring interference by gremlins, poems will magically appear in your email inbox. This way, we all have the same poems in hand.
2. We ACTUALLY READ the poems emailed to us. A poem takes just a couple minutes each day, if that.
3. On Friday, 8 pm US Central, sign in to LF's Discord and join your fellow poetry lovers in the #poetrycorner channel. If you're comfortable expressing your thoughts via voice chat, please do so in the Poetry Reading voice channel. (that's 6 pm for FoxxGlove  and 9 am Saturday for havekrillwhaletravel , by the way)4. The "official" discussion will last for 1 hour.
5. Typed discussions on the listed poems may continue throughout the week in the #poetrycorner channel. Because I doubt we can cover everything on Friday.
Please note:
 No one is required to speak in voice chat. Participate according to your comfort level. Listening in without a mic turned on is perfectly acceptable and encouraged. Those of us in voice chat will read your responses typed in the #poetrycorner channel and comment upon them.
No one is required to have full understanding of poetry or the poems we're discussing. Just come and exchange reader reactions, have a cup of tea, and enjoy the weirdness.
Notes on Conduct:
 Please keep discussions on topic.
Agree to disagree. If someone voices an interpretation different from yours, keep an open mind and remain civil. The beauty of poetry is its versatility and openness to personal experience.
Arguing and flaming will not be tolerated. Repeat offenders will be banned from the Poetry channels.
Please respect and make use of gender identity and pronoun requests.
All of LF's forum rules apply on our Discord, so bring your best forum behavior.
Questions?
If you have any questions, please post them here. We are making this up as we go. So any confusion or concern is understandable. If you're not familiar with Discord, just go bump around in there for a bit. It's fairly easy to learn. But if you have questions about how it functions, ask a specific question and I can reply with screenshots.
BADGE:
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Post by havekrillwhaletravel on Jul 12, 2024 23:17:44 GMT -6
The poetry discussion was tons of fun! Thanks for being there RAVENEYE and Sundrinker , it was really cool to talk with you guys! |
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Post by RAVENEYE on Jul 16, 2024 19:26:25 GMT -6
Ooof, not loving Saturday or Sunday's poems. Working on puzzling through Tuesday's poem. It's a toughie.
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Post by RAVENEYE on Jul 19, 2024 8:10:12 GMT -6
Poems for tonight's discussion - the week of July 13-19:
IN YOUR EMAIL:
Saturday, 13th– “The Truce and the Peace” by Robinson Jeffers
Sunday, 14th– “The Altar” by Archibald. MacLeish
Monday, 15th– “Untitled 1975-86” by jason b crawford
Tuesday, 16th– “Masculinity Ode” by Ally Ang
Wednesday, 17th– “anyways im radicalized now” by aeon ginsberg
Thursday, 18th– “The Gotham Hotel” by K. Iver
Friday, 19th– “tempo” by Ilyus Evander
WHALES'S POSTED POEMS (in the Poetry Forum):
“Migraine as Whale: A Triptych” by Sarah M. Sala
[The whale already] by Kimiko Hahn
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Post by RAVENEYE on Jul 26, 2024 9:40:33 GMT -6
July 20-26
In Your Email:
Saturday 20th– "The Hollow Men " by T. S. Eliot
Sunday 21st– "The Lonely Street" by William Carlos Williams
Monday 22nd– "Dent" by Gaia Rajan
Tuesday 23rd– "River" by C. T. Salazar
Wednesday 24th– "Necessary Conditions" by Justice Ameer
Thursday 25th– "Thinking about 'The Little Mermaid' in the Waiting Room of the Otolaryngology Department " by Arianna Monet
Friday 26th– "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)" by Golden
Whale’s Posted Poems:
“Echolocation” by Jenny Molberg
“Origin” by Grace Q. Song
“Yard Work” by Rebecca Aronson
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Post by Caulder Melhaire on Jul 26, 2024 11:54:52 GMT -6
I swear, I'm gonna make it to one of these! I've been reading the poems, but something always comes up and I forget to show up or crash.
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Post by RAVENEYE on Jul 30, 2024 13:23:44 GMT -6
FINALLY! Badges for the weekly poetry gathering have arrived. The code for it is longer because it includes the link to this thread for folks to click on if they want to find info. Cuz, sure, somebody MIGHT discover the badge is clickable, right? Suuure.
Anyway. It's up above if you want to wear it.
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Post by havekrillwhaletravel on Aug 2, 2024 4:12:46 GMT -6
Loving this week's selection of poems. Anyone up for the discussion tomorrow?
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Post by havekrillwhaletravel on Aug 2, 2024 4:21:54 GMT -6
July 28 - August 3
In Your Email:Friday 2nd- "The First Rule of Buoyancy" by Ollie Schminkey Thursday 1st- "The Hills are Writing" by Isha Camara Wednesday 31st- "Ekphrasis On 'The New York Times' Headline 'Understanding the Middle East Through the Animal Kingdom'" by Emily Khilfeh Tuesday 30th- "Artist Statement" by Tarik Dobbs Monday 29th- "I wake at dawn to glimpse my barren chest and speak to the children I won’t birth." by Spencer Williams Sunday 28th- "From 'The Windy City'" by Carl Sandburg Saturday 27th- "At the Pool" by Effie Lee Newsome Poems of the Day:
"For Adi" by Norman Erikson Pasaribu; translated by Tiffany Tsao
"The Bearing Edge" by Ralph James Savarese "The Earth" by Sheila Black
(Hope it's okay if I do this list?)
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Post by RAVENEYE on Aug 2, 2024 9:30:32 GMT -6
July 28 - August 3
In Your Email:Friday 2nd- "The First Rule of Buoyancy" by Ollie Schminkey Thursday 1st- "The Hills are Writing" by Isha Camara Wednesday 31st- "Ekphrasis On 'The New York Times' Headline 'Understanding the Middle East Through the Animal Kingdom'" by Emily Khilfeh Tuesday 30th- "Artist Statement" by Tarik Dobbs Monday 29th- "I wake at dawn to glimpse my barren chest and speak to the children I won’t birth." by Spencer Williams Sunday 28th- "From 'The Windy City'" by Carl Sandburg Saturday 27th- "At the Pool" by Effie Lee Newsome Poems of the Day:
"For Adi" by Norman Erikson Pasaribu; translated by Tiffany Tsao
"The Bearing Edge" by Ralph James Savarese "The Earth" by Sheila Black
(Hope it's okay if I do this list?)
Absolutely! Thanks for taking charge. Was running a bit slow this morning.  I should be available to talk poetry tonight. Crossing fingers. |
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Post by havekrillwhaletravel on Aug 16, 2024 7:37:01 GMT -6
August 11 - 16
IN YOUR EMAIL:
August 11 - "Acceptance" by Robert Frost
August 12 - "The Hymn" by Bernardo Wade
August 13 - "There Was No Sun in the Room" by Tish Jones
August 14 - "Sojourned." by Nabila Lovelace August 15 - "Kin: First Responders" by Tameka Cage Conley August 16 - "How to Witness a Miracle Without Converting" by Ajanaé Dawkins
POEMS OF THE DAY:
"Selah" by Kristine Kay Brown "Snorkeling, 2024" by Courtney Histon
"Toyo" by Asa Drake
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Post by havekrillwhaletravel on Aug 16, 2024 8:01:17 GMT -6
Anybody down for discussion this week? Would love to hear your thoughts and chat about this week's poems. A really stimulating and set of poems from the Academy this week round.
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Post by havekrillwhaletravel on Aug 30, 2024 17:48:39 GMT -6
August 24 - 30
In Your Email:
Sunday 24th - "[Say what you will, and scratch my heart to find]" by Edna St Vincent Millay
Monday 25th - "Matins" by Jeanne D'Orge
Tuesday 26th - "The Black Outside" by Joy Priest
Wednesday 27th - "Drill" by Jada Renée Allen
Thursday 28th - "Past Present and Future" by Alero “The Mimz” Ogisi
Friday 29th - "Anthills" by Kayla “AluTru” Steward
Saturday 30th - "Puerto Ricans in the White House" by Karl Michael Iglesias
Poems of the Day: "Always the Doubt" by Maja Lukic
"A Memory of Us" by Safia Elhillo
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Post by RAVENEYE on Aug 31, 2024 12:39:31 GMT -6
August 24 - 30
In Your Email:
Sunday 24th - "[Say what you will, and scratch my heart to find]" by Edna St Vincent Millay
Monday 25th - "Matins" by Jeanne D'Orge
Tuesday 26th - "The Black Outside" by Joy Priest
Wednesday 27th - "Drill" by Jada Renée Allen
Thursday 28th - "Past Present and Future" by Alero “The Mimz” Ogisi
Friday 29th - "Anthills" by Kayla “AluTru” Steward
Saturday 30th - "Puerto Ricans in the White House" by Karl Michael Iglesias
Poems of the Day: "Always the Doubt" by Maja Lukic
"A Memory of Us" by Safia Elhillo
Oh crud. Thanks for doing this. My brain has been on this current contest. |
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Post by havekrillwhaletravel on Sept 6, 2024 8:34:01 GMT -6
31 August - 6 September
IN YOUR EMAIL:
"Vendor of Green Coconuts" by Muna Lee
"The River" by Manuel José Othón
"To measure internal activity while it turns all I know to rubble" by Rusty Morrison
"Painblank" by Daniel Borzutzky
"Farewell" by Oriana Méndez
"Story - Late Summer or Early Fall" by Yoo Heekyung
"Speech on the Body" by Sara Uribe
POEMS OF THE DAY:
"Unruly and Bittersweet, L.A." by Jessica Abughattas
"Drought Essay" by Isabel Neal
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and 9 am Saturday for havekrillwhaletravel , by the way)
You add them to your profile as you do them around the forum.
