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highlyeccentric) wrote2010-04-23 09:26 pm
highlyeccentric) wrote2010-04-23 09:26 pm
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Follow Friday!
Every week when I see people doing this Follow Friday thing I think to myself "aha what a clever idea!" It's one of the nicer things about DW, I think.
Anyway, for once I'm going to actually participate!
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poetry! People, this comm is awesome. It is singlehandedly expanding my knowledge of Modern Poetry, in fun and entertaining ways. Although one week we also had Anglo-Saxon riddles, that was fun. :D
The comm is set up so that one member presides each week, posting five or more poems in seven days; and other members chime in whenever they feel like it. Members' tastes vary quite a bit, but we're seeing a pleasingly high representation of nifty feminist poets (for a cheerful example, Carol Ann Duffy; for a chilling and utterly awesome example, Margaret Atwood). We're also seeing quite a bit of poetry in languages other than English, poetry about language and culture, poetry about race, identity, and other fun and exciting things of that ilk.
Anyway, for once I'm going to actually participate!
poetry! People, this comm is awesome. It is singlehandedly expanding my knowledge of Modern Poetry, in fun and entertaining ways. Although one week we also had Anglo-Saxon riddles, that was fun. :DThe comm is set up so that one member presides each week, posting five or more poems in seven days; and other members chime in whenever they feel like it. Members' tastes vary quite a bit, but we're seeing a pleasingly high representation of nifty feminist poets (for a cheerful example, Carol Ann Duffy; for a chilling and utterly awesome example, Margaret Atwood). We're also seeing quite a bit of poetry in languages other than English, poetry about language and culture, poetry about race, identity, and other fun and exciting things of that ilk.