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Original poem reprinted online here: "Ars Poetica" by Natania Rosenfeld Originally read: February 19, 2013 More information about the Poet: Natania Rosenfeld "Ars Poetica" is a very loaded title.  Ars Poetica --Poetics of the speaker (this was my definition I brought before reading the poem.  Ars Poetica -- "The Art of Poetry."   This term sets up, especially in the title, forces the reader to look at the construction of the poem and how the form, subject, and mode is in relation to the form, subject, and mode. And I did just.  Past me read and put comments like, "The conjunction of 'or' brings a sense of separation -- theme reoccuring in the previous stanza.  Forced from the speaker or style."  When I was rereading the poem (out loud) again I realized something about the difference between past me and the reader I am now. Yes, I can look at the form, subject, and mood and discern what these things add to the creation of poetry.  However,...

Original poem reprinted online here: "Detail of the Hayfield" by Richard Siken Originally read: February 8, 2013 More information about the Poet: Richard Siken Past me wrote this down about the last line of the poem, "The last line utilizes the duality set up in the poem," I thought about what I wrote.  What I wrote wasn't very clear.  It doesn't point to the duality in the poem.  And after reading the poem, I'm pretty sure there isn't much of a duality in the end -- rather it's the speaker trying to condense two parts into one. The poem starts off with an observer perspective, "I followed myself for a long while, deep into a field."  The lines sets up a somewhat surreal, yet objective experience.  The "I" observer acknowledges  the surrounding but the followed "I" doesn't seem to have a consciousness yet.  The next line, "Two heads full of garbage" shows a certain filter.  The "I" whose head...

Original poem reprinted online here:  "Two Bourbons Past the Funeral" by Andrew Hudgins Originally read: January 24, 2013 More information about the Poet:  Andrew Hudgins In the beginning of the poem, I noted the "we."  The speaker and another person are "enjoying" a bourbon after a funeral.  I didn't note this from the first read -- the word "old" is repeated and mentioned four times in the poem, "old books of the old poet, past old now, and another old poet fumbled / to his favorite poem." Now, whatever the case, past me found the first line funny, "I find this funny in a relatable [six] way -- the focus is not on who died, but what to do after -- drink perhaps."  The humor is further compounded with the repetition of old and the speaker and the old man fumbling to find the right poem. The turn in the poem happens in the first simile, "his voice reverent / and sure, until he caught on a word / like a coat on a barb...