DDCPoetry

Original poem reprinted online here: "The Americans" by Elizabeth Hughey Originally read: February 28, 2013 More information about the Poet: Elizabeth Hughey I think the stream of consciousness technique has it's positives and negatives.  On one hand there's the ability to think and see different connections with things that haven't been thought to connect.  I guess the pop culture equivalent would be the 6 degrees of Bacon, where any actor is connected to Kevin Bacon in one sense or another (I actually wrote that...well then).  The other side is that the connections can be looked at as superficial (see above) or so convoluted that the connections, although linked together, become overly forced and predictable conventions (talking about death of planet, then death of someone, those type of poems). Now, with this poem, I feel the speaker is playing with this idea -- toying with the positives and negatives of stream-of-consciousness -- not only on the image level, b...

Original poem reprinted online here: "They Promised Me A Thousand Years of Peace" by Lauren Shapiro Originally read: February 23, 2013 More information about the Poet: Lauren Shapiro As I was going over my notes, I noticed that I didn't reference the title how I usually would.  I do reference the title though as maybe alluding to something religious.  However, I don't reference who the "they" are or actually wonder who "they" represent.  Instead, past me focused on the "core" of the poem which is "defining nothing and the act of riddance."  I think past me came up with this conclusion through the last line of the poem, "See, you trip on yourself an exact number of times / each day, but who else is counting?" which I refer to as the "'crux is else' antagonizing the 'you' that believes." I can see the points, however,  after rereading this poem, I think math plays a big part in this poem.  Then ...