Tag: Jay-Z
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microreview: What Can I Tell You?: Selected Poems by Roberto Carlos Garcia
review by José Angel Araguz One of the unique experiences of being a poet / poetry reader is becoming accustomed with the creature known as the “selected poems.” The closest equivalent from outside the poetry world comes in the form of the “greatest hits” album. Yet, the novelty and nostalgic flash of such an album…
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* bangin’ on the kitchen table with Jay-Z & Linda Pastan
The above example of scansion is a good example of where my mind’s been at past few days. I’ve been and will be writing with an eye (and ear and heart) towards meter, mainly for a class, but more than the class, there is an inner drive to grow stronger in this regard. Throughout the…
The Friday Influence 