Charlotte Cuevas uses her poetry to grapple with an overwhelming emotion many of us have fought with and lost to over the years. The pleading voice of the narrative comes across as sincere and by evoking the Divine she shows… Read More ›
Poetry
Poetic Favourites #4
Poetry is the Heart’s Song… One of my English Professors compiled anthologies for the publishing house Nelson. In every book of poems he produced, he included songs. The song below, written and performed by the band U2, has always been… Read More ›
Poetry: The Analysis of Night
Therin Knite is a poet and novelist who enjoys working in the realm of science-fiction and occasionally fantasy. I find her poems engaging in an other-worldly way and yet they simply speak truths like all good poetry. Her imagery forces… Read More ›
Through the Bottom of a Whisky Glass
Lies by Alexander Lound (as appeared on http://alexlound.wordpress.com/2014/02/06/lies/ February 6, 2014) – The clock strikes twelve and my heart is empty, Six whiskies later my mind is mending, The world revolves, reforming mentally, A seventh now, it serenades me. – The… Read More ›
Poetry: The Harbor of Deceit
Therin Knite is a new member to Infinite Pathways with a love for all things literary. Her poem The Harbor of Deceit has one of the most eloquent uses of end-rhyme I’ve seen in a long time. Her dark, dystopian… Read More ›
Armchair Amateur
A Personal Poetic Critique I entered the following poem into a local contest held by a regional writers group I joined recently. There are just shy of 200 members. The ‘rules’ for entering a poem were that it had to… Read More ›
How Much Can One Word Say?
Can poetry be just one word? Evermore What if you made it all small letters? evermore What if it were all caps? EVERMORE What if we put a colour behind it and changed the font? Does that change the perception… Read More ›
Day 136 – Eyeing Up the Moon
Charlotte Cuevas has done it again (she does it every day actually with her 365 Day Poetry Challenge) – The juxtaposition of whimsy and weight with her imagery bring home a universal truth I wanted to share with you all.
Visual Art as Poetry
The idea of ‘poetry’ surpasses more than just words. Often, for me, it reaches into other artistic avenues and mediums. The picture above reminded me of the contributing poet Charlotte Cuevas – when you read her poetry, even without knowing… Read More ›
Poetic Favourites #3
Dramatic poetry touches my heart in a variety of ways; being both an English & Drama teacher, as well as a writer, my study of people and human nature allows me to both laugh and cry at Robert Browning’s poem… Read More ›
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