Mujhe is baat ka thoda dukh hai ki kavitayein likhne ke alag-alag courses ke dauran mujhe kavitayon ke roop se judi kuch behad moolbhoot baatein nahi sikhai gayi thin।
I'm sort of annoyed that some very basic things about poetic forms were not conveyed to me in the various poetry courses I took over the years.
I'm sort of annoyed that some very basic things about poetic forms were not conveyed to me in the various poetry courses I took over the years.
Mujhe baar-baar yeh bataya gaya ki kavitayen likhne ke purane tarike "rudhivadi" (conservative) the, lekin iska koi vishleshan nahi kiya gaya ki aisa kyun tha।
I was told over and over the poetry in forms was "conservative" but there was no analysis of why this was so.
I was told over and over the poetry in forms was "conservative" but there was no analysis of why this was so.
Ek istemal ki gayi safed patni, ek maa, kavitayein likhne wali ek durbhagyapurn ladki hone ka kya matlab hai? Sandra Simonds in uljhe huye shabdo ko chunati hain aur fir unke chithde uda deti hain. Kabhi dusro ke shabdo se. Aur kabhi shuruat se banayi gayi kavitayo se. Ye sabhi shabd bure nahi hote. Par ye sabhi achhe bhi nahi hote. Aur yahi vajah hai ki Mother was a Tragic Girl mein itni taakat hai. Ise padhte huye aap ek pal hasenge toh dusre hi pal utna hi roenge bhi. Agar Antigone zinda hoti aur parivar par kavitayein likhne ka faisla karti, toh vo Sandra Simonds ki tarah hi kavitayein likhti. Ye behad damdaar hain।
What does it mean to be a used white wife, a mother, a tragic girl writing poems? Sandra Simonds gets into these messy words and then tears them apart. Sometimes with the words of others. And sometimes with poems made from scratch. They aren't all bad, these words. But they aren't all good either. And that is where Mother was a Tragic Girl gets its power. You will at moments be laughing but then you will also at moments just as much be crying. If Antigone was alive and decided to write some poems about the nuclear family, she would write them like Sandra Simonds. These are tough.
What does it mean to be a used white wife, a mother, a tragic girl writing poems? Sandra Simonds gets into these messy words and then tears them apart. Sometimes with the words of others. And sometimes with poems made from scratch. They aren't all bad, these words. But they aren't all good either. And that is where Mother was a Tragic Girl gets its power. You will at moments be laughing but then you will also at moments just as much be crying. If Antigone was alive and decided to write some poems about the nuclear family, she would write them like Sandra Simonds. These are tough.
Mujhe yaad hai jab maine Hawai'i vishwavidyalaya mein padhane ke pehle saal Paul Fussell ko padha tha aur main hairan reh gaya tha ki are, isme toh ek mod (turn) aata hai! Mujhe pehle kisi ne kyun nahi bataya tha?
I remember reading Paul Fussell my first year teaching at U of Hawai'i and being like, oh, it has a turn! Why didn't anyone tell me?
I remember reading Paul Fussell my first year teaching at U of Hawai'i and being like, oh, it has a turn! Why didn't anyone tell me?
Genre ya form mukhyata sansthigat (institutional) sawal hote hain. Jaise MFA programs mein is baat se tay hota hai ki aap kaun si workshop padha sakte hain।
Genre/forms are institutional questions mainly. Like matter to MFA programs in terms of which workshop you can teach.
Genre/forms are institutional questions mainly. Like matter to MFA programs in terms of which workshop you can teach.