Blog #3

Blog #3

http://www.writerswrite.com/poetry/markets.htm

I found this website very useful for biographical data and poetry reference. I browsed the site and found interesting information on Dickenson, Kipling, Poe, and even Dr. Seuss. Being able to read about these different poets was great. I like to read about the different lives of the poets. Reading where they came from and what they went through in their personal lives you can begin to see the meaning behind some of their works. I read some of the works that were available on the website. I spent some time reading The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe. In high school I remember reading Tale Tell Heart. The gruesome nature is what drew me to read more about him. I am finding a better appreciation for poetry as this class progresses.

http://beehive.temporalimage.com/index.html

I found this website to be very odd. I browsed through the link called Hyperbody. There were e-poems there that were really interesting in an odd sort of way. The pictures were of human body parts with graphical designs over them. You really had to look to see the body parts. The poetry that accompanied each picture was good. Each one seemed to tell a bit of a story. They conveyed a sense of provocativeness. I was not necessarily intrigued by the poetry here, but more by the unique graphics that the author used. This site was useful for me because it allowed me to see other types and expressions of poetry.

http://wings.buffalo.edu/epc/

This site was nice. I chose the link for e-poetry. I do not have a clear understanding of what e-poetry actually is. I think of poetry as lines on paper and to see these pictures and images with few words being called poetry is a difficult concept for me to grasp. I browsed some of the e-poems. I found some that were in French, those were funny. I could not understand what was being said, but the images and sounds conveyed humor. Sites like this are helpful in teaching me that there is more to poetry than paper, pen, and words.