name association game

CM-A very sad life. Her losses reverberate in her poems, which transmit a strong sense of unfulfilled yearnings.



Moniza Alvi
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poet/moniza-alvi

https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-wo...nting-by-miro/

MA: "Deryn Rees-Jones ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deryn_Rees-Jones ) has said that '[m]uch of Alvi's work engages with a surreal or fantastical world of fractured and partially recovered identity..." which is exemplified in her poem Would Like To Be A Dot In A Painting By Miro ... an amusing and delightful poem; ref: Joan Miró - http://www.joan-miro.net/joan-miro-paintings.jsp

A. A. Milne

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._A._Milne

https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-mirror-64/

Just now discovered that A. A. stand for Alan Alexander and that the bear stories were inspired by his son, Christopher Robin. Old memories: https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tra-la-la-tra-la-la/. Cute poem

Mandy Coe
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poet/mandy-coe

http://www.mandycoe.com/poems_a.htm

AAM: lol, "b'bibbiddy babble"/tS. MC: "Mandy Coe’s poems are characterised by their energetic delight in language." I enjoyed The Weight of Cows the best of the selection.

Corinna

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinna

http://korinna-kore.blogspot.com/200...nas-poems.html

http://www.casa-kvsa.org.za/1995/AC38-03-Henderson.pdf

C-Interesting find. One of the rare female Greek poets, wrote about 300?Few surviving fragments, mythological themes. Henderson:"What we can[...] extract from the fragments concerning her views on poetry adds a few more pieces to the complex and incomplete puzzle of Greek lyric poetry. * "

Christine de Luca
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poet/christine-de-luca

http://www.poetryarchive.org/poem/meeting-vulcan

https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-little-nap-rap/

CdL: Shetland poet whose poetry has been set to music. Meeting Vulcan: an homage perhaps to a statue of Vulcan. A Little Nap Rap: a delightful rap rhyme.

Lorine Niedecker

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorine_Niedecker

http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/niedecker/poems.html

LN-Only American woman poet associated with Objectivism. Her poems often read like realistic prose in verse.
Poet's Work[.Each verse has the form of a typewriter.

Nigel Mc Loughlin
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poet/nigel-mcloughlin

http://www.poetryarchive.org/poem/catching-fire

NMcL: "McLoughlin’s voice is a delight, rich with roots that stretch deeply into the poet’s sense of home." "For him, the writing process is one of close attunement to the emotional effect of the line in relation to content, sometimes working these elements disparately to create unexpected effects." Catching Fire is an interesting contrast of perception. Also enjoyed Stones http://www.poetryarchive.org/poem/stones

Madeline Gleason

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeline_Gleason

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...ontentId=22733

MG-Poet and dramatist. Enjoyed the nostalgic images of "The surviving mirror".

Gillian Clarke

http://www.poetryarchive.org/poet/gillian-clarke

http://www.gillianclarke.co.uk/gc201...fficult-birth/
and selection

GC: Contemporary Welsh poet who became the 3rd National Poet of Wales. The poem A Difficult Birth is 3-stories entwined to form the poem (see Notes… on poem page).

Conrad Aiken

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Aiken

"... largely responsible for establishing Emily Dickinson's reputation as a major American poet."

http://markandrewholmes.com/theroom.html

CA-Tragic loss of his parents. Influences: psychoanalysis, Whitman and George Santayana."The room"- a powerfull poem that somehow is related to surviving the tragedy of his childhood.

Anne Brontë

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/anne-bronte

https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-consolation-4/

AB: Youngest of the Brontë sisters; a poet and novelist of renown. For me the meter of The Consolation belies the hopefulness and optimism of the protagonist.

Brent Fisk

http://www.bgdailynews.com/community...31d157296.html

http://www.autumnskypoetry.com/number12/Brent_Fisk.html

AB-I agree with you, it´s a heavy meter. The other poems from her I read were still sadder.
BF-Academic, original points of view, sense of humor. Liked his comment on the recurrence of the basic plot in Jane Austen:"I tried to read three Jane Austen novels at once and for several days was convinced Elizabeth Bennet had 12 unmarried sisters." Enjoyed the tenderness and the humor of "A bee in the car".


Fleur Adcock

http://www.poetryarchive.org/poet/fleur-adcock


https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-...d-an-orange-2/

FA: Poet, New Zealand born, England raised; "The influence of Fleur Adcock's migratory childhood can be traced in her work's exploration of identity." "Her poems often bring to light women's lives that might otherwise be marginalised or forgotten". The Man Who X-Rayed An Orange... a poem about madness ? Disappointed that there was no exploration regarding a rhyme word for orange.

Alcman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcman

http://www.blackcatpoems.com/a/slumb...mountains.html

A-Greek lyric choral poet(7th century BC).Maybe an emancipated slave, that composed in the dialect of Sparta. Judging from the translated fragments a very sensual poetry. Celebration of life and nature.

Alexander Blok
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Blok

https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/flam...f-the-mystery/