"from play splayed in pulses"
Troupe, Frost, Chappell, Bracho, Pavlova
Humor in Poems
March 27, 7-8:30 pm EST
1 hour 30 minutes @ $100.00
Comedians usually try to get the audience to like them, to root for them, to be drawn in by the warmth of their personalities.
Poets have to approach the world not with warmth, but with coldness. They have to treat beauty and suffering with the same clarity. To be attuned to poems as they occur, a poet prepares themselves to die. They stand at the precipice of the physical and the unseen.
This class will show how humor in poetry works with close readings and examples of how to use humor effectively.
Register here: https://www.seansingerpoetry.com/join-book-club
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Quincy Troupe:
Robert Frost:
Fred Chappell:
Coral Bracho (tr. from Spanish by Forrest Gander):
Vera Pavlova (tr. from Russian by Steven Seymour):
Eric Dolphy, “Hi Fly,” rec. 1961:
BONUS: These photos are shedding new light on how fireflies interact with the world
The Chappell poem within a poem...what an interesting form. Does this form occur in other places, with other poets?