"If they want to pull they should pull at their own pullables"
Chang, Edson, Young, Mureşan, Rice, Plath
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. But levity is sometimes as powerful as despair and the timing can make it as dynamic as any other poetic tool.
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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Tina Chang:
Russell Edson:
Gary Young:
Ion Mureşan (tr. from Romanian by Adam J. Sorkin and Lidia Vianu):
Barbara Stone Rice:
Sylvia Plath, May 25, 1959:
Henry Threadgill, Too Much Sugar For a Dime, rec. 1993:
thank you for the "sweet" range of these. Sweet Tooth is fascinating...how to not answer a question. and as a woman, i read it as a rather dark poem too.
Tempted to make Plath's cake!