September 2008 ~ Helen Hagemann

Monday, September 29, 2008

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Longfellow is a new poet that I have discovered. Mainly through listening to country music, esp. Emmylou Harris. I have been led to him through song. What a brilliant poet he was, with an amazing amount of work, all penned by hand. In tribute to him, I have posted his pic & a few lines from The tide rise, the tide falls. From time to time, I hope to add other photos and lines of famous poe...

Two NSW poets

Australian LinksWhile in Katoomba & in Sydney for our gig at the Friend in Hand Hotel (as part of the Australian Poetry Festival), I met two fine poets. Deb Westbury and David Musgrave. Deb has a new collection out called The View from Here , Brandl & Schlesinger; with new poems from the Blue Mountains. David Musgrave is the author of To Thalia, New Poets 10 & On Reflection, Interactive Press. David is also the publishing guru of Puncher...

New "Poetry & Poetics" Sites

As an Australian poet, this blog will now list New Poetry & Poetic Sites. According to Ron Silliman (USA) there are over 10,000 poets publishing worldwide. A nice sum of readers one would think. I aim to link to many contemporary & new poets' sites, as well as include 'poets & poetics' that I may not necessarily subscribe to. The idea is to reach out to the viewing and reading public. Since, I will soon have my first "literary" poetry...

Helen Hagemann's Poetics - The Female Voice

The Concept of the Female VoiceThe female voice is arbitrary. It has an opaque meaning, therefore, it functions as a concept. Not unlike any other concept that has been raised by male poets, such as Charles Olson's 'Projective Verse', where the reader is meant to feel the kinetic energy; to be 'propelled by the language of the poem to follow that track of energy down the page; to experience the process by which the poet's energy propelled...

I Dream of Horses

I dream of horses,drawn in paddocks.Stallions, colts, a silver bay.I call out, ‘get on, get on!’Halfway to town, a rangerin chaps, riding-pants,high-calibre rifle, shoots one.They’ve trampled the melons.At the rodeo, Sunday, in the fracasof bull riding & bucking broncosthe ranger diesin a horse floatjam-packed with melonsto get his fi...

Poetry & Novel

As I write two genres, poetry & prose and something in the middle, I now have a separate blog for my novel. Check out the site called "anovelist" @ http://hhagemann.blogspot.comThere you will find parts of the narrative, a chapter or two, my writing regime and notes on a new novel called The Ozone Café. Stay tuned, dear read...

New Poets Program 2008

Blogs appear to be essential these days. I do have a website @ www.geocities.com/helen_hagemann, however, this blog will host my poetics, inspirations, critiques of other poets' work & new poets on the scene who inspire me. Three poets that I have recently met through the 2008 Longlines Poetry Workshop are Ali Cobby Eckermann, Kimberly Mann & Andrew Slattery. From time to time I will post updates of our forthcoming collections from the...