Tag: poetry

• Introduction to Literature- Sylvia Plath

  Death by Domestication By Kacie Fowler November 2024 Sylvia Plath’s life, and subsequent death, demonstrated the many of the struggles with societies norms, questions, and shortcomings that are bestowed upon women who find themselves living the ‘American Lifestyle’. Lady Lazarus is a poem that shows us just how mind-numbing and soul-damaging domesticity can be for…

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  K. Fowler

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  December 1, 2024

• Introduction to Literature- Broken Sestina Reaching for Black Joy

  Easily one of my favorite literary analyses to date. Here is a link to the beautiful sestina, written by Tiana Clark. While the context of this sestina is focused on Black lives and living as an African American in this country, one of the things I love most of literature, is that everyone can find…

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  K. Fowler

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  November 20, 2024

• Letting Go

  I recently stumbled across a folder with a bunch of my creative writing assignments from high school. While most are cringe, there were a few that impressed me. Bellow is one titled “Letting Go” and was written as part of our eulogy study. My childhood beagle Sally, passed away from lymphoma a few years before…

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  K. Fowler

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  January 23, 2024