Fragment of Thought during a Panel Discussion on Contemporary Poetry

Do I want to know there are anti-lyric factions, anti-narrative factions, anti-whatever…I cannot change any of this so why not go forward being irrelevant and happy in my own work…

on every shoulder
the chip
of a poem

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Jean LeBlanc

Jean LeBlanc is a poet, artist, and teacher in Newton, New Jersey. She teaches writing and literature at Sussex County Community College. Her collections of short-form poetry include The Opposite of Bird (Cyberwit, 2015) and The Haiku Aesthetic: Short Form Poetry as a Study in Craft (Cyberwit, 2013). In her blog, www.jeanleblancpoetry.blogspot.com, she contemplates the role of art and poetry in our weird, mixed-up world.

18 thoughts on “”

  1. I’m off to my gig, monthly sing-along w/ memory care patients…they know the lyrics and respond…In every mind, long forgotten hints of poems once remembered.

  2. finally
    off the hook after all
    that wriggling

    Whew!! Love the inherent permission to just be true to ourselves and content in that. Thank you!

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