Middlepoet » Writings http://middlepoet.com The world of Aaron Middlepoet Jackson Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:37:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Ten Poets You Have To Check Out http://middlepoet.com/ten-poets-you-have-to-check-out/ http://middlepoet.com/ten-poets-you-have-to-check-out/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:55:21 +0000 middlepoet http://middlepoet.com/?p=455 Below you will find my list of ten poets that everybody must know. They are not listed in any particular order, but they are all must reads.

All of the poets below must be thoroughly researched and digested by poets of all types. Start with Google and go from there.

Charles Bukowski

Robert Frost

Langston Hughes

Allen Ginsberg

W.B. Yeats

Emily Dickinson

Shel Silverstein

Nikki Giovanni

Wilfred Owen

Saul Williams

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It is finally here. I’m Tired the single. Produced by Tony Hinds for Weerai Music. Download it now on Amazon with the link below.

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Now availible on Amazon, search Middlepoet.

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Click here to see my poems Coastal Haiku and Walking Buddy in Four and twenty Poetry.

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An anthology to benefit Haiti

Vwa

Poems for Haiti

To purchase click here!

Edited by Lisa Marie Basile

ALL PROCEEDS ARE DONATED TO HAITI RELIEF.

CONTRIBUTORS:
Martin Willitts, Jr.
Kenneth Karrer
Robert Gibbons
Mary Strong Jackson
Jabou McCoy
James G. Piatt
Val B. Russell
William Doreski
Jasper Ballard
Dillon Mullenix
James Lee Jobe
Annmarie Lockhart
David L. Wright
Tony Rivera
Austin Alexis
Lee Transue
Thelma T. Reyna
Richard Antonio Phelps
Michael Shorb
Mara Buck
Aaron Middlepoet Jackson
Joel Shulkin
David Basile
Yolaine M. St.Fort
Cassie Preemo Steele
Telly McGaha
Olivia Arieti
Shayla Hawkins
Brigit Truex
Caroline Depalma
Renee Petersen
Lisa Marie Basile

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]]> http://middlepoet.com/question/feed/ 0 Snow Day http://middlepoet.com/snow-day/ http://middlepoet.com/snow-day/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:07:18 +0000 middlepoet http://middlepoet.com/?p=368 A blizzard is a magical thing for many children and those who are young at heart. As snow falls and responsibilities dwindle with the lack of travel options, there is a certain sense of freedom that is derived from being trapped in the home.

As school age kids and a few fortunate adults know, snow can be a bonus holiday. Although I do remember growing up in Vermont having a teacher explain to me that every snow we had meant a day in the summer that we had to be in school. This point was lost on me as I hoped and prayed for a one day respite from the grind of school.

Snow days are for Snowmen and snowball fights, sledding and if you are lucky enough even skiing. All of these activities as well as ice skating are more enjoyable on a snow day.

]]> http://middlepoet.com/snow-day/feed/ 0 A return to poetry http://middlepoet.com/a-return-to-poetry/ http://middlepoet.com/a-return-to-poetry/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:14:17 +0000 middlepoet http://middlepoet.com/?p=354 It is my sincere attempt to begin a new chapter in the writing career of Middlepoet. I am planning on a return to poetry. Although, I never really left. Somewhere along the way in my writing career, I fear that at times I have forgotten to keep the writing basic, in short to be poetic.

As a writer I have at times gotten away from what poetry should be, simplistic. Prose has made brief appearances in my poems, which although sometimes not a bad thing, can be a bit of a distraction. As a result, I have had to go back to the basics. I have been reading Shel Silverstein to refamiliarize myself with the beauty of the simple thought, the simple story.

I have found a great sense of reward in my attempt to return to metaphors and slant rhymes. Part of my poetic rebirth is my new found love for micro fiction. Essentially many of the “poems” I was writing were in fact works of micro fiction. I thoroughly enjoy the concept of telling a story in just a few hundred words, as is the case with micro fiction in prose and with poetry in verse, but it is important for me artistically to maintain a distance between the two.

Perhaps, this moment in my journey as a writer is an epiphany, perhaps the early stages of a manifesto. Perhaps this is nothing more than a continualization of a writer 3who has figured something out that is not such a mystery in the first place.

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Some might think of basketball as the great outlet for the nomadic sports fan. However, as far as college goes, there is March Madness, and then, well, there isn’t much else. The NBA can be exciting, especially when you are a Lakers fan such as yours truly. But, considering games of import aren’t really even played until April, there just is not that much appeal.

This leaves us with baseball. America’s pastime. Field of Dreams, Bull Durham, Major League and all those other great movies. Casey at the Bat was my favorite poem for the longest time. Okay, so perhaps it still is.

Baseball is a marvelously relaxing cerebral sport in so many ways. Yet, the game in its essence is easy to pick up. Explainging baseball to somebody from England is much easier to do than explaining American football.

But lets be even more honest about the situation. There is no better way to tell the civic pride a city has than by how it feels about its baseball team. So it is with this spirit in mind that I slouch my way through the next few weeks, waiting for pitchers and catchers to report, and The Boys of Summer to take the field.

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1. Jay-Z

As previously stated, the music is timeless.

2. Notorious B.I.G.

Classic NYC sound.

3. Eminem

Perhaps the greatest rhyme schemes of all.

4. Tupac

For some reason, I think he is very over hyped.

5. Nas

Illmatic, one of the greatest albums of all time. Of all time!

6. Lil Wayne

Dude is insane. Metaphorical genius.

7. Andre 3000

Far out funky magic.

8. Mos Def

The definition of backpack rap.

9. Rakim

The legend.

10. Snoop Dogg

The best of the West.

Honorable mention: Cee-lo, Chuck D, Q-Tip, Wyclef, Ice-T, Ice Cube, Zach De La Rocha, Method Man, Black Thought, Big Boi, Buckshot Shorty.

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