Word: poeticisms
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...sifted through these pieces, with a blank Document1 remaining on the computer screen, I became increasingly frustrated. I mean, what do you people want to read about anyway? Another student outlining Harvard's imperfections? Another graduate waxing poetic about all Harvard had taught him or her about some aspect of the meaning of life? Really, at some point or another, I've expressed these thoughts and done these things, a few times in public forums such as this and other times in more private settings like meetings with administrators and senior surveys. It appears that what needs to be said...
...Advocate member during his Harvard years, socialized and philosophized with current and future poetic giants...
...instead of immediately becoming a poetic icon, he toiled in anonymity for over 17 years, before seeing the light of the literary landscape...
...ultimately, Bly, who originally worshipped William Butler Yeats, remains one of the top poetic talents of the last half century exactly because he does not mimic a past master or brainstorm with a fellow Harvard literary acquaintance--he lives and writes to a world of his own rhythm...
...important too to remember the restrictions on servicemen's correspondence. Whereas in the Civil War soldiers could wax poetic in detailed epistles about the topography around battlefields, the long rock gullies of the Maryland countryside or the paltry food rations at Vicksburg, 20th century U.S. troops were censored from describing their surroundings for fear of tipping off the enemy to military movements. As a result their letters home are far more personal, more expressive of the gripping fears and hopeful longings of young men with no illusions left. Each one of these introspective letters sounds the distant and disturbing echo...