Author Archives: Isabel Williams

This event took place at the Charleston Library Society on lower King Street at 7pm on Friday, November 14th, 2014. I was really glad my English teacher mom Cheri and my boyfriend Justin got to join me. This reading was extremely … Continue reading →

This free form poem does not, to my knowledge fit into any of the poetic categories we have discussed so far and I think that is just great for Kadie’s poem 8! It is composed of 5 stanzas of 5 … Continue reading →

Jess provides an excellent example of how different things in life can be taken for granted in one instance and become the subject of an ode in the next. The repeated use of the exclamation “O pillow!”my pillow!” indicates great … Continue reading →

Johnsie’s poem is a persona piece that might also be considered a dramatic monologue. The persona she embodies as the speaker is a courageous toaster from an American animated film The Brave Little Toaster (1987).The voice she gives the toaster … Continue reading →

In this emotional Sestina, Amber uses the form to milk new meaning out of the end words: “night”, “singing”, “gone”, “hand”, “us”, and “just”. The event, which begins in the title “Gone”,  is a painful combination between love and hate … Continue reading →

I thoroughly enjoyed Campbell’s sonnet! It has a strong rhythm created by line, alliteration, and rhyme. The best part of this sonnet however is its content. The event of this poem follows a writer who cannot think of how to … Continue reading →

In this nautical lyrical poem Haley incorporates “A dozen pieces” and in doing so creates a charming and adventurous new world. The consistent rhyme is sing-songy which doesn’t bother me any because I really feel that it enhances the whimsical … Continue reading →

Sienna made some really smart choices and responded to this prompt creatively and intelligently. By beginning with a quote prefacing the content of the poem- “The life of a universe, like each of our lives, may be a mere interlude … Continue reading →

Tori’s poem describes the experience of 11:12 pm through a serious of images and metaphors. She captures the way this time feels, freeing, exhilarating, and relaxing for the tired, tortured, tense body and soul. However, Tori does not simply tell … Continue reading →