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Phil Taggart

2022-11-07
07 November
By Phil Taggart
On November 7, 2022
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Couplets by Beta Drews

Couplets are a short form of poetry, and a very popular one! Couplets are two lines of poetry, typically written in the same meter or rhyme. Couplets are an easy poetry to write, and as such are very popular to both read and write! Some of the most notable couplet writers are Shakespeare and Dr Seuss, each having written many couplets. While they can be written on their own, couplets also come at the end of sonnets, and other long poems. Series of couplets are also common. There are a lot of different kinds of couplets, and today we’ll be talking about heroic, split, open,Read More →

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2022-10-08
08 October
By Phil Taggart
On October 8, 2022
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Sonnets

Sonnets are an older form of poetry, and one of the most well known kinds of poetry. A sonnet is a poem of fourteen lines, with a formal rhyme scheme, and usually (though not always) written with ten syllables per line of poetry. Most know them through Shakespeare, as he wrote over a hundred sonnets and many are taught in English Classes. His style of writing them is difficult for many to replicate, since he wrote in iambic pentameter. However, his style is not the only way to write a sonnet. There are four kinds of sonnets: Petrarchan, Shakespearean, Spenserian, and Miltonic.   A PetrarchanRead More →

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2021-11-28
28 November
By Phil Taggart
On November 28, 2021
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Dear America: Telling the World We Lived 3 by Karen Gonzalez

For this week’s blog, I have the privilege to share four more impactful stories. Working with CA Humanities has helped our community share and learn from these valuable stories. “Dear America: Telling the World We Lived,” preserves the powerful voices of older people. Not only has the pandemic taken some much away from us, it has also helped us grow stronger. I hope that everyone has enjoyed these stories as much as I have. This week, I am honored to share with you the stories and poems by David Oliveira, Mary Kay Rummel, Russell Stockard, and Jeanne Munesato. David Oliveira shares his story about movingRead More →

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2021-11-04
04 November
By Phil Taggart
On November 4, 2021
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Dear America: Telling the World We Lived. 2 by Karen Gonzalez

I’ve had the honor to listen to a few more stories and poems from our grant, “Dear America: Telling the World We Lived.” Just a reminder, the Ventura County Poetry Project is working with CA Humanities to preserve and learn from powerful voices of older people. Due to the pandemic, we’ve experienced a devastating loss. “Dear America: Telling the World We Lived” was created to record significant experiences in poems and stories from older writers and pass them on to the younger generation. I was incredibly moved by Andrea Carter Brown, Ruben Lee Dalton, Shigeru Yabu, and Lydia Cruz-Machlitt’s stories and I hope that youRead More →

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2021-10-18
18 October
By Phil Taggart
On October 18, 2021
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“Dear America: Telling the World We Lived – Karen Gonzalez

“Dear America: Telling the World We Lived,” is a new initiative that the Ventura County Poetry Project is working on, based on a grant from CA Humanities. It provides an incredible insight to many stories from the community. This project is made to preserve and learn from powerful voices of older people. Due to the pandemic, we’ve all experienced a devastating loss. It feels like there has not been enough time to stop and grieve over the losses we have experienced over the last year. Death rates, especially in seniors, have increased immensely due to the pandemic. “Dear America: Telling the World We Lived” wasRead More →

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2021-01-26
26 January
By Phil Taggart
On January 26, 2021
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Ventura County Poetry Project’s 4th annual poetry contest – “Defining Moments”

Submit poems by April 21st  to vcpoetryproject@gmail.com poems should be no longer than 35 lines.   You name should not appear on the poem   include a cover sheet that includes the name of the poem, your name, address, phone number, email and the name of your favorite local library.   adult category youth category ( 12-18 years of age)Read More →

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