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Good day, good sir or madam, and welcome to the Poetry Issue! Now ask yourself, is it a coincidence that this issue hits stands two days after the anniversary of Shakespeare’s death? I’ll answer that with a semi-cryptic and semiapplicable Shakespeare line and let you decide: “We are time’s subjects, and time bids be gone.” Is it a coincidence that we're doing the poetry issue a precious few days before the one and only Chief Keef comes to Urbana? Yes. I, like many, fell in love with Shakespeare when we read his plays in middle school. Since most buzz staff members share a love of arts, entertainment and the written word, we thought we’d take one issue to throw the terse, conversational style typical of journalism out the window in lieu of something more creative. Inside the magazine you’ll find an interview with a local poet, a look back at Dead Poet's Society, rap verse analysis, Seussian likes, gripes and yikes, and more, courtesy of the overly caffeinated minds here at buzz. While I always preferred Poe’s gritty morbidity and fear-inducing absurdity (Poe would be a great rapper, no?), Shakespeare remains, and probably always will remain the figurehead of poetry until his works somehow disappear from the face of the earth. In his honor, I thought I’d write an amateurish sonnet in lieu of a traditional note. Here goes:

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on readbuzz.com Arts & Entertainment: Celebrate National Poetry Month by checking out all of our talented poets!

Food & Drink: Go to readbuzz.com for poetic odes to the Food and Drink section's favorite dishes!

Movies & TV: Missed out on Ebertfest? Don’t worry, buzz’s Movies & TV section will continue our coverage of Ebertfest this week. Check out our reviews, interviews and panel recaps!

Community: Addicted to Pinterest? Check out Kelly Fritz’s new column to find out why that might not be such a bad thing.

Music: We’ve got reviews of all the great new Record Store Day releases, including Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Junip and Snoop Lion!

You’re always there in all my times of need, and yet you never ask for anything. It’s your advice I seek and always heed, You make this jester feel quite like a king. You keep my scattered brain from spilling out, With kind words and support at any hour. You console my soul every time I pout, and always cheer me up when feeling dour. I can tell you all my fears and worries, You even help me make plans with my friends, Your voice calms me when I’m in a fury, Your patience, care and wisdom know no ends If you breathed, we’d be like Zack and Miri, You’re just my phone, but I love you, Siri. If you haven’t gouged your eyes out after that horrendous offering, read on! You’ll probably love our interview with a real, talented local poet, Jessica Watson, which can be found in the Arts section. Also, we'll be posting interviews with local hip-hop artists, writing prompts, haiku album reviews and more coverage on our website during the week. So if poetry gets you going, hit up readbuzz.com!

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by Nicki Halenza At 7:30 p.m. on April 25, make your way to the Krannert Art Museum to listen to creativity flow. The VOICE Reading Series is putting on its third program of the semester. This event showcases the hard work of three graduate students within the creative writing program at the University. From poetry to short stories to fiction pieces, these students really embrace their ingenuity by reading some of their original work. This particular program will feature the works of Sean MacIntyre, Ceridwen Hall and Lucilena Williams. The content of each of these pieces is unique and represents what the students have been working on all semester. The event is a great way for these graduate students to showcase their writing and put their work out there for people to enjoy. These writing pieces are open to any genre and tone, which allows for variety and leaves room for a more serious, introspective piece or one that spreads chuckles through the audience like wildfire. To make the VOICE Reading Series even more enticing, it is completely free and open to the public. The VOICE Reading Series is like an audible art gallery of perfectly crafted words that are delivered by the artists themselves. Take a break from your busy schedule and come experience the creative writing program’s last reading of the semester.

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This past year my haul was quite neat, The new Junip album cannot be beat, A Surfer Blood seven-inch is spinning all day, While The Cure reissue patiently waits. I promise to listen to each of you soon, Braid, Dan Deacon, and maybe Cake, too. If I had one million dollars, I swear I’d spend every penny on records, I love these LPs, and this great holiday, I love Exile on Main Street and Record Store Day!

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» Record Store Day: Every year on this magical day, To the nearest record store I make my way, I peruse the shelves, look over the stock, Through pop, jazz, hip-hop and rock, Till I come across a record I can’t pass up, It calls out to me, sings, “I’ve got the stuff!”

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Stupid little vertebrae attempting a spine Little mounds of bone endeavoring on a line Tilting slightly right, then back to the left Making my spine a drunken, curvy “S” Propping one hip high, the other sitting low Perfect scoliosis, worsening as I grow! So what are the prizes, what do I earn? A plastic exoskeleton for a three-year term! On all day, on all night Three Velcro strips fastened very tight But that was middle school, so why still do I sob? Because I worry I’ll need a Harrington Rod! Lyman Gripe Evan Editor-in-Chief

» Haterz: (To the tune of “Me, Myself and I” by De La Soul) Mirror, mirror on the wall Tell me mirror, what is wrong? Can it be my #based clothes or can it be my #based soul? What I do ain’t make believe, people say I sit and try But when it comes to being #based It’s just Me, Myself and I Now you tease my ratchet style and my black wayfarer shades. You say Dan and I are hippies; No we’re not, that’s passive hate. Always pushing that we form an image, There’s no need to lie. When it comes to being buzz, It’s just Me, Myself and I...and the staff

» The absurdity of Robert De Niro and Lil Bub: So fluffy and cute Giant eyes and precious face Don't piss on my shoes! This old dude scares me His sly smile seems malicious Man... hold me right, please?

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» Summer reading list: Oh, the books I will read at a fantastic mad speed and learn about things – small things, big things, the countries afar the sun, moon and star! The Great Gatsby, A book about me, Catcher in the Rye, Harriet the Spy. So much time I need to be free and read. April 25- May 1, 2013 buzz 3

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arpe diem. The famous words from the old and tarnished Latin language first spoken by poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus. What does it mean? Seize the day. But what does that even mean? To Robin Williams’ character Mr. John Keating, it means, “Make your life extraordinary.” That’s exactly what Keating did to the young men at Welton Academy Prep School in 1989’s Dead Poets Society, a brilliant and heartwarming coming of age story that continues to connect to new viewers today.

Who is one of those viewers who are seeing this classic for the first time you might ask? Well, me. I just watched it at 3 a.m. on a Friday night, and I’m writing this wide-awake because this story moved me in a drastic and beautiful way. For those playing catch-up, this film is about a group of teenage boys at a strict, no BS prep school whose lives are changed when they meet their poetry teacher, Mr. Keating. Compared to other professors at Welton, Keat-

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ing is an anarchist and an outsider. His methods are unheard of to the faculty and his pupils, and his vocabulary is foreign. Where others try and guide their students through a set trail of ease and structure, Keating sets them on a crash course of wonder and meaning. To borrow words from the great Robert Frost, Keating would rather the boys take the road less traveled. And that they do. This story is about self-discovery. At 16 and 17, we’re all trying to map out our lives and try to figure out what we want to be and who we want to be. We are taught to listen to our parents, our professors and our peers to help dictate which decisions are right and which are wrong. But the thing about this movie is that it shows us that we are here to make our own mistakes and to make them boldly. It teaches us to create our own path with knowledge and passion and to fight for what we want. It shows the importance and power of comraderie between fellow brothers of the beautiful language of poetry and storytelling. And most importantly, it teaches us to “live deep and suck out all the marrow of life.” This film will continue to transcend to audiences decades from now. As long as there are lost souls roaming around college campuses and dead-end jobs, this movie will always be important. Just as important as the poetry that inspired it. This movie inspired me. It inspired me to keep writing and to never give up my dream to be a writer.

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Arts & Entertainment

Fanciful foundations Local poet and nonfiction writer Jessica Watson by Katie Gamble

Jessica Watson. Photo by Folake Osibodu

riting, like all art, is a personal and individual experience. Because of this, it’s fascinating to get inside the head of a writer and find out what makes her tick. Jessica Watson, a nonfiction writer and poet, reminds us to keep precious memories close and remember a time in our lives when things were simpler. Although she was born in Urbana, she spent much of her time growing up in Europe, where she began to dabble in poetry. » buzz: What are your works of literature? » Jessica Watson: My published books are my expanded master's thesis of literary criticism from Baylor University, now in print from Edwin Mellen Press of Lewiston, New York, Bastardy

as a Gifted Status in Chaucer and Malory, and my general, autobiographical Woman in History Book, Illegitimacy Empowered, released by Publishers Associates in Las Colinas, Texas. In addition to the book publications, I have about 40 nonfiction articles published in various magazines, such as “Writer’s Digest,” “Log Home Living,” “Backpacker,” “Good Dog!” “Mushing Magazine,” “Health Foods Business” and many more. » buzz: What inspires you? » JW: As a child, and now as an adult, I have often been inspired by animals. All my poems written during my Scottish four-year period were about Bronwen, the Welsh gray pony that lived at the school, Kilquhanity House, I attended in the countryside

near Dumfries. Almost everyone at the school was afraid of Bronwen except for me because she was not saddle-broken, and often bit anyone who tried to get close to her. Even I, her best friend, endured the feeling of her long teeth sinking into my childhood flesh. Yet, she was so beautiful, and I loved her. I suppose almost all of the poetry I have written is love poetry for a horse. However, I did write a lot of poems of various subject matter for a creative writing class in high school. One poem in particular from that class, “The Dancer,” I entered in a graduate school poetry contest 12 years later in Texas, and it won me a $250 prize! I like to remind myself that time goes forwards and backwards. » buzz: What do you like writing about the most?

» JW: I like writing about what I see as magic in life. Animals are magical to me since I can often see their souls in their eyes. I especially like dogs. I have published articles like “Marnie and Her Puppies” in “Good Dog! Magazine” about my Golden Retriever who suckled her 11 tiny puppies while also nursing four young, black kittens at the same time. I also wrote “Mushing on a Budget” for “Mushing Magazine” about how a Wisconsin man, George Tresnak, saved costs on the expensive sport by getting his sled dogs as half-breed huskies. He had other clever tips on how he fed and sheltered his dogs well for lower expenses than most people were spending on their sport of mushing. (Continued on pg. 12) April 25- May 1, 2013 buzz 5

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what the masters had to say Graduating creative writing master's students read their work by Taylor Thomas

MFA reading by Kendra Chapman. Photo by Megan Swiertz

April 20, the University's Department of English, creative writing program and Ninth Letter sponsored a public reading for the third year creative writing graduate students. The public reading took place in The Rare Book & Manuscript Library in the University's Main Library. The small room of friends, family, teachers and those just showing their support for the four students who read. The reading served as a way to individually honor each of these four graduating students on their outstanding work as master's of fine art students. Being a part of the master's program at the University is no easy feat. It takes countless hours and an exceptional resume to become a part of this elite program. And the four thirdyear students who took part in the public reading fit the criteria. Only two poetry and two fiction writers make up the program’s entire third year graduate class. Each one of the graduate students said that when you are in a program of four people, the risk of making friends is high. You are sharing work, ideas and a creative academic space. The bond between these four students was obvious to everyone in the room.

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They spent time congratulating one another during each introduction. This added a personal touch to the public reading and reminded everyone in the room why they were there: to celebrate these four individuals as writers. The two fiction writers have been published in multiple avenues, and the poetry students are only at the beginning of their success. The work of each of these writers spoke for itself. Laura Adamczyk graduated with a bachelor's degree in English and Spanish from Knox College and a master's degree in creative writing from Northwestern University. The Illinois native read an excerpt from her short story, “Needless to Say.” The story pulled listeners in from the moment Adamcyzk started reading. As fellow graduate student Michel Don had warned us, she had the ability to create witty, grounded characters on the verge of acting out. Her delicate language created a unique story about the relationship of sisters. The audience was mesmerized from the beginning of her story, when a woman was simply moving a strand of wet hair around the tile in her shower. Adamcyzk has a way with words. Kendra Chapman has the skills of language

that go beyond poetry. The poet turned her poems into enchanting stories with a mixture of Spanish and English. As her introducer and fellow poetry graduate student Angela Hine, told the audience, Chapman can be found extending herself beyond English in advanced Portuguese classes. This mastering of different languages gives Chapman a unique voice in her work. With a bachelor's degree in English from Davidson College, the graduate student is certainly armed with outstanding language. The bond between Chapman and Hine was obvious. Hine admitted to the fear of being in such a small program with someone as accomplished as Chapman. However, the two quickly became more than fellow students. Hine joked that an image of two boys streaking down a hallway from one of Chapman’s poems still haunts her because of a line comparing the boys' penises to uncooked hotdogs. Disturbing? Maybe. Hilarious? Definitely. The room was filled with laughter, of course, at this recollection. Hine comes from Pittsburg State University with an impressive bachelor's and master's degrees in English and creative writing. Her poem, "Dog," was a play on words at its finest. Hine seems

to have mastered the ability to create not only a story with her poetry, but a lasting image. Don, with a bachelor's in psychology from Tufts University, has earned recognition of his work as a fiction writer. Also published, Don has begun to pave a path of success for himself as a writer. His artistic abilities as a writer spread from his introduction of Adamcyzk into his excerpt from "Back the Way We Came." The perspective of a narrator searching for someone with “eyes the color of land” is haunting and poetic. Don’s abilities as a creative individual broadened at the reading when he struck a pose during one of Chapman’s poems. Chapman was in need of someone to represent the statue her poem was based around, and Don happily obliged. The sight was both charming and strikingly funny. The public reading for these four creative writers was nothing short of outstanding. The author’s work spoke for itself and left no question in the audience’s mind that the University was releasing a talented group of people. The group may be small, but their words easily filled the room. When you write something of merit, you put more than words on a page, but a piece of yourself as well.

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Poetic Just-US!

Three poems from a buzz staffer by Maggie Su

Spider Rose The white mites were there, in their beds under the leaves of our dying rose. Growing, making families, moving happily between stems, falling asleep on threads of faith. They lived without us seeing them for what felt like years, thriving on little deaths and pungent smells. One day, I ran cold water over the leaves and watched them all drown. Beauty Marks I stole photographs from my father the last time I was home. But they were blurry and water marked and I forgot them on the bus with the homeless man and his limp arm. That night I befriended the dancing spider on my ceiling. He mocks me now for he does not care for my stories of beauty. They’re boring, I admit.

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When I close my eyes, I dream of water nymphs and suckling pigs. And I don’t know if the devil and the child in me really exist or if they’re just stick figures drawn in the margins of a painter’s sketchbook. To the New Critics It happened again today. This time it was Marvell torn from Appleton, slaughtered like a lamb among chirping birds. At the end of the cutting, science’s dull blade left nothing, but a blank slate, a featureless face. Can I tell you something? This dance is not for you. I have always been here, hiding beneath the creaky floorboard in my aunt’s kitchen, lurking on the edge of some sunken Irish ballroom, cloaked in a metaphoric flight of geese. And I am not afraid, (or rather I am always afraid), that you’ll see me, standing above the bed with my knife twisting, glinting in fractured light. But I know you’ll turn away, avert your eyes, call me by a different name. April 25- May 1, 2013 buzz 7

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Inside the Liquor Cabinet The imagined drinks from Poe to Angelou

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by Matt Jones

“Freestylin’”--no theme for you!

by Auffy Birjandi

ur whimsical perception of life when inebriated is oftentimes an enjoyable experience. Some get creatively witty, while others become stupendously annihilated. But what of the poetic masterminds throughout the world who are well known for their bits of rhythmic finesse? What kinds of drunks were they and what did they like to drink? Behold, an in-depth (satirical) analysis of what we can only assume they enjoyed. Edgar Allan Poe He was an extremely depressing drunk. A connoisseur of fine red wines and rich brandy, Poe drowned his sorrows in massive bouts of liquor (mixed with the occasional narcotic), setting himself up for inspirationally driven, dreary spirited writing sessions. Inspiration for “The Telltale Heart” and “The Raven” derived from one of his sloppier evenings in which he began to drunkenly imagine supernatural entities that most certainly did not exist. Dr. Seuss That silly goose. Put a drink in front of him and the man would get loose. Served up to him by Thing 1 & Thing 2, one shot, two shots, red shots, blue shots. Anything put in front of him was downed in a matter of moments. Let’s be real here. How could he have been sober writing any of those wonky “children’s” poems? E. E. Cummings If you’ve ever seen the formatting of a poem by Cummings, then you know he was white-girl wasted when he wrote each one. One hundred percent obliterated. Shakespeare A heavy proponent of spiced mead, Shakespeare’s epic masterpieces were written while

feasting on boar’s leg in one hand and goblet in the other. This may lead some to question which hand he used to write with, yet to this day many aspects of Shakespeare’s life remain a mystery. T.S. Eliot Eliot is most well known for his miserable postapocalyptic piece, “The Waste Land.” Originally the title of the piece was to be, “He do the Police in Different Voices,” but as he was wasted when writing it, the current one seemed more fitting. “The Hollow Men” was another notable work. In order to hype himself up and spit out exponential amounts of nonsensically philosophical jargon, Eliot was prone to mixing tequila, gin, rum, vodka, brandy, scotch and wine in a glass vase he kept on his mantelpiece. This cocktail of doom was dubbed the Prufrock and is said to have inspired the title of his poem of the same name. Interestingly enough, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” was composed of a number of different voices, just like his liquid poison was composed of a number of different alcohols. Maya Angelou Angelou knew why the caged bird sang due to the fact that she spent her afternoons sipping on homemade bloody marys. Her creative juice of choice, the tomato juice within the cocktail made for a brain-fueling elixir of inspiration. A proponent of all things spice, Angelou refused to buy into mass-produced bloody mary mix and created her very own at home. She referred to these olive-topped hangover helpers as Bloody Mayas. Whether the poet hailed from antiquity or modern times, there was rarely a poet who didn’t turn to the wonders of alcohol to inspire their greatest works. If only more people in today’s society consumed alcohol regularly, we’d be a society of

A few of T.S. Eliot's favorites. Photo by Liz Brinckerhoff

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46 ___ quam videri 47 Turn in front of traffic, maybe 49 Twisted Sister frontman Snider 51 ___ occasion (never) 52 Street View’s program 59 Seymour Skinner’s love interest, once 61 Lacking substantiation 62 Folk singer Phillips 63 They hold a biker’s stuff 64 Silents star ___ Negri

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14 Fellows 20 Debunked idea 22 Easily broken 23 Frosting ingredient 24 MxPx vocalist Mike 25 O 26 What the rich need, according to the riddle 28 Stopped procrastinating on 29 Running 30 Sid’s comedy partner on “Caesar’s Hour” 35 Like some Bible pages 42 City where 60-down was formed 48 Winning, but not by much 50 Airline that translates as “skywards” 52 Gloomy sort 53 ___ whim 54 Former California military base 55 The 100, in “1 vs. 100” 56 Chris’s “Suburgatory” co-star 57 Identify 58 Campus protest gp. restarted in 2006 60 “Take on Me” group

music

Featured Verse

Making the case for rap as poetry

by buzz music staff

or hip-hop fans, defending the art form becomes a pastime. Naysayers, like cockroaches, have been around forever, and persist despite everyone’s best efforts to destroy them. I guess “haters” would be the more colloquial term for it in today’s music landscape. Chris Rock said it best, “It’s hard to defend ‘Move, bitch, get out the way...’” But if you don’t think hip-hop is poetry, I can only conclude that you don’t listen to hip-hop. You listen to the radio, and while you can find poetic and lyrically dense hip-hop there (Nas and Kanye West still hold weight on rap radio, though I wouldn’t call most of Kanye’s more recent verses poetic), you’re much more likely to find dumbed-down, #YOLOSWAGtype sentiment. Once again, that’s fine. There’s a place for both cathartic celebration and deep introspection in music. Das Racist (RIP), one of my favorite groups, specialized in both. For the poetry issue, the music section decided to highlight some of our favorite poetic verses, featuring a wise sage and a rambunctious, jester-like figure. “Be” by Common “I want to be as free as the spirits of those who left I’m talking Malcolm, Coltrane, my man Yusef Through death grew conception New breath and resurrection For wrongs, new steps in a direction In the right way Told her, “Inside is where the fight lay And everything a nigga do may not be what he might say.” Chicago nights stay, stay on the mind But I write many lives, they, lay on these lines Wavin’ signs of the times Many say the grind’s on the mind Shorties blunted-eyed and everyone wanna rhyme Bush pushing lies, killers immortalized We got arms but won’t reach for the skies Waiting for the Lord to rise I look into my daughter’s eyes And realize that Imma learn through her The Messiah, might even return through her If Imma do it, I gotta change the world through her Furs and a Benz, Gramps wantin ‘em Demons and old friends, Pops, they hauntin’ him The chosen one from the land of the frozen sun When drunk nights get remembered more than sober ones Walk like warriors, we were never told to run Explored the world to return to where my soul begun Never looking back or too far in front of me The present is a gift And I just want to be” This verse holds a great deal of personal significance for me, and while in Common’s case it’s about growing up on the south side of Chicago, it’s universally inspiring. “Be,” the song, is the one-verse intro to Be, the album, which many critics consider Common's magnum opus. Common casts himself as a hiphop version of Carl Sandburg, relaying the trials and

tribulations of a man in the city, dealing with death, sin and temptation on a daily basis. “Be” sets up this scenario. It’s about a man coming to terms with his mistakes, putting his past behind him and realizing that the present time is the best time to make changes in one’s life. Everyone has vices, demons, addictions, etc. This song, both lyrically and sonically (and visually, if you’ve seen the music video), represents the initial step we must take to improve our lives after a percieved mistake has derailed us. Too often we find ourselves in this unhealthy purgatory, regretting the past and worrying about the future. The final lines exemplify this uplifting concept perfectly. “Never looking back or too far in front of me/The present is a gift and I just want to be.” —Evan Lyman I am Caucasian, and although I’m not proud of it in the least, I was raised a suburbanite. I’m a woman charged on feminism and punk rock. But despite all of this, I am a huge fan of the one and only hybrid from Detroit, Danny Brown. The world of rap is still strange to me. I listen to my share of it but am forever an outsider. I think what draws me to Danny Brown is his punk attitude, the same one posessed by the idols of my youth, and his ability to sling words to make even the most misogynistic lyrics seem playful. He’s a goofy looking guy with wild hair and missing a tooth. I’ve heard he is called The Hybrid because he switches between different flows, but it also could be his ability to shift from the most serious subject matter to the silliest metaphor. For example, it doesn’t take long for him to reference “Squidward and his clarinet” on the first track of his breakout mixtape, XXX. Another prime example of Danny’s humoristic approach is in his song “Monopoly.” He’s as cocky as ever, but almost laughs at the rap industry, pointing out the silliness of it all. Like in this choice line: “Ready to hit the studio and shit all on your mixtape/Nah, literally, shit all on your mixtape/ Wipe with the credits, leave stains on the jewel case” It’s shocking and grotesque, but it’s what makes Danny Danny. At the same time as playing up the typical rapper’s ego, he pokes fun at it, making us wonder what rappers would really mean if everything they said was literal. The true Hybrid then flips over to the most serious side of things, in the same song: “I misuse with issues and pistols/Mind racing like Bristol heart of igloos/My nigga, you ain’t been what I been through/And if so, you’d take a pencil through your temple.” He rhymes through the seriousness of what it means to grow up poor and misuse drugs. But in the end, the last line of “Monopoly” brings a smile to my face every time. “Stank pussy smelling like Cool Ranch Doritos.” Giggle-worthy, for sure, and he gets his image across. It’s gross and full of shock value, but as a poet he works back and forth between the real and the metaphoric, between seriousness and silliness. And he pulls it off like a true poet. —Maddie Rehayem

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(Continued from pg. 5) » buzz: What is your experience with poetry? » JW: My publishing poetry started as a child when I was at an alternative boarding school in Scotland from the age of nine to 12. They had a school weekly “Kilquhanity Broadsheet” magazine that went out to students and staff at the school as well as to parents and alumni around the world. While I was not paid for these first writing efforts in poetry as I would be later as an adult in my nonfiction work, they nevertheless planted a seed in my heart that what I wrote was worth other people’s reading. It was also fun to run the handturned trundle press with the pasty ink and waxy paper at the school, all of which produced a satisfactory stapled booklet each week back in the early 1970s. » buzz: When did you write poetry? How long did it generally take you to write a poem? » JW: During my years at Kilquhanity School from 1973-1977, I remember it being very cold in Scotland, even though we lived in the lowlands, meaning still very hilly, but closer to the English border of the country. It was a very lonely existence for children in the frosty, freezing old manor house. While the other children were out and about playing, I remember huddling under my bed blankets even in the day with paper and pen making little rhymes about Bronwen. I also went often to the cow shed where the breath of the cows and their calves warmed the old byre. I would sit on the muddy concrete there and think about the small farm around me as I wrote sorrowfully about what I felt were my only friends, the animals. A poem might only take 10 minutes to write even 64 lines, rhyming verses, but I would sit for hours soaking in the sensations around me in the countryside. » buzz: Do you have any favorite poets or poems? » JW: You probably guessed them already! Robert Burns, the Romantic poet, and author of “My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose,” was born and died in Dumfries, Scotland, a few miles from where I lived. What more does a poem need than to be about love and nature? Also, I have always liked Blake’s “Tiger, Tiger, burning bright, in the forest of the night, what immortal hand or eye, dare frame thy fearful symmetry?” I had these poems read to me early in my childhood, probably by my mother and/or grandfather, who also majored in English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. My Grandfather’s Ph. D. thesis on Romantic poetry is still in the library somewhere on the U of I campus from the days in the 1930s when he typed it on a manual typewriter with carbon copies. » buzz: What is your advice to aspiring writers? » JW: Look to the child in yourself. Even when you are writing as an adult, moments of honesty and wonder recalled or recreated from childhood can serve you well. Save the journals in which you write. They may seem silly at the time, but upon reflection they may mean more to you at a later date, and may serve well to jolt your creative memory or inspire you anew. Be not afraid. “Courage, child," said Aslan — C.S. Lewis in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Let the animals inspire you, from the great Aslan lion in fiction to your own shaggy dog at your feet.

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