Creative Poetry Study Guide
Notre Dame Center for Arts & Culture
What is Trans. Sensory?
Trans. has two meanings - Translate & Transport
Naoko Fujimoto translates her poems (that are written in English on flat paper) into words and images to create a contemporary picture scroll. The picture scroll is derived from Japanese Emaki (eh-MA-kee), which has been popular since the 7-16th centuries in Japan. It is still a widely recognized art style in Japan and the rest of the world. Emaki is akin to a current graphic novel / poetry / comic. One of the most famous Emaki is the Tale of Genji, which is a fictional (perhaps gossip) story about a handsome son of the emperor. The graphic poetry project is also meant for the viewer to transport...(READ MORE)
Naoko Fujimoto translates her poems (that are written in English on flat paper) into words and images to create a contemporary picture scroll. The picture scroll is derived from Japanese Emaki (eh-MA-kee), which has been popular since the 7-16th centuries in Japan. It is still a widely recognized art style in Japan and the rest of the world. Emaki is akin to a current graphic novel / poetry / comic. One of the most famous Emaki is the Tale of Genji, which is a fictional (perhaps gossip) story about a handsome son of the emperor. The graphic poetry project is also meant for the viewer to transport...(READ MORE)
Create Your First Graphic Poem
Using Louise Glück's poem, "All Hallows" (READ MORE)
Graphic Poem Can Have a Line-Break
When people ask me, "How do I process line-breaks when I create graphic poetry", I show them this graphic poem. (READ MORE)
How to Approach Image
You may not be sure how to progress your first creative step to the next one. Here, I use a RHINO Poetry (Book Review) Graphic Issue to show how reviewers approach their images. (READ MORE)
After You Create A Graphic Poem...
Graphic poetry may be the best avenue to show how my writing and editing skills have improved. I would like to share how graphic poetry techniques can improve regular writing skills. (READ MORE)
Visual Erasure Poetry
My favorite earlier collection is by Mary Ruefle (A Little White Shadow, 2006), and my favorite recent one is by Sarah J. Sloat (Hotel Almighty, 2020). Both collections follow poetry erasure techniques, but the poets have adapted their interpretations over the years. For example, Sloat adds colorful collage elements to her manuscript along with whiting out words from the original text. Jennifer Sperry Steinorth’s Her Read a Graphic Poem develops this further. (READ MORE)
My First Erasure
I learned so many things about visual erasure poems; however, I have NEVER MADE ONE! IT IS TIME TO CREATE MY OWN ERASURE POEM! (READ MORE)
My First Found Poem
Natalie Solmer (editor at the Indianapolis Review) and I have a common interest, History of Egypt! (READ MORE)
Woodbury University, 2018