Poem Comics

Every week I memorize, then illustrate a poem. This is the result.

[neil-gaiman]

Hello Neil. I was wondering if you could give me some advice. I'm trying to write a story about children living on an atoll in the 1800s but I can't find any information on the culture of such people. What can I do to make the world still feel real

Go to your library and talk to your librarian. The books exist. You just need to find them. Your librarian can help.

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Kind of off topic, but when I’m not illustrating poems, I’m a librarian. And it’s true: we love your questions and are always glad to help.

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Back on the Cantos wagon (in the Cantos saddle?). Anyway, I’m trying to finish illustrating Pound’s Canto I.

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I Am the People, the Mob, by Carl Sandburg. Drawn yesterday, on what would have been Trayvon Martin's 20th birthday.

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Tom Clark's Evening Train

Working on two different poem comics today. They'll be up soon, but in the meantime I wanted to point you all to Tom Clark's new book of poetry. Read an excerpt here (on his blog, which is the best), and buy it here. Then pat yourself on the back for reading one of America's greatest living poets.

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Tinnitus: January, thin rain becoming ice, by David Harsent

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Robert  Graves' She Tells Her Love While Half Asleep

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Christmas Cards!

They aren't illustrated poems, but if you like my drawings and want to send pictures of ungulates wearing clothes to your family, I've got 'em up for sale at RedBubble.com

[beatonna]

Comic!

She lives in a tower, she’s got a curse.  A vague curse.  But still.

(Little note at the bottom about merchandise too! Hoorayy new things)

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This is the first poem I ever tried to memorize (I think I was about 12). It's a long-ass poem, y'all.

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[joehillsthrills-deactivated2019]

FOX news speaks for the right

and they say Santa’s white.

They don’t care if children cry;

They just want their ratings high.

But Santa has a thousand faces,

a thousand tongues and a thousand races.

Follow my example if you choose:

Believe in Santa, not FOX news.

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The...

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This is an interesting take, but I'm not sure I agree. After all, Dante knew all of Virgil's work by heart, with nothing but meter to mnemonic his devices.

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Canto I, lines 37 & 38

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Lines 35 &36

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Canto 1, lines 29 - 34

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Lines 20-28

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Canto 1, lines 18 & 19