jd somgait
I like writing across-genres. For the moment, I am interested in exploring found poems that reveal states of mind, the worlds in which we live, and the human condition. Some of these would definitely be challenging or reflect views I don't necessarily share, but poetry is also about that. My perspectives have been shaped through living in Africa, Europe & north America as well as through multidisciplinary studies. Different interests feed into my desire to understand what it means to be human - most particularly how as individuals we relate to our social worlds, the effect of social and world events on our lives, and how human relations with the natural environment reflect on lifestyles and the future of the planet.
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Undergraduate degree in English & French, and a graduate degree in Visual Cultures & Documentary Filmmaking.Interests
Besides examining found poetry, I'm interested in the literary short story, creative nonfiction, including environment & travel writing.
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The Flown Bodies of Pop StarsOn pop stars and drugs
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Creeping Rhizomes: Of New York Maids and Continental ChiefsIf sex between an IMF chief and a New York hotel maid is not consensual, and the money isn't a billfold, if instead it represents the salvation of the world financial system, then we're in trouble. -
The CovenantWhat's the difference between a donkey and an elephaunt? A found poem doesn't see much that's lost in-between.
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Afghanistan and the Olympic Fires of Terry JonesLeaving Afghanistan or staying has been a dilemma for the US, NATO, and other coalition forces and NGOs. Affecting the dilemma have been incidents sometimes very remote yet unpredictable in their material and symbolic potential for discord.
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Cough MedicineFound poem from grandma's facebook wall
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Snow Bankfound poem on a snow night
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In the Cult of the MonarchOn time, creation, and change -
In Search of PurityText of the "gunman" in Brazil's first school house massacre.
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Gbagbo's TestamentDisputed Ivorian "Head of State," Gbagbo's, last testament?
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The AwakeningWhere Mike Tyson appreciates James Toback's "Tyson," the documentary film of which he is the subject.
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A Pauline Moment: Tyson at CannesTyson reflects on his life during the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.
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Souvenirs for TomorrowThe story of the most commonly used projectile around the world.
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Winter's Stubswinter-spring and our temperate cycles of hate-love -
Fuselage RuptureMetal Fatigue and fuselage rupture brings passengers face to face with the open skies at 36,000 ft.
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Memories of a Take-Off: "That Continental Boeing 737-500 Flight."A found poem on the Denver Continental Plane Crash of 23 December 2008
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POEMS in MEMORY of the MADRID PLANE CRASH, 20 AUGUST 2008The following found poems are dedicated to the memory of the Spanair flight JK 5022 crash in Madrid on August 20th 2008.
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Incident: A Tweet from AbidjanRunning 'with' your life
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Mobile MoversWar and loss.
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Keeping Gaddaffi at BayA Libyan town celebrates the end of a week of terror - amidst corpses - in the course of the to-and-fro "victories" of the Libyan conflict.
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The Voices of Lost PilotsReporters cover their own tragedy from the air.
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A Holiday for ElephantsWhat do outgoing White House Staffers do on when government changes hands?
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'Stories With Legs'"They say we are all Libyans; we are one people." A woman barges in during breakfast at the hotel Rixos in Tripoli to report to Western journalists that she had been kidnapped and raped by members of Moammar Khadafy's militia.
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In the Fog of a Season's CampaignMcCain's reading on the outcomes of electoral campaigns
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Orange Alert: Anoplophora GlabripennisTo live in New York City & her environs...
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Bug Bites in AmityvilleWhen it's the season for long-horned beetles... -
March MadnessA tight vivid haiku on March Madness
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Night Call from Askelon (Let There Be No Ceasefire)A timely call from Askelon to the US White House ensures the failure of a UN resolution calling for a ceasefire in the three-week imbroglio between Israel and Gaza during the winter of 2008-2009.
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I Wear No EyelinerA found poem that lays to bare a perspective of contemporary youth subculture.
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How to Write Barnyard Epithets*How does one transcribe barnyard epithets when they find usage in political and legal circles?
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Friday's For Left-OversA Friday's dairy entry indicates that for some, it's a day for leftovers, and might be, weariness.
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From a Political Fallout: Memoirs of a High-End Call GirlAn expensive tryst between a politician and a call girl ends in the public domain, with telling details.
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Last LaborsWhere Mubarak confronts the raging Nile
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The Last Pharaoh Peeps at a NickelodeonPoem on Mubarak's demise or the end of a regime.
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The Strelitzia Reginae: A Close Up ViewThe art of botanical description -
The Floral ArtistSome 'scientific' descriptions make you cringe.
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A BROAD PICK of TOP TEN UNIQUE GRADUATION BOOKS for KIDS, HIGH SCHOOL, and COLLEGE GRADUATES for 2011A refreshing non-traditional list of graduation picks for North American readers. -
Dancing with the StarsThe media and America's obsession with female weight.
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Spring VisitorsThe butterflies of spring are not only colorful garden visitors but also tasters of the season's juices.
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A Visit to the Swiss AlpsThe transformations by the digital media and face book
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Phone Calls with MumWhen your mum enters the gray zone
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Poochie GamesWhen what your pet considers fun is a little costly.
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Media Bytes: Affairs of the HeartOn February 18, 2009, Travis the chimp was shot to death by police in Stamford, Connecticut, after he got into an uncontrolled rage in the absence of his "owner" and mauled a neighbor who tried to stop him from leaving home.
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I Watch Soccer with My HusbandWhat happens with a Muslim woman - in Saudi Arabia - watches soccer with her husband? One young woman learns a few rules of thumb that she hopes might change her marriage.
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How to Date Yourself While WaitingWhat happens when you can't find a date? What about a self-dating?
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What School Systems TeachA poem on the uses of evolutionary studies.
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Dusk Fall on Coit's PondThe pleasures of driving home at dusk after a long a long autumn day.
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Spring StrainsThe first weeks of spring in Washington Country, rural Vermont usually renew fresh bonds between the living and the earth.
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EARTH DAY: FIVE ENVIRONMENTAL FILMS WORTH WATCHINGThis year's crop of environmental films at the D.C's annual Environmental Film Festival (March 15th to 27th) is overwhelmingly rich: 150 films on various themes, all of which underscore the on-going global environmental crisis.
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November 2008: An Election to RememberOn the landmark 2008 elections in the US.
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Encore Finale: Who'll Pay for GWB's Entrecote Steak & Apple Pie?Found poem on an unpaid stately diner tab.
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"Sometimes it Hurts"*Adapted from David Miliband's Interview by BBC1's Andrew Marr, on life after his failed Labour leadership bid to his younger brother.