Comments on: Roller Derby Haiku http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/04/roller-derby-haiku/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:40:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Flash Hottie http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/04/roller-derby-haiku/#comment-9731 Flash Hottie Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:02:16 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=2334#comment-9731 I always knew we were poetry in motion! I always knew we were poetry in motion!
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]]> By: Roberto Planos http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/04/roller-derby-haiku/#comment-9716 Roberto Planos Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:05:22 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=2334#comment-9716 Some of the best wordplay can be found in the names of the Roller Derby women. This is a shout-out to Venus Envy and Annie After-party. NYC misses you. Some of the best wordplay can be found in the names of the Roller Derby women. This is a shout-out to Venus Envy and Annie After-party. NYC misses you.
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]]> By: Don Share http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/04/roller-derby-haiku/#comment-9690 Don Share Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:41:05 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=2334#comment-9690 Harriet, at 21, is already a veteran of many sports including women's football. "I have never experienced a sport like it," she says of roller derby. "It's very empowering and there's a much more communal feel to it than the other sports I've been involved in." Emma agrees. "As soon as you put your skates on you become someone else. All your aggression has a channel to come out." [Sounds like poetry to me!] http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/pictures/Girls-get-their-skates-on.4929183.jp Harriet, at 21, is already a veteran of many sports including women’s football. “I have never experienced a sport like it,” she says of roller derby. “It’s very empowering and there’s a much more communal feel to it than the other sports I’ve been involved in.” Emma agrees. “As soon as you put your skates on you become someone else. All your aggression has a channel to come out.” [Sounds like poetry to me!]

http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/pictures/Girls-get-their-skates-on.4929183.jp
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]]> By: Catherine Halley http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/04/roller-derby-haiku/#comment-9689 Catherine Halley Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:45:50 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=2334#comment-9689 Would that we were a bunch of tuff chix with wrist guards and elbow pads! More people might be inclined to play. Would that we were a bunch of tuff chix with wrist guards and elbow pads! More people might be inclined to play.
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]]> By: Kent Johnson http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/04/roller-derby-haiku/#comment-9688 Kent Johnson Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:31:16 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=2334#comment-9688 Funny, I was thinking the other day that the Harriet comments section is quite a bit like Roller Derby. Kent Funny, I was thinking the other day that the Harriet comments section is quite a bit like Roller Derby.

Kent
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]]> By: Dan Brady http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/04/roller-derby-haiku/#comment-9687 Dan Brady Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:21:46 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=2334#comment-9687 For more Roller Derby inspired reading, check out Barrelhouse's Roller Derby issue: http://www.barrelhousemag.com/word/?page_id=5 For more Roller Derby inspired reading, check out Barrelhouse’s Roller Derby issue: http://www.barrelhousemag.com/word/?page_id=5
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