Marvin Bell
A poet of ordinary work, deep meaning, and relatable topics
What Is Poetry For?
Biography and Background Information
-Born in: New York City, New York on August 3rd 1937
-Currently alive today
-Well educated
-Holds a large amount of personal successes
-Mentored many other famous and well-ranked poets
What makes Bell such an intriguing poet stems from his uncanny ability to capture his readers’ minds through the use of relating to them
EXAMPLES:
A )“Their continuing tributes, make them our greatest saviors”
VERSUS:
B)"A Moment of Silence, a Moment of Summons
Is Their Deliverance of Body And Soul
To a Sacred Place That We All Know Deep In the Shrines of Our Soul:
In Our Hearts, In Our Prayers In Our Minds For All Time"
“Marvin Bell moves wittily through many moods."
Marvin Bell - On Poetry
MORE EXAMPLES:
A)“So, Willow, you come sweep my floor./I have no store,” “I have a song to weep./I have a cry."
VERSUS:
B)"Knowing thy heart torment me with disdain,/Have put on black, and loving mourners be,/Looking with pretty ruth upon my pain."Bell's Contradicting Tactic:
Along with Marvin Bell’s poems having a deep sense of relatability, simplicity, and comprehensibility, he creates a rather contradicting thought by making his poems complex.
“Where a wet bar of soap can turn your end into headline material.”
EVEN MORE EXAMPLES:
A) “Being red is the color of a white sun where it lingers”
Versus:
B) “Friends are like chocolate cake/You can never have too many."AN ELM WE LOST a poem by Marvin Bell