tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post5537895590727734181..comments2023-09-29T05:32:04.308-07:00Comments on StrangePegs: On Poetry (part 1)Andrew Leonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-90411354310865875892013-03-12T10:55:42.979-07:002013-03-12T10:55:42.979-07:00Lee: Well, reading anything out loud can be great ...Lee: Well, reading anything out loud can be great if the person reading is good at that sort of thing.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-7021007900540815632013-03-12T09:44:26.644-07:002013-03-12T09:44:26.644-07:00I'm not much of a poetry reader, although I do...I'm not much of a poetry reader, although I do find myself appreciating it now and then. Not a big fan of much modern free verse type poetry. When I write poetry I can't help but fall into at least some semblance of rhythm and rhyme. I tend to hear my poetry almost as songs if not as songs. I like to use interesting alliteration and phrasing that creates a sense of onomatopoeia without using actual onomatopoeia words.<br /><br />Part of my definition of poetry would be a use of surprise imagery and unique juxtaposition of words, phrases, and ideas. The good poet should be a word magician using misdirection and literary illusion in a way that makes sense in the end. I don't like to dig too much for meaning and debate interpretation.<br /><br />One of my favorite poems since junior high school is "Naming of Parts" by Henry Reed. I think it fits the criteria I just mentioned.<br /><br />Oral reading can make a big difference as well.<br /><br /> Lee <br /><a href="http://wrotebyrote.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow"> Wrote By Rote</a><br />An A to Z Co-host blogArlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-26421167272625501782013-03-09T06:58:46.396-08:002013-03-09T06:58:46.396-08:00TGE: Yep!
Susan: Yeah, but anyone can do that. I ...TGE: Yep!<br /><br />Susan: Yeah, but anyone can do that. I mean, I can get up and just rawly express my emotions and it would look no less like what they were doing. Does that make it poetry? Even if it is good?Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-28893282705755030012013-03-08T20:01:51.444-08:002013-03-08T20:01:51.444-08:00The poets who used to recite their poetry in coffe...The poets who used to recite their poetry in coffeehouses back in the '50s and '60s didn't use much in the way of rhyme or cadence. Their work was mostly raw expressions of emotion. Pretty good, too. (Of course, I was young and hopped up on coffee.)<br /><br />I prefer to write with rhythm and rhyme, but I still enjoy some unstructured stuff as well, if it does a good job of expressing an idea or emotion in a unique way.Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-78506108317748668412013-03-08T18:25:51.634-08:002013-03-08T18:25:51.634-08:00I think poetry does have to have some structure to...I think poetry does have to have some structure to qualify as actually being poetry.Golden Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721520451194318436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-293873945519323062013-03-08T16:51:18.698-08:002013-03-08T16:51:18.698-08:00Briane: Cool! I inspired a poem! Awesome!
Elizabe...Briane: Cool! I inspired a poem! Awesome!<br /><br />Elizabeth: That's it exactly! When there's just, like, one guy spattering paint, it's kind of cool and different, but when everyone's doing it?<br /><br />Which takes me to the tennis comment, because I suck at tennis and would probably benefit from the lack of a net. Which, I think, says something about free verse.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-2764527918903011692013-03-08T15:55:40.361-08:002013-03-08T15:55:40.361-08:00LOL @ Robert Frost.
I agree, poetry is structure...LOL @ Robert Frost. <br /><br />I agree, poetry is structured writing. There are lots of different types of structure, but to me it's all about choosing a foot (or feet) and line length or (line lengths) and working up from there. <br /><br />Easier said than done, though. I decided to rewrite a piece I wrote a while back in verse. It is taking so long! It's fun, but holy heck. Talk about needing to take time choosing your words. <br /><br />I guess also, free verse maybe made more sense in the context of a poetic landscape built on more strict structures. If you know what you're breaking, it makes more sense to break it? Or something? The same defense could be made of modern art. However, after a while it's just so many paint splatters on the canvas. Elizabeth Twisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133959633383307056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-18616921909368761492013-03-08T14:47:19.345-08:002013-03-08T14:47:19.345-08:00Good post. I read poetry and in fact listen to a p...Good post. I read poetry and in fact listen to a podcast abiut it from time to time.<br /><br />Also, I have penned a poem about this. I will post it on lit, tomorrow, with a longer comment on what you've talked about here.Brianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-5247281754147106592013-03-08T13:09:56.110-08:002013-03-08T13:09:56.110-08:00L.G.: I'm glad you mentioned sonnets. There wi...L.G.: I'm glad you mentioned sonnets. There will be more about those.<br />I bet your sonnet thing is only because of Bill, though. :P<br />Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-37292566467606082872013-03-08T12:11:31.378-08:002013-03-08T12:11:31.378-08:00I'm rather stodgy about my poetry. I admit I m...I'm rather stodgy about my poetry. I admit I mostly like those that follow strict structure, like sonnets. For me, that's half the challenge, making your words fit a form and still have them make sense and be full of beautiful imagery at the same time. Luanne G. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762881276976395955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-6425411351747244812013-03-08T11:13:01.305-08:002013-03-08T11:13:01.305-08:00Shannon: What teenager didn't try poetry?
Rus...Shannon: What teenager didn't try poetry?<br /><br />Rusty: I don't know if I'd say the best is in rap but that is certainly a good place to go looking for it.<br /><br />Alex: It's a different kind of mindset, I think, but I'll be talking about that later.<br /><br />Jo: Yeah, I hate those thought fragment poems and most poetry done as performance art.<br /><br />S.L.: There are a lot of those. beautiful prose, poetic prose, even, is a wonderful thing. But still prose.<br /><br />PT: Did he carry a bucket?<br /><br />Sarah: Yes, but he's still attempting a definition, because it was something that was in debate. Basically, he was saying that fiction (poetry) needed to stand above non-fiction (prose) and here's how to do it.<br /><br />Michael: I still read poetry, too, and I've enjoyed Briane's poems recently. But, then, he's not doing free verse.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-64079457330774862152013-03-08T09:53:28.237-08:002013-03-08T09:53:28.237-08:00Hey hey hey there, mister. I bought a poetry book ...Hey hey hey there, mister. I bought a poetry book just the other day from an independent writer. And it's wonderful stuff. So people do still read modern poetry (I'm one of them). Just because it isn't popular, doesn't mean it can be thrown out with the bath water.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-67087107590189244282013-03-08T08:49:27.339-08:002013-03-08T08:49:27.339-08:00It should be noted that the Greeks didn't dist...It should be noted that the Greeks didn't distinguish between verse and prose but between fiction and nonfiction. And this is the distinction that Aristotle is talking about in Poetics: "making" (which is the meaning behind poem/poet/poesis) vs. nonfiction writing.Sarah McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10985261436020635823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-17446629385346440702013-03-08T08:04:05.356-08:002013-03-08T08:04:05.356-08:00I won't read any poem that doesn't start &...I won't read any poem that doesn't start "There once was a man from Nantucket..."PT Dillowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-49198860521392479012013-03-08T07:50:42.984-08:002013-03-08T07:50:42.984-08:00Poetry is definitely one of those literary fields ...Poetry is definitely one of those literary fields with a lot of opinions. I've been reading a few books lately that are written in a very poetic manner as well...it's fascinating. S. L. Hennessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06514651403542719387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-82139176408568101292013-03-08T06:05:33.540-08:002013-03-08T06:05:33.540-08:00Having written a lot of poetry in my time, it all ...Having written a lot of poetry in my time, it all had rhythm and cadence and it rhymed. To me that is how poetry should be composed, not the way it is today which, to me, is just thoughts written on paper. I tend to skip modern poetry as you said.<br /><br /><a href="http://henderson-jo.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">JO ON FOOD, MY TRAVELS AND A SCENT OF CHOCOLATE</a><br />Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087140585742801854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-34746214836318519622013-03-08T04:29:09.058-08:002013-03-08T04:29:09.058-08:00And it's not something I could ever write.And it's not something I could ever write.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-45652495144475293802013-03-08T04:02:41.658-08:002013-03-08T04:02:41.658-08:00I saw... Something...where the prof contended the ...I saw... Something...where the prof contended the best modern poetry was being done in rap music. I don't know about all that, but it did make me think .<br /><br />Other than that, I'm out of my element here. Thoughtful post though. Rusty Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09887821877521181811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-49716473271831541032013-03-07T23:35:09.339-08:002013-03-07T23:35:09.339-08:00Hrm, I wouldn't even attempt to define poetry,...Hrm, I wouldn't even attempt to define poetry, I don't think. As far as I'm concerned, it's the rhythm that makes it. I'm neither a connoisseur nor a poet, though, so it's okay. Though I've written a few, mostly as a teenager.<br /><br />Shannon at <a href="http://thewarriormuse.com/" rel="nofollow">The Warrior Muse</a>Shannon Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934641808195675935noreply@blogger.com