I am currently reading "strong word" modern poets on modern poetry ed Hollis
and Herbert published Bloodaxe. I would recommend it.
H
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From: Studio Dalwood <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 11:03 AM
Subject: One word per line
> Thankyou everyone for your responses to my question. I will
> fess up to being a beginner at this poetry caper who joined
> up in the hope of learning something. How can one improve
> one's work without a critical base and the technical
> expertise to discern what is quality in verse or any other
> media? My thoughts are that one cannot. Thus the library
> gave up a few 'how to' poetry books wherein many
> polysyllabic descriptors were offered but no feedback.
> ANother poetry list gave feedback but no theory and the
> skill of the critters seemed little better than my own, or
> worse. What I was really looking for was a way to improve my
> 'vogon' poetry and gain a little theoretical knowledge on
> the way.
>
> Why? was not a flippant question. I have seen it stated
> that free verse is the refuge of the incompetant - the 'gum
> tree painting' of poetry. My scrolling finger was getting
> tired and I could not see why punctuation and other
> established means of indicating pace had been abandoned for
> what appeared to be totemic gimmickry. You have given me
> food for thought.
>
> josephine
> (now I know what Ruark looks like)
>
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