Dear Gary,
You wrote:
I don't agree. I suspect in the life of most poets, there comes a time when
they feel the need to explore the world of poetics
Yes, but this thread was about someone who gave the impression that she
thought she was feeling her way into poetry, rather than someone who is very
experienced and wants to start experimenting.
My own feeling, and I may be wrong, is that it is better to find your feet
by writing poetry freely, rather than getting bogged down with this and that
form. I feel the concentration on the restriction on forms can stunt the
development of an author's natural voice. Exploration of forms can came
later.
Kind regards,
grasshopper
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Blankenship" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: nw sub ...the wayfarer (Karina)
> To foreground the form firstly sounds pompous, it sounds like 'here's me,
> I'm a poet and know the forms.' Knowing the forms that prosody take
> doesn't mean that the writer is a poet, it may mean that the writer is a
> prosodist.
> --Paul M
>
> I don't agree. I suspect in the life of most poets, there comes a time
when
> they feel the need to explore the world of poetics. Try a sonnet or even
> one of the Welsh forms. Attempt a tanka or ghazal for better or worse.
> There is nothing really wrong with these explorations and in fact they can
> help other works by the poet. Sometimes, cause it is there is a good
enough
> reason even if we stumble a bit. The trick is in learning when to settle
> down and raise radishes.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Gary
>
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