On 8/3/05, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> And a quick search for him on the web reveals just that.
>
> I had him confused with Ben Marcus - an entirely different kettle of fish.
>
Oh, dear, I shot off my response before finishing the thread.
Still, it's gratifying -- I think -- to have written something that
instigated (I first said "inspired", but that's not quite right...)
such a long conversation.
Just a couple of notes -- I do believe that I asked for formalist
feedback on that piece. It was a piece (*almost* said "poem") that did
not begin as a sonnet, but rather evolved in that direction, so I
tried for it.
I have no problem with rules -- especially if they have some flex to
them -- and have written a very few sonnets that meet the
requirements. Whether they are poems is another question, I believe,
having to do with ears and music and other things previously mentioned
on this thread.
I've also done some syllabic verse, and agree that it's a very
different thing. In fact, I don't believe that I've ever set out to
write a syllabic piece, but have found the approach useful on occasion
when I cannot seem to find 'natural' line breaks.
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