Kasper,
I'll be honest here and say that I had no idea what I was doing the first
time that I cut up a magazine to make a poem (um all of about three months
ago now). I have a little bit more of an idea now what I think I might be
doing... !?
I don't think you are right to say that it is poetry reminiscent of
teenagers. I hope/think that it is more childish than that. At the time of
creating I was very much desk-bound, swamped by boring, repetitive work, and
the cut-ups have been a way of indulging myself in something more physical.
I get to cut AND stick. It's marvellous to touch the letters rather than a
keyboard. I also happen to think that there is more to it than randomness
or childish indulgence. Most of the words are in common usage but would not
be my normal choice. Even if you don't like the poem, something may have
been lifted or jarred from my subconscious that could be useful in the
future. Maybe. It has a purpose and I take all of my writing very
seriously.
After spending more than a year on this discussion board (beating my
previous record by at least 11 months) I am clear that 'making sense' is a
false idol. If my epitaph is 'made a few nice sounds' that will do nicely
thank you very much.
and thanks to everyone else who commented.
Patrick - you beautiful man - I will take a look at what you have sent me
tomorrow. I need a good night's sleep to refresh from marking a zillion
exam papers and to get rid of the after-effects of a fairly cheap bottle of
plonk. Ye Gods! did I really drink all of it?
Tina
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>From: kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: edited cut-up
>Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 18:02:56 +0300
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>hoorah for semantics. I didn't mean nice sounds (the sonics are quite
>unremarkable), I just liked the word/image combinations of the second
>stanza somewhat.
>it's just that sounding nice is rarely enough, even if it sounds
>REALLY nice, which this didn't. phrases like "casualties of elegant
>madness" annoy me (not to mention "lines of unlimited want") because
>they don't seem to refer to anything, or refer to something way
>abstract, and sound interesting on one hand but inane on the other. it
>reminds me of the type of poetry teenage writers tend to come up with.
>
>the cutting-up is the basis here, sure. the technique is alien to me
>as an idea (I like to come up with my own words; not to say that
>'collage' poetry must necessarily be crap), maybe that has something
>to do with it.
>
>KS
>
>On 31/05/07, Halvard Johnson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>Seems contradictory, KS. You got nice sounds
>>out of it.
>>
>>Hal
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>> --Groucho Marx
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>>On May 31, 2007, at 1:11 AM, kasper salonen wrote:
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>> > this makes no sense to me. sounds kind of nice, but I get nothing
>> > out of it.
>> >
>> > KS
>> >
>> > On 31/05/07, Tina Bass <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >> I think I prefer it like this, without the original first line.
>> >> Comments
>> >> welcome. I'm quite tired. I may think differently tomorrow.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> lines of unlimited want cross
>> >> casualties of elegant madness
>> >>
>> >> we watch for life as never before
>> >> work out distress in golden clover
>> >> treasure our remote-controlled triumph
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