I've often considered the idea of incorporating more ear into my
poetry, & less page. I do revel in assonance & consonance & the whole
aural toolbox, but I think in terms of tone & rhythm I have much to
learn from spoken word poetry. though I despise the cockiness that
slam often incorporates, it's such a 'conscious' artform where you can
see every pore & all the connections need to be perfect; especially
between the reader & the writing. I've also heard some bad slam.. I
want my poetry to bear less than zero resemblance to rap
KS
On 10/01/2008, sharon brogan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thank you, Doug, and I may play with this a bit --
>
> it raises a question for me, though: I write for the page, as well as for
> the ear. That is, I notice how it *looks* on the page, and try to address
> both sound/ rhythm and form with my line breaks. Your suggestion, of course,
> would require an entire reworking to accomplish this.
>
> I know that not everyone writes this way.
>
> I'm wondering what others consider as they write?
>
> --
>
>
> ~ SB | http://www.sbpoet.com | =^..^=
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> On 1/9/08, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > This is different; this is good, Sharon. Although I'd maybe drop then
> > 'There is' there.
> >
> > Doug
> > On 8-Jan-08, at 7:38 PM, sharon brogan wrote:
> >
> > > Whisper
> > >
> > > Listen. It's a new moon night. There is no light to be heard
> > > falling on fresh snow. Snow drifting down so quietly you hear
> > > nothing. Listen. Distant electric humming under the evening
> > > silence. A fountain trickles beneath the ice. Far away, geese
> > > call to one another across the slow river. Listen harder. Do you
> > > hear it? The crackling of stars, colliding starlight, high, higher,
> > > in the dimming, snow-speckled night. That hiss. That whisper.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > >
> > > ~ SB | http://www.sbpoet.com | =^..^=
> > >
> > >
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> >
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