I think my initial impulse comes from the ear, but that I use the page to
discipline that initial impulse.
jd
On Jan 9, 2008 6:35 PM, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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 | =^..^=
> >
> > 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 | =^..^=
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Douglas Barbour
> > > 11655 - 72 Avenue NW
> > > Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9
> > > (780) 436 3320
> > > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/<http://www.ualberta.ca/%7Edbarbour/>
> > >
> > > Latest book: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy)
> > > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664
> > >
> > > You need someone to lead you to ruin,
> > > but I'm not the one. See the neighbours.
> > >
> > > John Newlove
> > >
> >
>
--
Joseph Duemer
Professor of Humanities
Clarkson University
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