Sally, Sally, Sally - probably not 'serious' enough to Google, a Snap poem
is an instant declaration in words of how the poet is or how the poet is
seeing things at that particular moment. It started out years back when
people on p'etc around the world had such different environments and wanted
to place each other. 'Snap' as in 'snapshot' was the original meaning,
including various sensory data like the weather, the colour of things, the
impulse and perception of the poet.
Methinks it has expanded since then and some of gathered throng publish
poems outside this definition on a Wednesday simply because they have just
written it. I myself tend to try to write an 'instant' poem straight down in
the body of an email to the group. It helps kick in a little adrenalin, so -
warts and all - my first draft sails out into cyberspace.
Others may have a different take, but that's fundamentally the case of the
Snap poem.
Andrew
On 06/03/2008, Sally Evans <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Could anyone give a definition of a Snap Poem, suitable for getting people
> to write Snap poems at an exhibition?
> I've been looking on Google and not got very far...lots of examples
> but...instructions?
> thanks SallyE
> Sally Evans
> http://www.poetryscotland.co.uk
> http://groups.msn.com/desktopsallye
> http://www.myspace.com/poetsallyevans
>
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