Hal, wonderful poem and useful exercises!
Larissa
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From: Halvard Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 7:25 pm
Subject: Exercises
Exercises?
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1. Write/read a poem that is torture to both the reader and the?
writer.?
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2. Waterboard a sonnet.?
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3. Climb on a poem and take it for a spin around the block.?
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4. Read the first word of a poem and then every other word?
thereafter. Then read the second word and every other word?
thereafter. How do the two readings differ??
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5. See the poem as a mountain. Plan your ascent to the peak?
and then your descent. Don't forget your oxygen.?
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6. View the poem as a hole you're digging. How do you know?
when to stop? How far down do you go? How do you get out?
once you've stopped digging??
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7. Write the poem backwards, and then make it make sense,?
or not.?
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8. Imagine the poem to be a city that lies beneath sea-level.?
How do you prevent it's being flooded the next time a?
hurricane comes along??
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9. Imagine the poem as a hurricane.?
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10. Put your poem (or someone else's) through basic training.?
Teach it to march. Train it to kill.?
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Hal?
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"The problems with computers is that there is?
not enough Africa in them."?
? --Brian Eno?
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Halvard Johnson?
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