I was curt, but I stand by the opinion, which comes from an albeit
non-postmodern stance. I know of flarf poetry, and one quote I found from
Joshua Corey sums up what preconceptions I have of it: "I admire the
subversive energy of the project, the daring of setting out to write
deliberately bad poetry so as to put our received ideas of "the poetic" into
question."
that's all well & good, but it's still bad poetry to me. I'd rather read
GOOD poetry that questions our received ideas of 'the poetic'.
KS
2009/5/10 Barry Alpert <[log in to unmask]>
> I detect no evidence you understand it, or "flarf" at all. To elicit the
> comment "bad
> poem" from a naif signals success in that range.
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> Barry Alpert
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> On Sun, 10 May 2009 01:28:26 +0300, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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> >if nothing else, it's a bad poem on its own.
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> >2009/5/6 Barry Alpert <[log in to unmask]>
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> >> THOUGHTMESH
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> >> Video shocked selfless publishing.
> >> Innovation featured fact editors edited.
> >> Ambition benefitted conceptual shocked video.
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> >> Barry Alpert / Silver Spring, MD US / 5-6-09 (8:16 AM)
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> >> Unconsciously referencing traditional forms with its 14 words, 3 lines,
> &
> >> the "rhyme" of its
> >> conclusion with its opening. Also an unexpected variant on my
> >> severely-edited workings
> >> with the strategies of "flarf".
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