'Procedural poetry' is a great term, Jeffrey. Is it yours or a common term
I've not met before? I find when I get comfortable with a form or a
manuvour, I step away and try something else. Many a clumsy start ends up in
the waste basket, but that's the price of avoiding the 'set piece'. My
procedure is to avoid procedure.
Andrew
2010/1/24 Jeffrey Side <[log in to unmask]>
> I agree David. But then again procedural poetry tends to result in this.
>
>
> On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:06:30 +0000, David Bircumshaw
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> >What stands out to my eye is not the 'moves' (they're familiar
> enough) but
> >the dull flatness of most of the quotes, it's quite disturbing to
> >contemplate a world where they're significant writing. Oh dear, I've
> just
> >realised, it's the world we live in ...
> >
> >2010/1/24 andrew burke <[log in to unmask]>
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> >> I posted this on my blog when it appeared, Alison. What! You don't
> read my
> >> blog! Shame! :-)
> >>
> >> Andrew
> >>
> >> 2010/1/24 Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]>
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> >> > The expose -
> >> >
> >> > http://htmlgiant.com/craft-notes/moves-in-contemporary-poetry/
> >> >
> >> > xA
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