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funnily enough, I liked it better before I knew how it was done (not having been keeping up lately). But I still like it now. It's worked out pretty well I think Janet On 27/03/2008, Stephen Vincent <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Thanks, Doug. The poem's form - as in the "Trellis" series entire - is > determined by syllable counts from Trevor Joyce's lines who 'constrains' > much of his poems by word counts! > Sometimes, my practice, may come off as "forced" in the process of > meeting a constraint. Or maybe the 'halts' in the one syllable per line > count can be like little tweaks off a clarinet or sax before moving into a > longer phrase. > I like the process in that the constraints compel explorations and > surprises that in no way - it seems to me - that I could ever predetermine > in advance of the writing process. Ideally, I want to be as surprised as the > reader. > > Stephen > > Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Fascinating, what's > you're doing here, Stephen, but I'm not sure I > > understand what in the process leads to that series of one-word lines, > which don't feel quite as 'moving' (as in rhythm) to me as the rest.... > > But, the finds here, yeah. > > Doug > On 25-Mar-08, at 6:13 PM, Stephen Vincent wrote: > > > No facts, Ip- > > So, what > > Love favors > > Is a pure malt > > Not mango milkshake > > Douglas Barbour > [log in to unmask] > > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ > > Latest books: > Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 > Wednesdays' > > http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html > > to rid me of > the ugh in > thought > i spell anew > weave the world > out of the or > binary > > bpNichol > -- Janet Jackson <[log in to unmask]> www.proximity.webhop.net / www.myspace.com/poetjj The Line Mine, bulletin board for Perth poetry & spoken word: [log in to unmask] groups.yahoo.com/group/thelinemine Breastfeeding info & help: www.breastfeeding.asn.au