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Is the whole or life poetry? Ploudspeaker -----Original Message----- From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of cris cheek Sent: 18 October 2011 17:39 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Spoken Word Indeed Douglas, poetry performs both on and off the page . . to echo another loudspeaker cris On Oct 18, 2011, at 12:29 PM, Douglas Barbour wrote: > Ah, I well remember the PhD thesis on this I sat in on. It's its own form, I believe, & that's fine. But to somehow think that 'page' poetry (whatever that is meant to mean) has nothing to do with speech, or with 'performance, seems to me a bit one-sided, shall we say? > > Good poetry will perform, as will good poets (otherwise why do we attend poetry readings?). > > Doug > On 2011-10-18, at 10:05 AM, Patrick McManus wrote: > >> As the most ignorant here am getting confused between Spoken Word Artist -or >> actor -or performance poet which seem rather more usual terms >> Patrick aged wordsmither >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On >> Behalf Of Deborah Stevenson >> Sent: 18 October 2011 13:46 >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: Spoken Word >> >> I would really appreciate it! I mean it is interesting to me why there has >> only been 1 in 10 years? Do you find it less attractive than page poetry? If >> not, what was the reason? >> >> Debs >> >> On 18 October 2011 01:12, Kasper Salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> I've just written my first spoken word poem after about ten years of >>> writing >>> poetry, so these ideas are already kind of floating (almost typo'd >>> "gloating") in my head. I'll try to make time for some brainfarts >>> concerning >>> this soon! >>> >>> KS >>> >>> On 17 October 2011 21:34, Deborah Stevenson < >>> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>>> Good Evening Everyone, >>>> >>>> I am currently studying an MA in creative writing, but am also a >>> practicing >>>> Spoken Word artist. And am currently looking to explore what constitutes >>>> and >>>> quantifies quality in Spoken Word and Live Literature. Which kicks off >>> with >>>> a debate on BBC Radio 3's the Verb (in which I am also performing one of >>> my >>>> pieces 33 minutes in). Here is the link... >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b015nhzq/The_Verb_Verb_New_Voices_Phili >> p_Langeskov_Professor_Karmadillo_Evaluating_Spoken_Word_Poetry/ >>>> >>>> It would be great to know what you make of the debate and also of my >>> poem. >>>> >>>> Warmest Regards, >>>> Deborah Stevenson >>>> >>> >> > > Douglas Barbour > [log in to unmask] > [log in to unmask] > > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ > http://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ > > 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.h tml > > Why poetry? And why not, I asked, > my right brain humming sedition. > > Phyllis Webb > > >