comfortably numb would be plagiarism wouldn't it?
cheers from jen> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:27:49 +0300> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: nounless poem (Re: New at Sharp Sand )> To: [log in to unmask]> > I like 'angrily / numb' best. 'comfortably' would also work ;)> > KS> > On 26/10/2007, Joanna Boulter <[log in to unmask]> wrote:> > And yet we've only to observe a small child beginning to talk, to realise> > that nouns come first, and presumably always did. My observation of my own> > three led me to suppose that adverbs, and slightly later certain basic> > adjectives, come well before verbs.> >> > Incidentally, observing a small child with a limited vocabulary trying to> > express a thought more complex than it has words for, one realises how soon> > metaphor comes into the picture.> >> > joanna> >> > ----- Original Message -----> > From: "Janet Jackson" <[log in to unmask]>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>> > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 5:26 AM> > Subject: nounless poem (Re: New at Sharp Sand )> >> >> > >> Getting rid of nouns and writing a whole poem that depends on adverbs as> > >> much as most poems depend on nouns would be an interesting exercise,> > >> > > ok, here goes... no nouns or verbs allowed...> > >> > >> > > awkwardly> > > tentative> > >> > > confidently> > > passionate> > >> > > vigorously> > > brazen> > >> > > somehow> > > stinky> > >> > > angrily> > > numb> > >> > > succinctly> > > alone> > >> > >> > > Is this sentimental? yeah, I think it is. Sneeringly sentimental,> > > and trying to be clever for the sake of it. (I can say that, I wrote it.)> > > Originally I used only adverbs but decided adjectives were necessary> > > to make it a poem at all. I had no desire to add nouns, but verbs> > > kept trying to creep in masquerading as adjectives (eg 'broken'> > > 'swallowed').> > > It is extremely abstract. I don't like it at all.> > > Nouns may be optional, but perhaps we can't write well without verbs.> > >> > > Janet> > > --------------------------------------------> > > Janet Jackson <[log in to unmask]>> > > www.myspace.com/poetjj> > > www.proximity.webhop.net> > >> > > The songbird in its cage> > > Sings not for joy, but rage!> > > --Italian proverb> > > --------------------------------------------> > >> >
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