Good luck, Sally. Perhaps you could share the best of the best with us
later. Andrew
On 06/03/2008, Sally Evans <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> So its a Poetry Etc special, is it?
> Will Poetry Etc mind if I use it as a festival gimmick, getting people to
> write them and hand them in for publication in a special issue of
> broadsheet?
> Thanks Andrew.
> I know what you mean about writing them straight in the email - will do
> some
> myself on Poetry Etc when I am out of this busy fortnight
> cheers & thanks
> Sally
> Sally Evans
> http://www.poetryscotland.co.uk
> http://groups.msn.com/desktopsallye
> http://www.myspace.com/poetsallyevans
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "andrew burke" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 10:40 AM
> Subject: Re: Snap: Interview
>
>
> > Sally, Sally, Sally - probably not 'serious' enough to Google, a Snap
> poem
> > is an instant declaration in words of how the poet is or how the poet is
> > seeing things at that particular moment. It started out years back when
> > people on p'etc around the world had such different environments and
> > wanted
> > to place each other. 'Snap' as in 'snapshot' was the original meaning,
> > including various sensory data like the weather, the colour of things,
> the
> > impulse and perception of the poet.
> >
> > Methinks it has expanded since then and some of gathered throng publish
> > poems outside this definition on a Wednesday simply because they have
> just
> > written it. I myself tend to try to write an 'instant' poem straight
> down
> > in
> > the body of an email to the group. It helps kick in a little adrenalin,
> > so -
> > warts and all - my first draft sails out into cyberspace.
> >
> > Others may have a different take, but that's fundamentally the case of
> the
> > Snap poem.
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> >
> > On 06/03/2008, Sally Evans <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>
> >> Could anyone give a definition of a Snap Poem, suitable for getting
> >> people
> >> to write Snap poems at an exhibition?
> >> I've been looking on Google and not got very far...lots of examples
> >> but...instructions?
> >> thanks SallyE
> >> Sally Evans
> >> http://www.poetryscotland.co.uk
> >> http://groups.msn.com/desktopsallye
> >> http://www.myspace.com/poetsallyevans
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Andrew
> > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/
> >
>
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Andrew
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