Apparently 'wardrobe malfunction' has been included in the latest
edition of Chambers. I think that is a tempting morsel for a poem. It
wouldn't be a bad title either, perhaps it can be projected as another
name for the anthology even!?
Best
Dave
2008/8/13 Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]>:
> When Larissa is banning words like: but, yet, we or I among words used
> liberally by, oh, Homer or Dante, I suspect she is gently taking the
> Michael. Isn't poetry a place where one is free to write what one likes?
> Poetry might be a courteous art (I believe it is an art that necessitates a
> profound tact towards realities and language and, yes, people) but it is
> certainly not about _good manners_.
>
> A
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> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 2:56 AM, Larissa Shmailo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> My list includes "the" and "a". Any of these words could be used in a
>> brilliant poem, even if a few can be used with cliche intent.
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>> I am a first amendment (US Bill of Rights) absolutist and have been
>> cautioned against writing political poetry. Hence ALL words must be allowed,
>> or we run the risk of none of them being allowed.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Judy Prince <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Sent: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:15 am
>> Subject: Re: List of Words Never To Be Used in Poems (short list)
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>> Sally and Larissa, though I tend, like Jon (whose analogy to musical notes
>> I
>> thought wonderful!), to think that words oughtn't be forbidden, some (like
>> "shard") have been overused in certain times and ways and may be
>> near-impossible now to be "heard" differently.
>> Regarding Sally's list-included "smile", some five years ago in the UK, the
>> word "smile" came in second to "mother" on a long list of words favoured by
>> English speakers. Conventional popularity is regularly dismissed by
>> contemporary poets and "intellectuals", and I think that reaction needs
>> revisiting.
>>
>> Judy
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>> 2008/8/13 Sally Evans <[log in to unmask]>
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>> > You've missed out myriad and shard, and I dont agree unconditionally
>> except
>> > for transcend, transubstantiate (mainly because its rhythm's awful),
>> > tresses, usurp, yearn, manque (not really English), mensch (nre) Oprah
>> (name
>> > already used up) reify, epistomological, avuncular.
>> > Words in your list that could be great in poems in
>> clude cafe, (pronounced
>> > either way, could be spelt caf' or accent marked on e, garden, cry,
>> smile,
>> > said, while many more would work for rhyme or wit (same thing eh) and
>> > practically all of them would be fine in limericks.
>> > cheers SallyE
>> > Sally Evans
>> > http://www.poetryscotland.co.uk
>> > http://groups.msn.com/desktopsallye
>> > http://www.myspace.com/poetsallyevans
>> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larissa Shmailo" <[log in to unmask]
>> >
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 3:10 AM
>> > Subject: SNAP: List of Words Never To Be Used in Poems (short list)
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>> > List of Words Never To Be Used in Poems
>> > Soul, being, essence, fire, dream, auburn, scent, inhumanity, starry,
>> > ripe,
>> > free, heaven, transcend, memory, butterfly, chrysalis, please, mad,
>> > ecology,
>> > teach, tear, lachrymose, cry, frown, smile, love, thought, potential,
>> > season,
>> > poetry, verse. Transubstantiate, transform, ascend, breathe, breath,
>> > usurp,
>> > sing, shudder, genius, antihero, thrush, lark birdsong, exaltation, maid,
>> > woman, man, men, attempt, right, am, word, tresses, thrill, form.
>> > Character,
>> > said, desire, longing, elm, oak, tree, flame, yearn, burn, consume, new,
>> > human,
>> > bow, warrior, want, page, blank. And so far, you agree. Well, then…
>> > Understanding, unique, déluge, dacha, manqué, mensch, wheelbarrow,
>> > manifest,
>> > palimpsest, avatar, sight, seer, samovar, light, ingredient, save, Oprah,
>> > Jerry, nothing, but, yet. The, a, loneliness, mélange, sea, lighthouse,
>> > tower,
>> > healing, light, use, un
>> derscore, trial, Kafka, yes, shop, radiant, garden,
>> > fore, yore, music, recollection, last, addiction, evolution. First,
>> over,
>> > in,
>> > DNA, Darwinian, medicate, pharmacology, software, star, hardwired,
>> > stellar,
>> > bang, relate. Relationship, query, queer, think, survivor, mine, pain,
>> > sorrow,
>> > tragedy, woe, enter, laughing, mope, still. Still with me? How about…?
>> > Life, live, living, hope, horror, help, one, singularity, Buddha, art,
>> > bomb,
>> > arms, lines, marital, Broadway, show, tell, ask, mission, missive,
>> > missile,
>> > realm, wonder, wander, know, knowledge, reify, epistemological, portent,
>> > magic, magical, many, omnipotent, avuncular, very, theme, adjective,
>> > parse, nun,
>> > father, mother, brother, we, our, us, I. Eye, omnibus, rarity, time,
>> > past,
>> > future, date, number, year, one, abstract, narrative, native,
>> experiment,
>> > fusion, phrase, quote, café. Random (or mad), insight, learned, spirit,
>> > well,
>> > fine, good, thanks, fine, good. You?
>> >
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