I have a bad case of block right now. I'm always quoting William Stafford's
'cure':"Drop your standards". But it hasn't helped - yet. Instead I am
reading about four books of Aussie poets - often that kickstarts a response
somehow. Here's hoping!
Andrew
2010/1/24 Jeffrey Side <[log in to unmask]>
> Andrew, no, the term has been used before. As you say, the best
> procedure is no procedure—art is not science. I think procedural poetry
> is a symptom of writer’s block.
>
>
>
> On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:47:19 +0800, andrew burke
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >'Procedural poetry' is a great term, Jeffrey. Is it yours or a common
> term
> >I've not met before? I find when I get comfortable with a form or a
> >manuvour, I step away and try something else. Many a clumsy start
> ends up in
> >the waste basket, but that's the price of avoiding the 'set piece'. My
> >procedure is to avoid procedure.
> >
> >Andrew
> >
> >2010/1/24 Jeffrey Side <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> >> I agree David. But then again procedural poetry tends to result in
> this.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:06:30 +0000, David Bircumshaw
> >> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>
> >> >What stands out to my eye is not the 'moves' (they're familiar
> >> enough) but
> >> >the dull flatness of most of the quotes, it's quite disturbing to
> >> >contemplate a world where they're significant writing. Oh dear,
> I've
> >> just
> >> >realised, it's the world we live in ...
> >> >
> >> >2010/1/24 andrew burke <[log in to unmask]>
> >> >
> >> >> I posted this on my blog when it appeared, Alison. What! You
> don't
> >> read my
> >> >> blog! Shame! :-)
> >> >>
> >> >> Andrew
> >> >>
> >> >> 2010/1/24 Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]>
> >> >>
> >> >> > The expose -
> >> >> >
> >> >> > http://htmlgiant.com/craft-notes/moves-in-contemporary-
> poetry/<http://htmlgiant.com/craft-notes/moves-in-contemporary-%0Apoetry/>
> >> >> >
> >> >> > xA
> >> >> >
> >> >> > --
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> >> >> > Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
> >> >> > Home page: http://www.alisoncroggon.com
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Andrew
> >> >>
> >> >> 'Beyond City Limits', pub. ICLL @ ECU, available at topnotch
> indie
> >> >> bookshops
> >> >> - list at http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >--
> >> >David Bircumshaw
> >> >"A window./Big enough to hold screams/
> >> >You say are poems" - DMeltzer
> >> >Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> >> >http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
> >> >The Animal Subsides
> >> http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> >> >Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
> >> >twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
> >> >blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >Andrew
> >
> >'Beyond City Limits', pub. ICLL @ ECU, available at topnotch indie
> bookshops
> >- list at http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>
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Andrew
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