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
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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