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From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Max Richards
Sent: 23 June 2012 23:14
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Subject: Re: POETRY GAME IDEA (what I am trying out for fun)
too hard for me, chris, but go for it, everyone.
On 23/06/2012, at 6:37 PM, Chris Jones wrote:
> I have an idea to write poems based on journalist news reports, financial
reports, perhaps the weather report.
>
> The first rule is you must edit and rewrite the poem so that it fits a
formal aspect of line verse. It should also carry the message or the affect
of the news. No cut and paste conceptual poetry permitted. And the identity
and proper nouns of the news report must not be given away. The use of
generics is to be expected. (I rather like the idea of iambic pentameter in
14 lines.)
>
> Make up other rules as you go...
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