will be a departure from the slam-politics commentary of the last few weeks. Wanna give the folks going to Nats something to think about…poetically, that is.
I’m thinking of actually dissecting the process of how a line leads to a poem, using an actual line I’ve got kicking around right now — talking about how the line may be the first or the last, may be the third or the twenty fifth, may even disappear entirely by the end of the process, but how it poses itself as a starting block from which to leap into the poem.
Rather than dissect an older poem, I’m going to do it with an entirely new one — constructing a meta-poem while the poem is being created; this way, I have no “killing the goose that laid the golden egg” stigma or trauma to deal with, because I will have no real attachment to the poem.
My question is: is this something people will read, or just a giant jerk-off? And: if I go through the motions here on LJ this week, will you jump in and comment, knowing that I may end up bringing your thoughts into the column (with attribution at the end, of course)?
Hm?
Dark Matter 
July 27th, 2004 at 2:36 pm
Everything
I just can’t do that much small type and that many selections running down the sides. Too much for my teeny tiny brain to handle. To quote Devo, freedom from choice is what we want.
I may be in the minority, just wanted to put in my two cents in case y’all were interested in the ramblings of a librarian with a short attention span.
July 27th, 2004 at 2:36 pm
Everything
I just can’t do that much small type and that many selections running down the sides. Too much for my teeny tiny brain to handle. To quote Devo, freedom from choice is what we want.
I may be in the minority, just wanted to put in my two cents in case y’all were interested in the ramblings of a librarian with a short attention span.
July 27th, 2004 at 2:36 pm
Everything
I just can’t do that much small type and that many selections running down the sides. Too much for my teeny tiny brain to handle. To quote Devo, freedom from choice is what we want.
I may be in the minority, just wanted to put in my two cents in case y’all were interested in the ramblings of a librarian with a short attention span.
July 27th, 2004 at 2:36 pm
Everything
I just can’t do that much small type and that many selections running down the sides. Too much for my teeny tiny brain to handle. To quote Devo, freedom from choice is what we want.
I may be in the minority, just wanted to put in my two cents in case y’all were interested in the ramblings of a librarian with a short attention span.
July 27th, 2004 at 2:36 pm
Everything
I just can’t do that much small type and that many selections running down the sides. Too much for my teeny tiny brain to handle. To quote Devo, freedom from choice is what we want.
I may be in the minority, just wanted to put in my two cents in case y’all were interested in the ramblings of a librarian with a short attention span.
July 26th, 2004 at 1:50 pm
Re: You know, I’ve tried…
Is everything too busy? or just the main page?
July 26th, 2004 at 1:50 pm
Re: You know, I’ve tried…
Is everything too busy? or just the main page?
July 26th, 2004 at 1:50 pm
Re: You know, I’ve tried…
Is everything too busy? or just the main page?
July 26th, 2004 at 1:50 pm
Re: You know, I’ve tried…
Is everything too busy? or just the main page?
July 26th, 2004 at 1:50 pm
Re: You know, I’ve tried…
Is everything too busy? or just the main page?
July 26th, 2004 at 1:16 pm
Def sounds like an interesting process to watch…
July 26th, 2004 at 1:16 pm
Def sounds like an interesting process to watch…
July 26th, 2004 at 1:16 pm
Def sounds like an interesting process to watch…
July 26th, 2004 at 1:16 pm
Def sounds like an interesting process to watch…
July 26th, 2004 at 1:16 pm
Def sounds like an interesting process to watch…
July 26th, 2004 at 12:57 pm
You know, I’ve tried…
…but can’t get past the busy layout of the web site. Sorry…
July 26th, 2004 at 12:57 pm
You know, I’ve tried…
…but can’t get past the busy layout of the web site. Sorry…
July 26th, 2004 at 12:57 pm
You know, I’ve tried…
…but can’t get past the busy layout of the web site. Sorry…
July 26th, 2004 at 12:57 pm
You know, I’ve tried…
…but can’t get past the busy layout of the web site. Sorry…
July 26th, 2004 at 12:57 pm
You know, I’ve tried…
…but can’t get past the busy layout of the web site. Sorry…
July 26th, 2004 at 12:09 pm
No. You’re just bored.
At AS220, no youths showed up for the youth slam, but the adults showed. The audience showed. That was interesting…
I actualy haven’t been to a real reading in quite a long time.
July 26th, 2004 at 12:09 pm
No. You’re just bored.
At AS220, no youths showed up for the youth slam, but the adults showed. The audience showed. That was interesting…
I actualy haven’t been to a real reading in quite a long time.
July 26th, 2004 at 12:09 pm
No. You’re just bored.
At AS220, no youths showed up for the youth slam, but the adults showed. The audience showed. That was interesting…
I actualy haven’t been to a real reading in quite a long time.
July 26th, 2004 at 12:09 pm
No. You’re just bored.
At AS220, no youths showed up for the youth slam, but the adults showed. The audience showed. That was interesting…
I actualy haven’t been to a real reading in quite a long time.
July 26th, 2004 at 12:09 pm
No. You’re just bored.
At AS220, no youths showed up for the youth slam, but the adults showed. The audience showed. That was interesting…
I actualy haven’t been to a real reading in quite a long time.
July 26th, 2004 at 12:04 pm
Re: can i have a hall pass?
Now, now, Bill, I think you’re being unfair. Poetry readings are middle school at best. Now keep yer fricken hands off my Trapper Keeper!
July 26th, 2004 at 12:04 pm
Re: can i have a hall pass?
Now, now, Bill, I think you’re being unfair. Poetry readings are middle school at best. Now keep yer fricken hands off my Trapper Keeper!
July 26th, 2004 at 12:04 pm
Re: can i have a hall pass?
Now, now, Bill, I think you’re being unfair. Poetry readings are middle school at best. Now keep yer fricken hands off my Trapper Keeper!
July 26th, 2004 at 12:04 pm
Re: can i have a hall pass?
Now, now, Bill, I think you’re being unfair. Poetry readings are middle school at best. Now keep yer fricken hands off my Trapper Keeper!
July 26th, 2004 at 12:04 pm
Re: can i have a hall pass?
Now, now, Bill, I think you’re being unfair. Poetry readings are middle school at best. Now keep yer fricken hands off my Trapper Keeper!
July 26th, 2004 at 12:01 pm
will read.
July 26th, 2004 at 12:01 pm
will read.
July 26th, 2004 at 12:01 pm
will read.
July 26th, 2004 at 12:01 pm
will read.
July 26th, 2004 at 12:01 pm
will read.
July 26th, 2004 at 11:59 am
can i have a hall pass?
Have we created a highschool?
have you been to a reading lately?
July 26th, 2004 at 11:59 am
can i have a hall pass?
Have we created a highschool?
have you been to a reading lately?
July 26th, 2004 at 11:59 am
can i have a hall pass?
Have we created a highschool?
have you been to a reading lately?
July 26th, 2004 at 11:59 am
can i have a hall pass?
Have we created a highschool?
have you been to a reading lately?
July 26th, 2004 at 11:59 am
can i have a hall pass?
Have we created a highschool?
have you been to a reading lately?
July 26th, 2004 at 11:57 am
Re: Sure
But you’d look so cute in the cheerleader outfit!
July 26th, 2004 at 11:57 am
Re: Sure
But you’d look so cute in the cheerleader outfit!
July 26th, 2004 at 11:57 am
Re: Sure
But you’d look so cute in the cheerleader outfit!
July 26th, 2004 at 11:57 am
Re: Sure
But you’d look so cute in the cheerleader outfit!
July 26th, 2004 at 11:28 am
Ah. But no one but one has. Gotpoetry.com goes almost dark every summer. Have we created a highschool? I thought it was supposed to be an online magazine.
http://www.gotpoetry.com/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=12
July 26th, 2004 at 11:28 am
Ah. But no one but one has. Gotpoetry.com goes almost dark every summer. Have we created a highschool? I thought it was supposed to be an online magazine.
http://www.gotpoetry.com/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=12
July 26th, 2004 at 11:28 am
Ah. But no one but one has. Gotpoetry.com goes almost dark every summer. Have we created a highschool? I thought it was supposed to be an online magazine.
http://www.gotpoetry.com/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=12
July 26th, 2004 at 11:28 am
Ah. But no one but one has. Gotpoetry.com goes almost dark every summer. Have we created a highschool? I thought it was supposed to be an online magazine.
http://www.gotpoetry.com/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=12
July 26th, 2004 at 11:27 am
Re: Sure
You are not my friend
you are my foe
you are two feat tall
you have to go
this is dwarf invasion
american beauty association
between chryslerpoet man
and sweedish punker imitation
wheee
July 26th, 2004 at 11:27 am
Re: Sure
You are not my friend
you are my foe
you are two feat tall
you have to go
this is dwarf invasion
american beauty association
between chryslerpoet man
and sweedish punker imitation
wheee
July 26th, 2004 at 11:27 am
Re: Sure
You are not my friend
you are my foe
you are two feat tall
you have to go
this is dwarf invasion
american beauty association
between chryslerpoet man
and sweedish punker imitation
wheee
July 26th, 2004 at 11:27 am
Re: Sure
You are not my friend
you are my foe
you are two feat tall
you have to go
this is dwarf invasion
american beauty association
between chryslerpoet man
and sweedish punker imitation
wheee
July 26th, 2004 at 11:22 am
Re: Sure
ACK!!!! Don’t associate me with that movie. Feh! Feh!
July 26th, 2004 at 11:22 am
Re: Sure
ACK!!!! Don’t associate me with that movie. Feh! Feh!
July 26th, 2004 at 11:22 am
Re: Sure
ACK!!!! Don’t associate me with that movie. Feh! Feh!
July 26th, 2004 at 11:22 am
Re: Sure
ACK!!!! Don’t associate me with that movie. Feh! Feh!
July 26th, 2004 at 11:13 am
Re: Sure
This sounds like the plot to American Beauty.
July 26th, 2004 at 11:13 am
Re: Sure
This sounds like the plot to American Beauty.
July 26th, 2004 at 11:13 am
Re: Sure
This sounds like the plot to American Beauty.
July 26th, 2004 at 11:13 am
Re: Sure
This sounds like the plot to American Beauty.
July 26th, 2004 at 11:02 am
Re: Sure
Very much a new poem. A deliberate attempt to answer the question, “What if the world collapsed on you on the day you realized your heart’s desire?”
July 26th, 2004 at 11:02 am
Re: Sure
Very much a new poem. A deliberate attempt to answer the question, “What if the world collapsed on you on the day you realized your heart’s desire?”
July 26th, 2004 at 11:02 am
Re: Sure
Very much a new poem. A deliberate attempt to answer the question, “What if the world collapsed on you on the day you realized your heart’s desire?”
July 26th, 2004 at 11:02 am
Re: Sure
Very much a new poem. A deliberate attempt to answer the question, “What if the world collapsed on you on the day you realized your heart’s desire?”
July 26th, 2004 at 11:00 am
Re: Sure
Sounds interesting.
Incidently, was geodes a new poem process, or cannibalism?
July 26th, 2004 at 11:00 am
Re: Sure
Sounds interesting.
Incidently, was geodes a new poem process, or cannibalism?
July 26th, 2004 at 11:00 am
Re: Sure
Sounds interesting.
Incidently, was geodes a new poem process, or cannibalism?
July 26th, 2004 at 11:00 am
Re: Sure
Sounds interesting.
Incidently, was geodes a new poem process, or cannibalism?
July 26th, 2004 at 10:57 am
Re: Sure
I go about half and half — subject driven, line driven. I think they come out equal in the “successful poem” tally. But they write themselves differently.
I did a long, twopart column on the subject driven process some time ago as regards my poem “Geodes.” Time for the other, I think.
July 26th, 2004 at 10:57 am
Re: Sure
I go about half and half — subject driven, line driven. I think they come out equal in the “successful poem” tally. But they write themselves differently.
I did a long, twopart column on the subject driven process some time ago as regards my poem “Geodes.” Time for the other, I think.
July 26th, 2004 at 10:57 am
Re: Sure
I go about half and half — subject driven, line driven. I think they come out equal in the “successful poem” tally. But they write themselves differently.
I did a long, twopart column on the subject driven process some time ago as regards my poem “Geodes.” Time for the other, I think.
July 26th, 2004 at 10:57 am
Re: Sure
I go about half and half — subject driven, line driven. I think they come out equal in the “successful poem” tally. But they write themselves differently.
I did a long, twopart column on the subject driven process some time ago as regards my poem “Geodes.” Time for the other, I think.
July 26th, 2004 at 10:55 am
Well, I like them. I’ve held back from contributing more because I wanted to give others a shot.
July 26th, 2004 at 10:55 am
Well, I like them. I’ve held back from contributing more because I wanted to give others a shot.
July 26th, 2004 at 10:55 am
Well, I like them. I’ve held back from contributing more because I wanted to give others a shot.
July 26th, 2004 at 10:55 am
Well, I like them. I’ve held back from contributing more because I wanted to give others a shot.
July 26th, 2004 at 10:54 am
Re: i’m in; this sounds great!.
I may scrap that part of the idea in the interest of time and just make this an essay in real time about the writing of a poem. I think the other would be too hard by Friday. And since it’s been two weeks, I want to get it out there.
July 26th, 2004 at 10:54 am
Re: i’m in; this sounds great!.
I may scrap that part of the idea in the interest of time and just make this an essay in real time about the writing of a poem. I think the other would be too hard by Friday. And since it’s been two weeks, I want to get it out there.
July 26th, 2004 at 10:54 am
Re: i’m in; this sounds great!.
I may scrap that part of the idea in the interest of time and just make this an essay in real time about the writing of a poem. I think the other would be too hard by Friday. And since it’s been two weeks, I want to get it out there.
July 26th, 2004 at 10:54 am
Re: i’m in; this sounds great!.
I may scrap that part of the idea in the interest of time and just make this an essay in real time about the writing of a poem. I think the other would be too hard by Friday. And since it’s been two weeks, I want to get it out there.
July 26th, 2004 at 10:35 am
is this something people will read?
Yes
just a giant jerk-off?
No
Will you jump in and comment, knowing that I may end up bringing your thoughts into the column (with attribution at the end, of course)?
I may let others participate.
Question, what do you think of the two Artist Collaborative poems in the Gotpoetry boards?
http://www.gotpoetry.com/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=12
July 26th, 2004 at 10:35 am
is this something people will read?
Yes
just a giant jerk-off?
No
Will you jump in and comment, knowing that I may end up bringing your thoughts into the column (with attribution at the end, of course)?
I may let others participate.
Question, what do you think of the two Artist Collaborative poems in the Gotpoetry boards?
http://www.gotpoetry.com/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=12
July 26th, 2004 at 10:35 am
is this something people will read?
Yes
just a giant jerk-off?
No
Will you jump in and comment, knowing that I may end up bringing your thoughts into the column (with attribution at the end, of course)?
I may let others participate.
Question, what do you think of the two Artist Collaborative poems in the Gotpoetry boards?
http://www.gotpoetry.com/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=12
July 26th, 2004 at 10:35 am
is this something people will read?
Yes
just a giant jerk-off?
No
Will you jump in and comment, knowing that I may end up bringing your thoughts into the column (with attribution at the end, of course)?
I may let others participate.
Question, what do you think of the two Artist Collaborative poems in the Gotpoetry boards?
http://www.gotpoetry.com/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=12
July 26th, 2004 at 10:28 am
i’m in; this sounds great!.
and i think john hollander’s rhyme’s reason is worth looking at as regards the meta-poem (he does a villanelle about how villanelles work, etc).
July 26th, 2004 at 10:28 am
i’m in; this sounds great!.
and i think john hollander’s rhyme’s reason is worth looking at as regards the meta-poem (he does a villanelle about how villanelles work, etc).
July 26th, 2004 at 10:28 am
i’m in; this sounds great!.
and i think john hollander’s rhyme’s reason is worth looking at as regards the meta-poem (he does a villanelle about how villanelles work, etc).
July 26th, 2004 at 10:28 am
i’m in; this sounds great!.
and i think john hollander’s rhyme’s reason is worth looking at as regards the meta-poem (he does a villanelle about how villanelles work, etc).
July 26th, 2004 at 10:25 am
Sure
i’m not so sure i get a line as a phrase that grows in one direction or another, but it’s interesting.
I’d be willing to participate, and would want to hear it.
July 26th, 2004 at 10:25 am
Sure
i’m not so sure i get a line as a phrase that grows in one direction or another, but it’s interesting.
I’d be willing to participate, and would want to hear it.
July 26th, 2004 at 10:25 am
Sure
i’m not so sure i get a line as a phrase that grows in one direction or another, but it’s interesting.
I’d be willing to participate, and would want to hear it.
July 26th, 2004 at 10:25 am
Sure
i’m not so sure i get a line as a phrase that grows in one direction or another, but it’s interesting.
I’d be willing to participate, and would want to hear it.
July 26th, 2004 at 10:21 am
Yes, please!
This is so often the way my brain works when I write, and I would be fascinated to watch the process unfold.
July 26th, 2004 at 10:21 am
Yes, please!
This is so often the way my brain works when I write, and I would be fascinated to watch the process unfold.
July 26th, 2004 at 10:21 am
Yes, please!
This is so often the way my brain works when I write, and I would be fascinated to watch the process unfold.
July 26th, 2004 at 10:21 am
Yes, please!
This is so often the way my brain works when I write, and I would be fascinated to watch the process unfold.