tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post1977058080923839331..comments2023-06-28T22:58:28.247+10:00Comments on Sixth In Line: Bastardised poetryElisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-21427197374024468642009-10-24T22:44:24.150+11:002009-10-24T22:44:24.150+11:00"makes no sense"
none of The Best Poetr..."makes no sense"<br /><br />none of The Best Poetry does.<br /><br />visit GINGATAO.com blog. He is in Melbourne, and published, and very friendly ( he loves Percy Grainger and I met him when I did a Percy post).Ann ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-7758383905728838142009-10-24T13:16:04.827+11:002009-10-24T13:16:04.827+11:00When is it chopped-up prose and when a poem? The a...When is it chopped-up prose and when a poem? The age-old question. In other words: What is poetry? Needless to say I could write screeds on the subject, in fact I have. To save me time (as some woman has just sent me an awfully long e-mail <i>and</i> an audio interview to listen to) can I refer you to the following posts:<br /><br /><a href="http://jim-murdoch.blogspot.com/2008/07/do-you-break-jam-or-snip.html" rel="nofollow">Do you break, jam or snip?</a><br /><br /><a href="http://jim-murdoch.blogspot.com/2008/12/what-does-mean-mean.html" rel="nofollow">What does mean mean?</a><br /><br /><a href="http://jim-murdoch.blogspot.com/2008/02/its-poem-because-i-say-it-is.html" rel="nofollow">It's a poem becasue I say it is</a><br /><br /><a href="http://jim-murdoch.blogspot.com/2009/06/what-does-poem-do.html" rel="nofollow">What does a poem do?</a><br /><br />and<br /><br /><a href="http://jim-murdoch.blogspot.com/2009/08/breathing-life-into-dead-poems.html" rel="nofollow">Breathing life into dead poems</a><br /><br />My personal opinion of you piece is that it is poetic rather than being a poem. It focuses on an interesting extended metaphor but peters out a bit at the end. It shows promise.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.com