Comments on: Ode to a newspaper article http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/02/ode-to-a-newspaper-article/ How can we live without the unknown before us? —Rene Char Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:48:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joe Hyam http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/02/ode-to-a-newspaper-article/#comment-7153 Joe Hyam Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:30:39 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/02/18/ode-to-a-newspaper-article/#comment-7153 When I was young and foolish, friends and I, and I am sure others have done the same, would read aloud newspaper articles accross the columns so that lines of words were linked just by chance, with some interesting and sometimes hilarious results. Shelley and Byron are good examples of poets who didn't appear shy of politics. When I was young and foolish, friends and I, and I am sure others have done the same, would read aloud newspaper articles accross the columns so that lines of words were linked just by chance, with some interesting and sometimes hilarious results.

Shelley and Byron are good examples of poets who didn’t appear shy of politics.

]]> By: rr http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/02/ode-to-a-newspaper-article/#comment-7152 rr Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:24:01 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/02/18/ode-to-a-newspaper-article/#comment-7152 The well-rounded end is the result of sitting on it all day, probably. So much "journalism" these days is repackaging in a new intestine the macerated gristle of others. The actions of Saw Wei remind me of the incredible traditions of "double fronted" (so to speak) political verse in Africa about which I know very little indeed. But certainly <a href="http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth02C22P033712627096" rel="nofollow">Jack Mapanje</a> springs to mind. The well-rounded end is the result of sitting on it all day, probably. So much “journalism” these days is repackaging in a new intestine the macerated gristle of others.

The actions of Saw Wei remind me of the incredible traditions of “double fronted” (so to speak) political verse in Africa about which I know very little indeed. But certainly Jack Mapanje springs to mind.

]]> By: ..deb http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/02/ode-to-a-newspaper-article/#comment-7151 ..deb Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:05:17 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/02/18/ode-to-a-newspaper-article/#comment-7151 I keep coming back to read this. I am so taken with its many levels and workings. The line breaks are perfect. The word play, deft. This poem moves me. As does your epilogue; I just read of his imprisonment today, myself. I keep coming back to read this. I am so taken with its many levels and workings. The line breaks are perfect. The word play, deft.

This poem moves me. As does your epilogue; I just read of his imprisonment today, myself.

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/02/ode-to-a-newspaper-article/#comment-7150 Dave Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:52:35 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/02/18/ode-to-a-newspaper-article/#comment-7150 <em>Blast my cab if… is the de-coded anagram of the first letter of each line of ‘ode to a newspaper article.'</em> A message direct from my subconscious! If only it meant something. Blast my cab if… is the de-coded anagram of the first letter of each line of ‘ode to a newspaper article.’
A message direct from my subconscious! If only it meant something.

]]> By: Sweet Talking Guy http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/02/ode-to-a-newspaper-article/#comment-7149 Sweet Talking Guy Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:24:39 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/02/18/ode-to-a-newspaper-article/#comment-7149 Blast my cab, if... this poem's not 'double entendre' then my name's not Danny Wise! Blast my cab if... is the de-coded anagram of the first letter of each line of 'ode to a newspaper article.' All power to Saw Wai's pen! Blast my cab, if… this poem’s not ‘double entendre’ then my name’s not Danny Wise!

Blast my cab if… is the de-coded anagram of the first letter of each line of ‘ode to a newspaper article.’

All power to Saw Wai’s pen!

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/02/ode-to-a-newspaper-article/#comment-7148 Dave Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:50:15 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/02/18/ode-to-a-newspaper-article/#comment-7148 Thanks, y'all! Kate, I'm happy to hear that this worked for you as a newspaper person. And local reporting is important, usually pretty thankless work - I'm impressed that you're willing to take it on. (That would I suppose explain the relative paucity of your blog entries of late, wouldn't it?) Thanks, y’all! Kate, I’m happy to hear that this worked for you as a newspaper person. And local reporting is important, usually pretty thankless work – I’m impressed that you’re willing to take it on. (That would I suppose explain the relative paucity of your blog entries of late, wouldn’t it?)

]]> By: gautami tripathy http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/02/ode-to-a-newspaper-article/#comment-7147 gautami tripathy Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:41:15 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/02/18/ode-to-a-newspaper-article/#comment-7147 I am a newspaper person. I like the feel of paper. I like the vertigo references. Sometimes it feels just that way. Thanks! I am a newspaper person. I like the feel of paper. I like the vertigo references. Sometimes it feels just that way.

Thanks!

]]> By: Rachel http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/02/ode-to-a-newspaper-article/#comment-7146 Rachel Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:17:36 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/02/18/ode-to-a-newspaper-article/#comment-7146 This is fabulous. This is fabulous.

]]> By: Kate http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/02/ode-to-a-newspaper-article/#comment-7145 Kate Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:06:54 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/02/18/ode-to-a-newspaper-article/#comment-7145 *splutter* Layout day'll never be the same! In all seriousness, that's marvellous. I just started working in the newspaper world again, and with all its faults (and they're many) I'm fond of it, and glad to have landed in a corner of it that lets me stay local. (The rest of the paper knows the wire very well, but my few pages all get written by folks who actually live here.) There's a directness to local papers, an activity, and now I think of it a community and connection and informality, that may have equivalents elsewhere but are not easy to find, all the same. And all my stories are laid out in body copy style... which will start me thinking of cloning if I take it too seriously, so I won't. Point is, that metaphor gets richer the more I consider it, and that's the mark of a first class one. Thanks! *splutter*

Layout day’ll never be the same!

In all seriousness, that’s marvellous. I just started working in the newspaper world again, and with all its faults (and they’re many) I’m fond of it, and glad to have landed in a corner of it that lets me stay local. (The rest of the paper knows the wire very well, but my few pages all get written by folks who actually live here.) There’s a directness to local papers, an activity, and now I think of it a community and connection and informality, that may have equivalents elsewhere but are not easy to find, all the same.

And all my stories are laid out in body copy style… which will start me thinking of cloning if I take it too seriously, so I won’t. Point is, that metaphor gets richer the more I consider it, and that’s the mark of a first class one. Thanks!

]]> By: robin andrea http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/02/ode-to-a-newspaper-article/#comment-7144 robin andrea Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:28:29 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/02/18/ode-to-a-newspaper-article/#comment-7144 I shall always read poems horizontally, preferably from comfortable cushions, lest I risk the vertigo of political misapprehension. I shall always read poems horizontally, preferably from comfortable cushions, lest I risk the vertigo of political misapprehension.

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