Comments on: Public Poems: condensed version

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:13:32 +0000

Thanks!

By: Crafty Green Poet

Crafty Green Poet — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:20:51 +0000

Excellent and fun response to the prompt!

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:01:02 +0000

Jo – And it won’t change much, I’m afraid, as long as it is governed by tests and curricula. I learned more on my own, or with my parents’ assistance, than I ever learned in public school.

Rob – Hee! Thanks for stopping by.

By: Rob Kistner

Rob Kistner — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:17:50 +0000

“Paul is dead, Paul is dead, Paul is dead”…

Did I hear dismemberment rocket by in that ‘cloud’ — or was that just me fantasizing?

I do believe you’ve blown my mind.

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:31:35 +0000

tend to teach poems in exactly the wrong way – as puzzles to be solved

Yes, the TS Eliot sentiment that good poetry should be felt before it is understood……I will often come across an obscure writer who is difficult to decode but if the language is beautiful and there is an emotional hit, I’m happy (or not *grin*). And of course my son brought home a poem the other day, albeit very lucid, and the assignment was ‘what is the poem about?’ I’d far rather he’d been asked to pick out a line that moved him or used language in an interesting way…..happily for me, he naturally thinks like that but…..in some ways education is changing, in other ways it’s same ole same ole.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:38:24 +0000

Hi christine – Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for stopping by.

By: christine

christine — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:20:12 +0000

Now I feel like I need to take a long, deep breath! Lots of words all at once. I like the word cloud. It would be fun if the sky really did start drizzling words. Every time one touched the ground a drop of sound would burst out. An interesting presentation of your group of poems. I love experimenting like you have here. Good stuff.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:06:13 +0000

I hadn’t thought of this as a potential competitor with Muzak, but you’re right: this could be marketed to banks and department stores as an alternate ambient soundscape.

By: Lee's River

Lee's River — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:20:59 +0000

way prefer it to Muzak, I’ll tell ya. You can start making your own poems, just from picking up words as they whizz by. Try doing that with Muzak.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:42:44 +0000

Lyle Lovett ain’t got nothin’ on me. Don’t make me crack out the harmonica again…