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1 | manifesto | ||
2 | of | ||
3 | poetics | ||
4 | what | ||
5 | is | ||
6 | a | ||
7 | poem | ||
8 | i | ||
9 | think | ||
10 | it | ||
11 | was | ||
12 | yeats | ||
13 | that | ||
14 | called | ||
15 | a | ||
16 | poem | ||
17 | the | ||
18 | best | ||
19 | words | ||
20 | in | ||
21 | the | ||
22 | best | ||
23 | order | ||
24 | and | ||
25 | that | ||
26 | isn't | ||
27 | an | ||
28 | inaccurate | ||
29 | description | ||
30 | but | ||
31 | i | ||
32 | don't | ||
33 | think | ||
34 | it | ||
35 | captures | ||
36 | all | ||
37 | of | ||
38 | what | ||
39 | a | ||
40 | poem | ||
41 | is | ||
42 | let | ||
43 | me | ||
44 | start | ||
45 | with | ||
46 | communication | ||
47 | communication | ||
48 | is | ||
49 | a | ||
50 | transaction | ||
51 | an | ||
52 | exchange | ||
53 | between | ||
54 | two | ||
55 | people | ||
56 | or | ||
57 | entities | ||
58 | in | ||
59 | which | ||
60 | one | ||
61 | the | ||
62 | speaker/writer/communicator | ||
63 | gives | ||
64 | the | ||
65 | other | ||
66 | the | ||
67 | reader/listener/consumer | ||
68 | a | ||
69 | set | ||
70 | of | ||
71 | ideas | ||
72 | / | ||
73 | a | ||
74 | wireframe | ||
75 | organization | ||
76 | of | ||
77 | a | ||
78 | concept | ||
79 | / | ||
80 | a | ||
81 | set | ||
82 | of | ||
83 | reasons/instructions | ||
84 | for | ||
85 | action | ||
86 | in | ||
87 | many | ||
88 | kinds | ||
89 | of | ||
90 | communication | ||
91 | for | ||
92 | example | ||
93 | speeches | ||
94 | reports | ||
95 | or | ||
96 | advertisements | ||
97 | the | ||
98 | kind | ||
99 | of | ||
100 | ideas | ||
101 | transacted | ||
102 | are | ||
103 | generally | ||
104 | factual/logical/brain-based | ||
105 | in | ||
106 | nature | ||
107 | in | ||
108 | art | ||
109 | these | ||
110 | ideas | ||
111 | are | ||
112 | emotional/heart-based | ||
113 | in | ||
114 | short | ||
115 | art | ||
116 | is | ||
117 | to | ||
118 | emotion | ||
119 | as | ||
120 | an | ||
121 | article | ||
122 | is | ||
123 | to | ||
124 | information | ||
125 | i | ||
126 | think | ||
127 | art | ||
128 | should | ||
129 | strive | ||
130 | to | ||
131 | transmit | ||
132 | the | ||
133 | emotion | ||
134 | the | ||
135 | author | ||
136 | feels | ||
137 | as | ||
138 | efficiently | ||
139 | as | ||
140 | possible | ||
141 | to | ||
142 | the | ||
143 | reader | ||
144 | of | ||
145 | that | ||
146 | art | ||
147 | in | ||
148 | order | ||
149 | to | ||
150 | do | ||
151 | this | ||
152 | multiple | ||
153 | notation | ||
154 | systems | ||
155 | have | ||
156 | been | ||
157 | devised | ||
158 | music | ||
159 | is | ||
160 | the | ||
161 | most | ||
162 | notable | ||
163 | example | ||
164 | that | ||
165 | comes | ||
166 | to | ||
167 | mind | ||
168 | as | ||
169 | it | ||
170 | has | ||
171 | the | ||
172 | most | ||
173 | rigid | ||
174 | style | ||
175 | but | ||
176 | grammar | ||
177 | as | ||
178 | used | ||
179 | self-consciously | ||
180 | in | ||
181 | writing | ||
182 | would | ||
183 | be | ||
184 | another | ||
185 | example | ||
186 | poetry | ||
187 | has | ||
188 | only | ||
189 | a | ||
190 | very | ||
191 | loose | ||
192 | set | ||
193 | of | ||
194 | rules | ||
195 | and | ||
196 | assumptions | ||
197 | that | ||
198 | allow | ||
199 | it | ||
200 | a | ||
201 | sort | ||
202 | of | ||
203 | notational | ||
204 | language | ||
205 | and | ||
206 | this | ||
207 | is | ||
208 | complicated | ||
209 | by | ||
210 | the | ||
211 | fact | ||
212 | that | ||
213 | when | ||
214 | writing | ||
215 | poetry | ||
216 | the | ||
217 | author | ||
218 | writes | ||
219 | for | ||
220 | a | ||
221 | different | ||
222 | medium | ||
223 | poetry | ||
224 | is | ||
225 | meant | ||
226 | to | ||
227 | be | ||
228 | performed | ||
229 | aloud | ||
230 | this | ||
231 | makes | ||
232 | the | ||
233 | notation | ||
234 | system | ||
235 | even | ||
236 | more | ||
237 | important | ||
238 | but | ||
239 | again | ||
240 | it's | ||
241 | hard | ||
242 | to | ||
243 | come | ||
244 | up | ||
245 | with | ||
246 | a | ||
247 | system | ||
248 | that | ||
249 | will | ||
250 | be | ||
251 | read | ||
252 | mostly | ||
253 | the | ||
254 | same | ||
255 | by | ||
256 | most | ||
257 | people | ||
258 | what | ||
259 | i've | ||
260 | been | ||
261 | trying | ||
262 | to | ||
263 | do | ||
264 | since | ||
265 | i | ||
266 | began | ||
267 | writing | ||
268 | is | ||
269 | develop | ||
270 | a | ||
271 | personal | ||
272 | notation | ||
273 | system | ||
274 | or | ||
275 | what | ||
276 | i | ||
277 | think | ||
278 | most | ||
279 | would | ||
280 | refer | ||
281 | to | ||
282 | as | ||
283 | my | ||
284 | voice | ||
285 | as | ||
286 | a | ||
287 | poet/writer | ||
288 | i | ||
289 | personally | ||
290 | don't | ||
291 | like | ||
292 | the | ||
293 | word | ||
294 | poet | ||
295 | as | ||
296 | it | ||
297 | sounds | ||
298 | pretentious | ||
299 | to | ||
300 | me | ||
301 | i'm | ||
302 | aware | ||
303 | i | ||
304 | should | ||
305 | get | ||
306 | over | ||
307 | this | ||
308 | however | ||
309 | there | ||
310 | were | ||
311 | some | ||
312 | places | ||
313 | that | ||
314 | still | ||
315 | needed | ||
316 | improving | ||
317 | from | ||
318 | my | ||
319 | draft | ||
320 | manuscript | ||
321 | most | ||
322 | notably | ||
323 | my | ||
324 | prose | ||
325 | in | ||
326 | rip | ||
327 | tide | ||
328 | of | ||
329 | memory | ||
330 | now | ||
331 | only | ||
332 | rip | ||
333 | tide | ||
334 | and | ||
335 | amber | ||
336 | alert | ||
337 | i | ||
338 | rewrote | ||
339 | each | ||
340 | to | ||
341 | tighten | ||
342 | their | ||
343 | syntactic | ||
344 | and | ||
345 | idea | ||
346 | rhythm | ||
347 | to | ||
348 | make | ||
349 | them | ||
350 | move | ||
351 | more | ||
352 | lightly | ||
353 | and | ||
354 | gracefully | ||
355 | the | ||
356 | most | ||
357 | notable | ||
358 | difference | ||
359 | in | ||
360 | my | ||
361 | series | ||
362 | is | ||
363 | the | ||
364 | reordering | ||
365 | of | ||
366 | poems | ||
367 | within | ||
368 | it | ||
369 | i | ||
370 | think | ||
371 | that | ||
372 | in | ||
373 | my | ||
374 | first | ||
375 | draft | ||
376 | i | ||
377 | spent | ||
378 | so | ||
379 | much | ||
380 | time | ||
381 | on | ||
382 | getting | ||
383 | my | ||
384 | individual | ||
385 | poems | ||
386 | tight | ||
387 | and | ||
388 | polished | ||
389 | that | ||
390 | i | ||
391 | threw | ||
392 | them | ||
393 | together | ||
394 | somewhat | ||
395 | haphazardly | ||
396 | using | ||
397 | a | ||
398 | loose | ||
399 | thematic | ||
400 | correspondence | ||
401 | with | ||
402 | the | ||
403 | fake | ||
404 | table | ||
405 | of | ||
406 | contents | ||
407 | with | ||
408 | the | ||
409 | new | ||
410 | order | ||
411 | i | ||
412 | hope | ||
413 | this | ||
414 | has | ||
415 | been | ||
416 | fixed | ||
417 | the | ||
418 | piece | ||
419 | consists | ||
420 | of | ||
421 | six | ||
422 | sections | ||
423 | each | ||
424 | with | ||
425 | three | ||
426 | poems | ||
427 | a | ||
428 | new | ||
429 | one | ||
430 | everything | ||
431 | stays | ||
432 | the | ||
433 | same | ||
434 | makes | ||
435 | the | ||
436 | totals | ||
437 | correct | ||
438 | each | ||
439 | section | ||
440 | has | ||
441 | a | ||
442 | thematic/emotional/personal | ||
443 | element | ||
444 | that | ||
445 | ties | ||
446 | the | ||
447 | sections | ||
448 | together | ||
449 | they | ||
450 | are | ||
451 | ordered | ||
452 | by | ||
453 | the | ||
454 | order | ||
455 | in | ||
456 | which | ||
457 | i | ||
458 | wrote | ||
459 | the | ||
460 | sestinas | ||
461 | at | ||
462 | the | ||
463 | beginning | ||
464 | of | ||
465 | each | ||
466 | section | ||
467 | which | ||
468 | works | ||
469 | out | ||
470 | to | ||
471 | make | ||
472 | the | ||
473 | series | ||
474 | move | ||
475 | from | ||
476 | identity | ||
477 | to | ||
478 | memory | ||
479 | to | ||
480 | a | ||
481 | feeling | ||
482 | of | ||
483 | universal | ||
484 | justice | ||
485 | and | ||
486 | from | ||
487 | there | ||
488 | to | ||
489 | a | ||
490 | discussion | ||
491 | of | ||
492 | death | ||
493 | and | ||
494 | something | ||
495 | like | ||
496 | love | ||
497 | that | ||
498 | culminates | ||
499 | in | ||
500 | an | ||
501 | exploration | ||
502 | of | ||
503 | the | ||
504 | nature | ||
505 | of | ||
506 | time | ||
507 | and | ||
508 | cosmology | ||
509 | the | ||
510 | piece | ||
511 | is | ||
512 | bookended | ||
513 | by | ||
514 | the | ||
515 | fake | ||
516 | table | ||
517 | of | ||
518 | contents | ||
519 | provided | ||
520 | at | ||
521 | the | ||
522 | end | ||
523 | as | ||
524 | an | ||
525 | ironic | ||
526 | commentary | ||
527 | on | ||
528 | the | ||
529 | rest | ||
530 | of | ||
531 | the | ||
532 | text | ||
533 | and | ||
534 | an | ||
535 | about | ||
536 | the | ||
537 | author | ||
538 | section | ||
539 | i | ||
540 | think | ||
541 | it | ||
542 | works | ||
543 | better | ||
544 | this | ||
545 | way | ||
546 | and | ||
547 | i | ||
548 | think | ||
549 | the | ||
550 | about | ||
551 | the | ||
552 | author | ||
553 | at | ||
554 | the | ||
555 | beginning | ||
556 | serves | ||
557 | as | ||
558 | a | ||
559 | fair | ||
560 | prelude | ||
561 | poem | ||
562 | to | ||
563 | the | ||
564 | piece | ||
565 | i'm | ||
566 | excited | ||
567 | to | ||
568 | be | ||
569 | a | ||
570 | writer | ||
571 | like | ||
572 | i | ||
573 | haven't | ||
574 | been | ||
575 | before | ||