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