So, TOPers: what have we heard? Hopefully it wasn't in one ear and out the other.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Request for Poems: In the Ear
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8 comments:
I've submitted two poems this week -- one that's in response to the prompt, and another that was an extra.
My poem is a previously published one that i posted earlier in the week - there are sounds in it, listen carefully....
It was somehow hard for me. I posted American Sentences.
http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2008/01/hungered-totally-optional-prompt.html
my second post is a review of Poetry Speaks Expanded - the other often overlooked aspect of sound in poetry
I submitted a couple pieces for your your consideration.
It seems to me all poetry should acknowledge that words have sounds which are an integral part of their existance. A poem with no sounds would be like a dancer with one leg.
this was a great prompt, i am feeling inspired this week. i have already submitted 3 poems. thanks
A poem from 20 years ago, written in the wake of the 1987 hurricane that devastated much of Southern England.
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