Feb 25, 2010
One reason the occasional poet shirks questions about what their poems mean.
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Using prose to explain…
…the experience of poetry is like standing on your tiptoes to experience the minimal gravity of the moon.
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What is that quote … Prose is using words in the best way and poetry is using the best words in the best way?
I butchered that.
Hey, if any of you is in Worthington, MN tomorrow, Gary is doing a couple of free, public poetry events, and you’re invited.
At 1 pm, he’s leading a easy-going poetry-writing workshop for students and anyone at Minnesota West Community & Tech College in the commons.
And at 7 pm, he and I are reading together at BenLee’s Cafe in downtown Worthington.
Come on down and feel the zero-G for a little,
Karsten
KP-
I’d love to. Thanks for the invite.
I won’t be in that neighborhood but I’m cheering you from afar!
AP-
Ummm. Yes. Thanks for that!
reading poetry should ALWAYS be an aesthetic experience. This is something the reader chooses to do while reading. Aesthetic is for the NOW, for the experience, for the purpose of just reading and experiencing a poem/story. The meaning of a text is not found, but instead constructed. One major reason that meaning is constructed is because all readers, either subconsciously or consciously, approach a text with experiences of life, that affect the way we see things, and more specifically, how we read. In his book, Reading FAQ, Frank Smith states that, “No one can ever control the meanings that might be [constructed] from a piece of print. That is why there are eternal arguments about the meanings of religious writings, of legal documents, and of political policies. That is why there are so many lawyers.”
that’s just my opinion anyways
“The aim of good prose words is to mean what they say. The aim of good poetical words is to mean what they do not say.” G.K. Chesterton – Daily News.4-22-05
eh…re: the GKC quote above: That’d be 1905, btw.