In a previous post, I thought about how mobility affects our relationship to region/our capacity to call ourselves [insert region] poets. Now, I am thinking about something that requires no mobility, yet it relates/connects us all: the Internet. I am thinking of how, in some sense, the Internet has neutralized region: we can interact (well, […]
Region and Poetry
June 27, 2013 by
In Marjorie Perloff’s Unoriginal Genius: Poetry by Other Means in the New Century, the introduction mentions: [T]he notion of a ‘new American poetry’ restricted to those who dwell and work in the United States seems increasingly anachronistic. Where poets actually live is much less important than what they do, and mobility—whether of texts, now eminently […]
Why you should know of ’Pataphysics, Part 2
June 7, 2013 by
You may want to read part 1 first. Andrew Hugill says in ‘Pataphysics: A Useless Guide: It is generally agreed that [pataphysics] lies around the roots of many of the key artistic and cultural developments of the twentieth century, including absurdism, Dada, futurism, surrealism, situationism, and others…. You may wonder, if that is the case, […]
Why you should know of ’Pataphysics, Part 1
May 30, 2013 by
Because we think of definitions as a form of knowledge, I suppose I should tell you what ’pataphysics is defined as if I am to construct premises that ultimately answer this post’s title. Whew. Well, in ‘Pataphysics: A Useless Guide, Andrew Hugill says: To understand pataphysics is to fail to understand pataphysics. To define it […]
What is metaphor/using metaphor
May 30, 2013 by
Back in March of 2012, I wrote the following “response paper” for a class on form and theory of poetry. I thought it might be worth sharing. Don’t worry if you are unfamiliar with whom I reference or the texts I reference; the point is sharing the thoughts. … Marianne Boruch points out an unfortunate, […]
What is an aesthetic? Part 3
May 13, 2013 by
In two previous posts (see Part 1 and Part 2), I have been considering what an aesthetic is and, consequentially, what is meant when someone asks someone else what his/her aesthetic is. When one poet asks another poet about his/her aesthetic, what the first poet is wondering is how the other poet is both similar […]
What is an aesthetic? Part 2
May 13, 2013 by
In a previous post, I considered the meaning of the word “aesthetic” and its implications. When one poet asks another poet what his/her aesthetic is, the implication is that there are many types of aesthetics (why ask if there aren’t?) and that, therefore, there are a number of ways of recognizing/creating beauty. The other implication […]
What is an aesthetic? Part 1
May 13, 2013 by
When one poet asks another poet what his/her aesthetic is, this meaning of aesthetic seems to be the one used (taken from the OED): The philosophy of the beautiful or of art; a system of principles for the appreciation of the beautiful, etc.; the distinctive underlying principles of a work of art or a genre, […]
What is a poem?
May 13, 2013 by
As someone writing about poetry and writing poems, I should probably make a statement regarding what a poem is. I have a broad definition of poetry: it is stimuli composed of language. I don’t think it is just the words themselves, just the static physical manifestation; it happens in the reader’s brain. But of course […]