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Post by Gerry on Jul 16, 2024 8:46:51 GMT -5
Here's what I think we should always remember:
"A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.” – W. H. Auden
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Post by denise on Jul 20, 2024 13:56:40 GMT -5
Yes! If only love of language could translate into skill with it. Not a guarantee for sure.
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Post by Gerry on Jul 21, 2024 21:11:31 GMT -5
Denise, I think it's always important to keep our love for language--its plasticity and sonic elements, its capacity for how it feels both in our ears and in our mouth. Sometimes poems fail because the language doesn't find its poetry.
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Post by bluebird on Jul 24, 2024 10:27:06 GMT -5
I love this quote too. Shakespeare, Dylan Thomas come immediately to mind...because
my background is in theatre, I "usually" write with recitation in mind...though not with
my last poem about Chernobyl ..it is one of a set of seven and really is just a response to
the reality of the horrors nuclear energy used as a weapon (or by accident released) because
it is a clear and present danger in a world of self-proclaimed geniuses aka "self-made" billionaires.
I hate to admit it, but I am only just beginning myself to pay a lot of attention to how the words
of a poem sound and/or what nuance of their definition brings to a poem...this is my new focus
right now. I am almost embarrassed to admit that for so many years I though poetry was about\
sharing a "feeling"...oh well. I like, Gerry, your response to Denise...poetry is in some ways, like
music, not just lyrics, but the "sound" of it being spoken...I recommend that everyone who can
should listen to the old recording made by W.B Yeats. Yikes! Also of course Dylan Thomas...
if anyone has any other favorite recordings by great poets please let me know.
p.s. "language" I suppose is like color in a painting???
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