tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752239080098245376.post8527944422930334620..comments2023-05-04T09:17:55.032-05:00Comments on azia said what? : A to Z : Color As Beginning - Richard BrautiganAziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12377787046790580963noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752239080098245376.post-14920307667922924622013-04-03T16:45:18.813-05:002013-04-03T16:45:18.813-05:00This is excellent. I'm loving the poetry this ...This is excellent. I'm loving the poetry this month (and is it a coincidence that it's national poetry month?).<br /><br />Keep it up, and I'm coming back. Daniel B. (@publiusdb)http://attackofthebooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752239080098245376.post-4314382761970606882013-04-03T13:32:25.232-05:002013-04-03T13:32:25.232-05:00I couldn't agree more, Sarah. Thank you for t...I couldn't agree more, Sarah. Thank you for taking the time to comment! I really appreciate that.Aziahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12377787046790580963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752239080098245376.post-78423649030825885352013-04-03T13:31:36.164-05:002013-04-03T13:31:36.164-05:00yes! you're very welcome! :)yes! you're very welcome! :)Aziahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12377787046790580963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752239080098245376.post-92133465679405196852013-04-03T13:27:23.161-05:002013-04-03T13:27:23.161-05:00Cool--thanks for sharing!Cool--thanks for sharing!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00700737187405826842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752239080098245376.post-23777981555869192042013-04-03T08:52:41.652-05:002013-04-03T08:52:41.652-05:00Also, it's interesting that this topic came up...Also, it's interesting that this topic came up in response to a Richard Brautigan poem, who considered himself a novelist over a poet, and has been quoted saying that he only wrote poetry to learn how to write novels, to put sentences together. And Richard Brautigan was highly criticized for his poetry, and, indeed, many of his critics accused it of not being "real" poetry. And in Sarah Certahttp://sarahcerta.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752239080098245376.post-25382830056440972522013-04-03T08:41:01.388-05:002013-04-03T08:41:01.388-05:00Fortunately the definition of poetry is much great...Fortunately the definition of poetry is much greater than that! Poetry is like love and like God in the sense that it's impossible to easily define. And poetry is like the universe in that it is constantly changing, and expanding, it is mysterious, and so our perception of it must change as well. Poetry cannot be defined by a set of characteristics. I could write a block of text in stanza Sarah Certahttp://sarahcerta.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752239080098245376.post-87098367478639222432013-04-03T07:35:33.287-05:002013-04-03T07:35:33.287-05:00I actually just did a series of posts about poetry...I actually just did a series of posts about poetry over the last few weeks, but, in short, most free verse isn't actually poetry; it's just prose written in verse form, which does not make it poetry. Poetry needs to have some kind of structure to it beyond choosing to write it in verse.<br />(Basically, if you re-write it as a paragraph and you can't tell when reading it that it'sAndrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752239080098245376.post-24441364314855978222013-04-03T07:23:08.098-05:002013-04-03T07:23:08.098-05:00What would you define as a poem? (Curious) Technic...What would you define as a poem? (Curious) Technically, I don't think Id like to die in anyone's hair-- though while dying, I wouldn't mind being tangled up in my daughters hair- it always smells of berries and the wind and is as soft as velvet... Aziahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12377787046790580963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752239080098245376.post-6003658965044672522013-04-03T07:21:24.045-05:002013-04-03T07:21:24.045-05:00Thank you! Richard Brautigan is such a talented po...Thank you! Richard Brautigan is such a talented poet-/ it was hard to pick just one poem!Aziahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12377787046790580963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752239080098245376.post-71650274612152985892013-04-03T07:20:37.416-05:002013-04-03T07:20:37.416-05:00Thanks Gia :)Thanks Gia :)Aziahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12377787046790580963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752239080098245376.post-91289220425399095442013-04-03T06:53:33.228-05:002013-04-03T06:53:33.228-05:00Niiice! A creative take on A to Z blogging!Niiice! A creative take on A to Z blogging!Giahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10026292498250130247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752239080098245376.post-59875724644883572892013-04-03T01:27:42.562-05:002013-04-03T01:27:42.562-05:00Well, I don't really think that's a poem, ...Well, I don't really think that's a poem, but it's nice prose.<br />I don't think, though, that I would really want to die in anyone's hair.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752239080098245376.post-67633861163350147402013-04-03T00:35:36.690-05:002013-04-03T00:35:36.690-05:00Poetry is a perfect A to Z theme, especially since...Poetry is a perfect A to Z theme, especially since April's also National Poetry month. <br /><br />That's a beautiful rendition of that poem.M.J. Fifieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15626475963328519693noreply@blogger.com