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Comment on Business Reads by Sharkey!

Sharkey! — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:15:59 +0000

“The few souls who allow excitement for language and idea access to their voices frighten the masses; intimidate those who hear enthusiasm as noise and loud as confrontation.”

I think I’m gonna start the “Chromepoet page of quotes” – sometimes you write these one liners that just ZING!

Go talk to some old folks who grew up in Georgia, Alabama, or Mississippi. They still have a brilliance in their language which still enraptures me every time I hear it. And not only in voice, but in color and metaphor usage as well. When I hear these people I sometimes think that staying in the Deep South may have been worth it, just to speak as they do.

Comment on How to Read Poetry – Natural Hearing by Sharkey!

Sharkey! — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:17:49 +0000

\a delicate ken achieved without immersion in theory, metric feet and deconstruction.\

You write poetry even when you’re not trying.

You’re gonna go make me pull one of my poetry books off the shelf if you keep this up. Well done. I do have a few ya know…

Comment on How to Read Poetry – Poetry and Pianos by Chrome

Chrome — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:17:55 +0000

The map is not the territory. Written music and language are no more than a map of sounds and sounds have a huge range because they combine into sonic machines that generate laminated concepts; we generally call these machines analogy, metaphor and simile. It does not matter so much how many symbols it takes to represent the synthesizing elements of poetry on paper but how well the synthesizing elements trigger sense of relationships in our minds.

Comment on How to Read Poetry: un-Defining Interpretation by Chrome

Chrome — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:10:42 +0000

@Sharkey! When I started this series of posts I thought I’d write three, maybe four, foul, ranting posts about how our education systems makes it impossible for all but a select few to enjoy the wonders and benefits of poetry. The voices in the head comprehending poetry without the busy-work details of prosody seemed key. As I wrote, this concept grew and clarified. I’ve reached a point where I think the answer is — Yes, it is good you read aloud in your head … but, and this was an illumination for me too, our normal reading voices do not do poetry justice. We need to develop poetry voices. Our business, user-guide, spreadsheet, newspaper voices link to an analytic process that is the antithesis of art. Need to develop new voices that link to a process that synthesizes a new whole rather than a bunch of parts. (does this need to go into another post I wonder)

Comment on 1.How to read Poetry – Of Poets We Have Enough by Chrome

Chrome — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:04:39 +0000

@Sharkey! I intended to but allowed comments to distract me to another direction. I think I’ll get back to expanding on the benefits in a future post.

Comment on How to Read Poetry – The Role of Reader by Chrome

Chrome — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:03:37 +0000

@sharkey! Thanks. Hope I can keep the clarity.

Comment on Did Johnny Lose His Voice by Sharkey!

Sharkey! — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:58:20 +0000

This is easy to see in prose. A fictional book I’m reading these days I hear the different characters in different voices. But this, I suspect, is not what you’re talking about. I suspect so much of this comes in a society where reading aloud to another person stops when that person reaches 5 or 6 years old. I had begun reading “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” to a loved one recently, just for the experience of sharing the time and voice in the same space. It was never completed.

Comment on How to Read Poetry – My Keyboard by Sharkey!

Sharkey! — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:52:42 +0000

“It is impossible to know what goes on in the mind of another person. Failure to remember this simple rule of fact lies at the bottom of most spats, arguments, civil laws and wars.”

Sorry, HAVE to get my emo comment in here – AND love affairs.

“e new voices, … bring to reading poetry what a keyboard brings to music: a way to directly participate in the compositions of artists.”

OK, earlier question answered.

From this it would be wonderful if, by example, you could share one of your new voices with us. That may be too personal and fall into the pedagogical approach to reading poetry you so despise. But if not, as one who reads with only one voice, (and has never even considered the possibility of reading with multiple), it seems illustration would be instructive.

Comment on How to Read Poetry – Poetry and Pianos by Sharkey!

Sharkey! — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:30:34 +0000

I got a little mixed up in this metaphor of piano and poetry. So if I understand correctly you’re saying reading poetry is learning to PLAY music which was written by someone else. Developing your voice (keyboard skills) improves your ability to perform/execute/put life into the piece which was created by the poet.

As for vocabulary, the Hawaiian alphabet only has 13 letters, does that mean Hawaiians only experience or can express half the Life of a 26 letter speaking person? Maybe that’s taking the words/notes analogy too far.

Comment on How to Read Poetry – Restart by Sharkey!

Sharkey! — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:20:15 +0000

I’m reading these chronologically as written and so far, no disservice has been done at all. I just wish you had the audience to appreciate this series, I find it very informative and best of all, I love the quiet, confident, and not at all pushy or preachy way you impart your ideas. I continue to read…