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Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings, and making music with them. ~~Dennis Gabor
Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks. ~~Plutarch
The crown of literature is poetry. ~~W. Somerset Maugham
Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. ~~Leonard Cohen
Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words. ~~Paul Engle
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Stories. Real stories dragged (perhaps) kicking and screaming out of our psyches. Or maybe they seep and swirl like bacon on a summer's morn. People tend to think of 'life stories' - those memoir-ish pieces as expository prose. I'm working on a memoir. The 'why' of it being more to satisfy my kids who want me to, but I'm getting into it.
It isn't prefaced by ...Once upon a time, long ago, as a child I lived down a long, long two-and-a-half mile-long driveway. That was the shorter of the two. One went up the mountain, the other came down. Walking to the road for the school bus in the wintertime was such a treat. and on and on...
Actually, it is turning into a series of short stories and a LOT of poetry. Perhaps it is just me and my style of writing, but thought, why not do it this way? I'm also designing it a certain way. Even though the pieces will be placed in chronological order, it isn't really meant to be read that way. I tell people to read the 'Placesettings' folder in my port if they want to know "ME." That is where a lot of the 'gonna be a memoir' resides. I also tell people not to worry about any specific order because when you meet and get to know someone, you don't meet them that way - you get to know bits and pieces here, a story there, and a bunch of laughter in between.
Some stuff just came out as poetry. It wrote itself to that form. I had nothing to do with it! (My story/sticking to same) If one is primarily a poet why NOT write a memoir that way?
I'm also adding a fun thing. For anyone who reads it. I have been told many a time that 'you've been so many places, lived all over, crammed more into one lifetime than a dozen others ever could.' Maybe so. But I've never met anyone yet that hasn't done things I could only dream of or could never imagine doing. The lady across the street said something similar after a night of us all swapping tales by the fire. Then she said, "I haven't ever done anything except work, be a mom and a wife." She was dead serious. EXCEPT for the fact that she has been married for pushing 30 years, has two phenomenal daughters (one of whom is special needs), and is a genuinely nice lady. Doubt she has a mean cell in her body. Best neighbor on the street. Not 'done anything' my foot!
So occasionally, throughout the book, I will have a question with space for a list of answers. Something like seeing a list on a neighbor's counter for milk, bread, and eggs. Upon seeing it, you immediately think, do I need bread? My hope is that people will write down their lists of places they've been (down the block or around the world) or things they've learned or want to learn. Their favorite people or a special holiday. And, in doing so, the book becomes as much about them as it is about me.
Poetic memoir. Let's start a new thing! Many books of poetry are already, in essence, memoir-ic. But they just aren't thought of in that way. It is just taking it one more step along the way! ~~fyn
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oldmonty says: Agee with points made. Thanx for the highlight.
beholden responds: Thank you very much for including my poem, Begin 2, in your Editor's Picks.
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All poetry doesn't have to rhyme. It may and often does, but it doesn't have to."I write novels, I can't write poetry." My answer to that is, Yes, yes you can! Try it! ~f
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Writing in word caps the first letter in a 'hit returned' line. A capped word mid-thought can be distracting and side-lining in a poem. Don't forget to go back and decap those lines when cutting/pasting your poem into your port.. ~f |
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Poetry: April 13, 2022 Issue [#11311]
