tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11301779.post111525700254963015..comments2024-02-16T19:27:54.675-05:00Comments on Think Denk: Poetic ExperimentJeremy Denkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16997540220711182521noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11301779.post-1117913607736724192005-06-04T15:33:00.000-04:002005-06-04T15:33:00.000-04:00trains and poetryperfect combinationtrains and poetry<BR/><BR/>perfect combinationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11301779.post-1116377772066476882005-05-17T20:56:00.000-04:002005-05-17T20:56:00.000-04:00Love the poem!I was waiting for some Dr. Zizmor in...Love the poem!<BR/>I was waiting for some Dr. Zizmor interspertion...<BR/><BR/>For your amusement:<BR/><BR/>http://www.newyorker.com/printables/talk/030707ta_talk_mead<BR/><BR/>http://www.newyorkish.com/newyorkish/2004/03/replacing_dr_zi.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11301779.post-1115643252411604022005-05-09T08:54:00.000-04:002005-05-09T08:54:00.000-04:00Submitted in the NY Times NY diary section? Oh dea...Submitted in the NY Times NY diary section? Oh dear, New York discoveres Dada(esque) poetry....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11301779.post-1115589659093699982005-05-08T18:00:00.000-04:002005-05-08T18:00:00.000-04:00This should be submitted to the NY Times NY Diary ...This should be submitted to the NY Times NY Diary section.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11301779.post-1115335257919023262005-05-05T19:20:00.000-04:002005-05-05T19:20:00.000-04:00Erin sent me over here--we met at her gathering on...Erin sent me over here--we met at her gathering on Saturday, altho' we didn't get to chat. You make me wish I liked classical music. Your poetry post, however, I find completely comprehensible. Lovely.<BR/><BR/>NKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11301779.post-1115328146588155612005-05-05T17:22:00.000-04:002005-05-05T17:22:00.000-04:00Erin,Thanks so much for your post. Apropos your ...Erin,<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for your post. Apropos your comment,<BR/><BR/>"... on 18 April 1783, 'Mr. Walker, the celebrated master of elocution,' asked Dr. Johnson the lexicographer, whether there were any perfect synonyms in any language, which is to say, any wholly superfluous words, and was told, 'Originally there were not; but by using words negligently, or in poetry, one word comes to be confounded with another.'"<BR/><BR/>against which Mallarme, a century later, defining the poet's role:<BR/><BR/><I>Donner un sens plus pur aux mots de la tribu</I><BR/>(To give a purer sense to tribal words)<BR/><BR/>and what's more from Mallarme:<BR/><BR/>"The pure work implies the elocutionary disappearance of the poet, who yields place to the words, immobilized by the shock of their inequality; they take light from mutual reflection, like an actual train of fire over precious stones, replacing the old lyrical afflatus or the enthusiastic personal direction of the phrase."<BR/><BR/>affectionately,<BR/><BR/>jerjerJeremy Denkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16997540220711182521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11301779.post-1115321785741884452005-05-05T15:36:00.000-04:002005-05-05T15:36:00.000-04:00I always want to put dictionary definitions in tho...I always want to put dictionary definitions in those little card-holders. Evict the poetry! Put in the prosiest of all possible prose! But then again, I always want to put dictionary definitions everywhere ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11301779.post-1115303064582541362005-05-05T10:24:00.000-04:002005-05-05T10:24:00.000-04:00That is interesting. I hope you will continue the ...That is interesting. I hope you will continue the experiment. I sort of think that poetry on the subway is a nice idea but it seems like there might be too many distractions to enjoy it properly. On the other hand, I've seen people on the subway (I was in NY in the early 80s) reading a book or something who seemed to be in their own little world, far away from all the distractions. Maybe for some people the poetry could work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11301779.post-1115299962851441062005-05-05T09:32:00.000-04:002005-05-05T09:32:00.000-04:00Jeremy--thanks for the belly laugh this morning! ...Jeremy--thanks for the belly laugh this morning! Works even better than coffee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com