[stylist] Poem - "Antoinette"
Myrna Badgerow
kajuncutie926 at aol.com
Mon Mar 17 21:30:09 UTC 2014
Hi Bill
I have to agree with Bridget It does have the "beat" vibe to it and I love it. Great images!
I don't write it but love to read it.
Myrna
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> On Mar 17, 2014, at 4:10 PM, Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> As I said, I really like your flow. And the way you arrange and
> structure your poems, they often have a powerful affect. Yes, I would
> definitely compare this to Beat poetry, grin.
>
> Bridgit
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of William L
> Houts
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 3:18 PM
> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem - "Antoinette"
>
>
>
> HI Brigit,
>
> To answer one question of yours which I didn't cover in my previous
> message: I've written a number of sonnets --almost all of them bad-- in
>
> order to learn some things about the uses of structure and rhyme.
> Mostly, though, I tend to write loose if not totally free verse lines.
> I have to pay strict attention to JAWS as I do this, or I make hash out
> of everything and nothing makes any sense. As I said before, this is
> all a matter of craft,though much of it is mostly subconscious at this
> point. Hope I don't come off like some egotistical boobnow, ha.
>
> OH yeah, and comparing my work to that of the Beats is high praise, and
> I hope I eventually live up to Mr. Ginsberg's "HOWL", which still makes
> me sob whenever I read it.
>
>
> --Bill
>
>
>
>> On 3/17/2014 11:57 AM, Bridgit Pollpeter wrote:
>> Bill,
>>
>> Thank you for posting. I too enjoy your poetry.
>>
>> I think one of the reasons I and others like Chris connect to your
>> poetry when we usually don't feel much when reading poetry is because
>> you have a unique voice, almost Beat-like. It's not archaic language,
>> though full of vivid imagery and descriptive language.
>>
>> This poem in particular is quite vivid. I have instant images in my
>> head when reading it.
>>
>> Do you follow a particular poetry format? I like your phrasing and how
>
>> you structure the lines and stanzas. I've studied poetry but not
>> enough to recognize most formats just by reading them. I really enjoy
>> the flow of your poetry and can totally see you reading this at a
>> coffee house or something, smile.
>>
>> Bridgit
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of William
>
>> L Houts
>> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 10:37 AM
>> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
>> Subject: [stylist] Poem - "Antoinette"
>>
>>
>> Hey Peeps,
>>
>> Here's a poem I wrote this summer, recovered this morning after some
>> hard drive archaeology. I think it has legs; your mileage may vary,
>> ha.
>>
>>
>> --Bill
>>
>>
>> ---
>>
>>
>>
>> For fifteen years
>>
>> it's been a hard life, poverty rife
>>
>> and replete with disease.
>>
>> It's not complaint, I'm just
>>
>> speaking up. IN this country,
>>
>> we scrub heaven's streets
>>
>> with wire brushes and eat
>>
>> our dolor like cake.
>>
>> The movie house helps, and the Web,
>>
>> and the cheap greasy eats which
>>
>> will kill us all grinning.
>>
>> Most days, I hardly bitch.
>>
>> Cold unhoped for water
>>
>> spills tapwise, filling my
>>
>> cups, faithful as falls.
>>
>> I void in toilets,
>>
>> in peaceful, clean, unhoped for
>>
>> waters, always granted.
>>
>> Unhoped for too, these graces,
>>
>> by billions who squat, and bear
>>
>> their stench in public streets:
>>
>> filthy, betrayed, and naked as fire.
>
>
> --
> "Let's drink a toast now to who we really are."
>
> --Jane Siberry
>
>
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