[stylist] Poem - "Antoinette"

[Myrna Badgerow]

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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