sibyllene
13 years ago
I thought I'd put forward another more contemporary poet - one who's only been writing (publishing) for the last 6 years. Ben Lerner is an Amercan poet born in Topeka, Kansas. His first book of poetry is called The Lichtenberg Figures. |
sibyllene
13 years ago
"This to me sounds more like a brainstorm for poem ideas" |
Nicko
13 years ago
Random!....... notes to self, there ends the analogy..trying to decipher what this is about can only hurt your head |
sibyllene
13 years ago
I know what you mean, Nicko. I like some parts, but overall there's a nagging feeling that it's just... nothing. |
abracadabra
13 years ago
I don't like it. |
sibyllene
13 years ago
An interesting note on structure: The first poem of his I posted was part of book which was billed as "a collection of sonnets." Looking at the layout, there are indeed four quatrains and a closing couplet, though they don't follow iambic pentameter and rhyme. What do you think of those being called sonnets? |
sibyllene
13 years ago
Eh, I think the definition probably isn't something hard and fast. What we're generally USED to are Shakespearean sonnets, or something of the like. |
sibyllene
13 years ago
Ha, well yes. But you still kind of "say" the sounds in your head, if not aloud. |
silvershoes
13 years ago
Finally got around to the reading the 2 poems by Mr. Lerner that you posted, Sibs. Indeed edgy and I'm not sure what the heck he's talking about... but it accurately expresses the way (at least) my brain functions. It's filled with images that express feelings and thoughts. Representations. Random nerve firings. |
Sylvia
13 years ago
I read some of his works and the one that Britt posted, Mad Lib Elegy is really the only one that made sense to me. Would anyone have a thought as to why each verse ends with the [line omitted in memory of _______]. Is that intentional? Did he omit the name of a person, is the reader to fill in the blank? |