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ENGLISH OPEN  FORM https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/open_a_1727822 POET https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/poetry_is_a_recited_art_1716883

https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/an_emperical_poetry_view_1691678

+ Creator of the footle & hiku (definition -as below) 

*FOOTLE *footle(singular) is a two line lines,2 syllable verse with an integral title-Light Poetic verse form,witty,pertinent,topical etc (technically a trochaic monometer and not necessarily in rhyme)it was inspired by the famous FLEAS Adam/had'em.

 

HIKU a tristich HAIKU is a centuries old Japanese traditional phonetical & cultural poetic form

whereas HIKU is a relatively recent reference to the 75year old established haiku in English. Hiku being an imagist tristich like its elder cousin,without a title,and with a similar economy of words ,inherently enigmatic & with a caesura or an ellipsis and surprise ending. A similar sense of pause ,the aesthetic insight flowing from perception gained from 'one breath length ' composition that flowed from the Japanesese 17 onji sound inherent in the Japaneses haiku. Without 'invented' syllabic( 5-7-5 ) line restrictions of the 'haiku in english 'is the 'free verse' version of the '5:7:5 haiku in English'. similar but different ,a present tense poetic ,the - hiku is the written or recited equivalent to arts 'gestural spontaneous happening' . Creativity the key in a verse freed from strict syllabic constraint within its triplicity of format(tristich)& yet inherently enigmatic & often with a caesura and surprise ending( VERSUM )to give a 'turning' to the line. The flexible hiku maybe a horizontal single* line,(often broken line at the caesura),a vertical line(usually a painting(haiga) ,a couplet** or a tristich* with shape-like variations.

 

OPEN VERSE using spaces&breaks/no grammatical symbols /relying on 'the one breath limitation'/thus intuitive cadence permits the 'reader' (reciter)to respond in an interpretative-interplay unique** to the ' happening moment'

 

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4 POETIC TENETS  - https://creativepoetics.blogspot.com/

+Gestural abstraction- my art style

https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/just_saying_my_art_an_emperical_view_1686489

 

more gestural art of mine here https://gesturalart.blogspot.com/

sculptured poetic fusion https://sculptureguide.blogspot.com/ o

Coloured hand print
2 Crushed paper presse
3 Sculpture paper mache (front)
4 Coloured cut-outs
5 String installation
6 Sculpture paper mache (back)
7 Dada style safety pins
8 Hanging found object trouve
 

And my Christan verse @

https://mychristianverse.blogspot.com/

 

 

DIFFERENT & UNIQUE

Blog Posted by Brian Strand: 2/20/2010 1:02:00 AM
<SPAN lang=EN-GB> <P><FONT color=#0000ff>Basil Bunting</FONT>(1900-1985) an English poet of Quaker stock,wrote a one page sheet as a guide to budding poets entitled <FONT color=#ff0000>'I SUGGEST'</FONT> (a kind of positive to Pound's 'A few don'ts').It includes for example <EM><STRONG>Compose aloud,as poetry is sounds.. Fear adjectives for they bleed nouns..review,precis,review again..and never explain</STRONG></EM>. But perhaps his wisest (and most helpful)comment on reading poetry was <FONT color=#0000ff>'All you can usually say about a poem or a picture is, 'Look at it, listen to it.' Whether you listen to a piece of music or a poem, or look at a picture or a jug or a piece of sculpture, what matters about it is not what it has in common with others of its kind, but what is singularly its own." </FONT></P></SPAN>


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Date: 2/21/2010 1:16:00 PM
Great blog a usual, Brian...I often recite my poems aloud to make sure they sound like normal conversation...This may sound a bit weird, but I think there is a possibility that the greatest poetry, music, etc. not only came from somewhere deep in the soul, but may have already existed. It was already 'out there' in some form waiting for someone to 'pick up the the signal', so to speak, and turn it into their own. A musician once commented that he was 'just an antennae' and I think he may have been right - Tim
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Date: 2/20/2010 5:33:00 PM
great blog! Brian! I get asked sometimes what the??!!! was that??? very rarely are people here rude, don't take me wrong! I think soupers do want some background sometimes...sometimes I explain sometimes I don't if asked, I feel this forum does have a workshop feel to it and try to help, but sometimes (how many times can I use that dern word!?) my meanings take time to become clear to my subconscience...jimbo
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Date: 2/20/2010 1:11:00 PM
Amen to Bunting's description of what compels us to understand poetry, when it cannot always be explained. This belief in "sounds" and "images" reflects well in your own writes, Brian. Thanks for sharing! Love, Carolyn
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Date: 2/20/2010 8:09:00 AM
think its an eye and hand cornination to make it come across to its reader wish they had a syllable counter here at poetry soup alot of work of mine is a guess confirguration but I do try to let the reader see whole picture another great write brian I love your blogs keep them coming
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Date: 2/20/2010 7:42:00 AM
Brian, I am glad you brought this up. For a long time I've been having a running debate with an old poetry friend of mine about syllable count. I say it is not vitally important to keep to the actual "formal" syllable count because many words in American English, at least, do not USE all the syllables shown in the dictionary. A lyrical poet, therefore, does not need to adhere to extremely strict rules. Even Shakepere did not always have ten syllables per line of iambic pentameter. An example, in the midwest, we say "in/trust/ing, WE do not divide it into 4 syllables and say in/ter/est/ing. I am curious if those in England find this strange and if it maybe affects the way you hear a lyrical poet from the American midwest!
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Date: 2/20/2010 5:54:00 AM
As each poem has its own special meaning and intensity... each poem is different and unique especially to the writer and hopefully to the reader... we are continually in the process of learning... the proverbial student.. is who I am... thankxxx Brian for a most interesting and informative blog this Satureday... luv.. Linda-Marie..
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Date: 2/20/2010 1:49:00 AM
I agree one hundred per cent with my friend, Basil :). Originality is the key, poetry is not only sound but it can also have internal musicality, rhytm. Creat metaphores and not a list of adjectives. Let the reader interpret your poetry. Who knows? They might come up with another angle or version of the same poem. Never explain what you meant to say!!!
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