Brian Strand
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ENGLISH OPEN  FORM POET

1.INTRO

2.EMPERICAL POETIC

READING ALOUD Reading a poem silently ( as  compared to aloud)is the difference between staring at sheet music and playing the music on an instrument.Recitation  equates poetry to the experience of viewing a painting or touching a sculpture...each time the viewer / reciter brings a uniqueness of the moment to the 'happening' & thus the experience can differ each time . ..a byproduct of reading aloud can also be a useful learning /editing technique to use before finalising/publishing[posting] the poem

POETRY A VISUAL FORM
Poetry as a  written artform naturally has a visual aspect thereto.We read with our eyes so line length&line breaks become key limiting factors to both our enjoyment&ease
understanding.Fomat helping to distingush&separate poetry as an artform in its purest sense from the rival written art of prose&thereby puts poetry closer to art than literature.
CADENCE&PUNCTUATION to punctuate or not that is the radical question  we poets must decide as we pick up our stylus&follow traditions .As Black Mountain poet Olson put it.. can syntax be shaped by sound.
Cadence is a poetic 'must have'  for our art & traditions of capitalisation (&emphasis inherent therein) too often can be ' a technique too far' inhibiting expression & visually stilting the reading flow..e e cumings lower case poetry style showed valid alternative poetics .The 'one breath length' limitation being intuitive is perhaps a better cadence in any event .
Admittedly grammar&punctuation are exercises to learn&understand before omitting&as such are a proven  flexiblity  to enhance our poetic art that can vary understanding ,&if omitted be safely left to the reader 

PROCESS The 'process' (itch to write),as with art forms like gestural abstracts action painting,so often is more significant than the content...a process within that desires satisfaction ...with enunciation .."the medium (that) is the message
POETRY HISTORY a creative- written & verbal art evolves naturally as the past century has revealed commencing with the Imagists in the early 1900's who 'freed up' traditional poetic thinking, along with the English  language  translators of Japanese haiku forms who thereby stimulated the interest & innovations in English short form poetics.
Recited rhymes,commonly known by all, was stimulated into wider-spread interest  in  all poetry  by the invention of the  typewriter,soon  followed by digital devices linked to the internet faciltated the process whereby poetry became a common art practised daily  by  thousands worldwide.The result being sites like PS in the early 21st century which continued & widened the evolution of poetry.

hence my style

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' 

also see  - my google blogs @ 4 below

Sample my poetry book reviews https://www.poetrysoup.com/forum/book-reviews

 

 

3.MY ART PHILOSOPHY  I use in making my art ,similar to  my poetics

 
I prefer  bold  expressive applied spontaneity of visceral feelings unpredictable & evolving organically.A physical engagement of energy & emotions in & of the moment processed in a sense of chaotic immediacy
 
whilst apprecicating the skill in figuarative art and my spontaneous 'one-off' reaction thereto

GESTURAL ABSTRACTION my art style

 

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

4.GOOGLE BLOGS as BELOW ON MY GOOGLE PROFILE 

https://www.blogger.com/profile/02166493604739619406

CHOOSE & CLICK beow link to read poetry,art etc etc

 

PROSE an observation

Blog Posted by Brian Strand: 7/13/2021 12:21:00 AM

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Date: 7/15/2021 4:46:00 AM
One thing is for sure if an entry in one of my contests is labelled prose or prose poetry and looks like prose then ' place not awarded ' will always apply
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Date: 7/15/2021 4:41:00 AM
On the converse when (if at all )does prose become poetry the renown US essayist Lydia Davis has written short 'essays' that some have described critically as poetic & sme so short they might almost be construde as monoku'- like.
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Date: 7/15/2021 4:03:00 AM
Haibun is the only legitimate poetical form that includes both prose & poetry & in saying that it of course in reality Japanese cultural literature perspective rather English
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Date: 7/15/2021 3:48:00 AM
My vignette would be classified as 'quintain' subset per my latest blog on five liners
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Suzette Richards
Date: 7/15/2021 3:53:00 AM
I stayed on topic re "Prose". I do know what a vignette is and often even used it in my printing :)). I differentiate between vignette prose and vignette poetry. Micro fiction (the 6-line story you referred to) is a sub-set of Flash fiction. You lost me with "haibun ...". I removed my discussion as we seemed o be talking at cross purposes. All's well :)) Have a great afternoon, Brian.
Date: 7/14/2021 10:28:00 PM
My 'vignette' is from the french ...'Vignette, Old French, is a brief descriptive verse. This is a genre of verse that uses clear and detailed images to paint a picture of a moment in time. A vignette is usually short and focused....AND in my variation ..rhymed
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Suzette Richards
Date: 7/14/2021 10:57:00 PM
:)) All's good :))
Date: 7/14/2021 10:38:00 AM
Constance,thank you for sharing below such a heart wrenching personal memoir,which imho verifies the sensitivity of the Hemingway 'novel'
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Date: 7/14/2021 9:12:00 AM
Brian, here is my attempt at a Flash Novel... found dead, my purple petunia, of perfect perfection, a black squirrel, the murder. unrhymed vignette, true story ~ peace and tranquility _Constance
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Brian Strand
Date: 7/14/2021 10:58:00 AM
Added to the blog Constane - thks ..you always respond to a cha!lenge..
Date: 7/13/2021 12:50:00 AM
If you have written a novel 'flash-fiction' soupmail me & I'll add it as an update to this blog
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Date: 7/13/2021 12:49:00 AM
The closest perhaps is ' flash-fiction' aka Hemingway...Supposedly, fellow writers challenged him to write a story in only six words. Subsequently, he produced, “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”
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Constance La France
Date: 7/14/2021 9:04:00 AM
Brian, I find Hemmingway's flash story so emotional and sad. After my baby died we had baby shoes and much more but we did not sell them, we donated them to a women's shelter .. as some women flee with only the clothes they have on and babies in their arms and children by the hand ~ peace and tranquility _Constance

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