tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329800043283255166.post3807653918593571432..comments2023-11-05T07:41:04.214-05:00Comments on Strong Verse: Why I am a SkepticG. M. Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14515043039690357593noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329800043283255166.post-54216917296305927702008-08-21T19:47:00.000-04:002008-08-21T19:47:00.000-04:00Olsen with the e is Norwegian.Olson with the o is ...Olsen with the e is Norwegian.<BR/><BR/>Olson with the o is Swedish.<BR/><BR/>Chazbo's dad was a Swede.<BR/><BR/>Mine was a Norwegian, but they goofed it up at Ellis Island.Kirby Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329800043283255166.post-84454461103200188622008-08-19T11:34:00.000-04:002008-08-19T11:34:00.000-04:00Back to the practical business of long-form narrat...Back to the practical business of long-form narrative verse.<BR/><BR/>What are the best "tags" to use on Youtube so that droves of people will come listen to one's poems?<BR/><BR/>I'm trying "poem poetry narrative verse" but traffic is pretty slow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329800043283255166.post-51552805247009085632008-08-14T11:26:00.000-04:002008-08-14T11:26:00.000-04:00It's Olson, not Olsen. Olson!It's Olson, not Olsen. Olson!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329800043283255166.post-49019575083481579822008-08-14T10:21:00.000-04:002008-08-14T10:21:00.000-04:00apologies for weird typos. i'm using my phone.apologies for weird typos. i'm using my phone.G. M. Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14515043039690357593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329800043283255166.post-28912387432199575962008-08-14T10:20:00.000-04:002008-08-14T10:20:00.000-04:00first off: the maximus poems are in no way a long ...first off: the maximus poems are in no way a long form narrative.<BR/>second: the pomos didn't invent anything.<BR/>third: i was talking about inmovation, not invention. we can hardly invent anything new in writing.<BR/><BR/>notley's alette is a good example of what i'm thinking about but she seems to have viewed the poem as a one-off. she also has to fight the dreadful punctuation and the tired philosophy<BR/> but it's a start. the problem is partially a commercial one. there's nonreliable, consistent house for narrative poetry.<BR/><BR/>anyway, i am calling for innovation in what poetry is doing, not more tired "experiments."G. M. Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14515043039690357593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329800043283255166.post-18952686269740504572008-08-14T09:51:00.000-04:002008-08-14T09:51:00.000-04:00Palmer,Narrative long form poetry a post-post mode...Palmer,<BR/><BR/>Narrative long form poetry a post-post modern innovation?<BR/><BR/>Can we say Beowulf, Bhagavad Gita, The Faery Queene, Gilgamesh, Mahabharata, Iliad, Odyssey, Book of Job, Edda, La Chanson de Roland, La Chanson de Roland, Morte Arthure, Orlando furioso, Endymion, Hyperion, Don Juan, The Prelude, Paterson, The Changing Light at Sandover, The Descent of Alette, The Maximus Poems....<BR/><BR/>Next you'll be inventing the sonnet!<BR/><BR/>Diana<BR/><BR/>.Diana Manisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15987993983665335574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329800043283255166.post-38558095182318255852008-08-13T16:54:00.000-04:002008-08-13T16:54:00.000-04:00Henry ThoreauHenry ThoreauGary B. Fitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17919492445467135425noreply@blogger.com