tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329800043283255166.post788848456713729618..comments2023-11-05T07:41:04.214-05:00Comments on Strong Verse: I will sing the song that ends the EarthG. M. Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14515043039690357593noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329800043283255166.post-81078501914622353112011-06-06T20:10:50.525-04:002011-06-06T20:10:50.525-04:00I believe what makes this so memorable is that it ...I believe what makes this so memorable is that it is a regular part of tabletop/roleplaying/nerd culture practiced on frequent basis but published in a widely viewed format rather than exposed to a limited amount of people. <br /><br />Dungeon Masters have a specific role to fulfill- to engage their players. They do so by borrowing themes from several various culture throughout the world, both historical and contemporary and adapting it to whatever setting they are currently using, whether that be science fiction, fantasy, horror or modern. And in order to stay ahead of his or her players, a DM must constantly absorb and create new material to entertain the players throughout the campaign, which is not unheard of lasting for years at a time.<br />Because of this culture, often it socially acceptable within to use eloquent and antiquated language for either standard communication, theatrics or mere comic relief. <br /><br />While I have no intention of insulting professional poets or writers of any kind, I do believe there is a difference between a culture that employs such usage of language on a weekly or nightly basis, versus one that does so in order to finish up a handful of poems or short stories. Moments like this happen frequently when gaming with any DM worth his salt and because of the nature of the gaming culture, knowledge of such events will only ever be known by the participants and a handful of selected friendsClampjawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329800043283255166.post-18526491604979613682011-04-13T23:00:11.142-04:002011-04-13T23:00:11.142-04:00Really, Spanky?
You do know this post is 3 years ...Really, Spanky?<br /><br />You do know this post is 3 years old, yes?<br /><br />Anyway, I am not a dipshit, though you could, I suppose find evidence of your first two accusations.<br /><br />I'm trying to figure out what "generic grim, dark, dramatic, cliched shit" you're referring to; I don't see how Penny Arcade fits; perhaps it does, but I don't really see it.<br /><br />Perhaps you do mean Penny Arcade, because you go on to talk about me "praising that trash." Well, if it is trash, it is refuse on a more engaging level than most mainstream poetry (though in the three years since I wrote this, Poetry [at least] is doing a much better job).<br /><br />And though I don't mention the soul or the body, I do mention the "visceral connection" that verse, especially narrative verse, makes with us.<br /><br />So, although I do acknowledge the existence of the soul (and we'll just have to agree for you to be wrong on this one), the soul or "speaking to the soul" has little to do with my support of long-form narrative verse--meter's effect on the body, however, does entirely.<br /><br />Which, of course "regular storytelling/descriptive writing," i.e. prose, demonstrably doesn't do.<br /><br />Now, would you like to explain why you're all full of hateraid or are you going to disappear back into your anonymous shadows?G. M. Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14515043039690357593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329800043283255166.post-15458442024832997382011-04-13T17:00:22.774-04:002011-04-13T17:00:22.774-04:00You're just a fucking pretentious dipshit. Hon...You're just a fucking pretentious dipshit. Honestly, you think generic grim, dark, dramatic, cliched shit is amazing. By linking to that comic you just outed yourself as a stupid twit. Don't you realize how retarded you sound when you criticize poets for failing to impress as well as magazine readers for their lack of taste when you praise that trash?<br /><br />You're just a chump that likes to dramatize things. "Oh no, real poetry is dead! Nothing speaks to my soul anymore!"<br /><br />Poetry never speaks to the soul. We don't have souls. We're flesh and blood and you're trying to act as if poetry is some magic, extraordinary thing. It's not vastly superior to regular storytelling/descriptive writing. Really, it isn't. Just shut the fuck up. You're being disgustingly pretentious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329800043283255166.post-67977522351319526332010-04-08T03:34:44.540-04:002010-04-08T03:34:44.540-04:00Haha, don't feel too bad. They were just invok...Haha, don't feel too bad. They were just invoking H.P. Lovecraft. Any nerd, under the right circumstances, could do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329800043283255166.post-43248758567414873032008-02-28T16:48:00.000-05:002008-02-28T16:48:00.000-05:00Also, have you ever read Henry J-M Levet's poems?I...Also, have you ever read Henry J-M Levet's poems?<BR/><BR/>I translated them all for a journal called Jacket. It's just 12 pages.<BR/><BR/>They do tell a kind of story: happy as well as sad, and full of everyday details.<BR/><BR/>You could google them. They're online.<BR/><BR/>Just google Henry J-M Levet.<BR/><BR/>He was a French diplomat at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. He wrote a dozen poems that are considered to be the next step in the line from Rimbaud.<BR/><BR/>But they're quite readable.Kirby Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329800043283255166.post-25299110296817982192008-02-28T16:46:00.000-05:002008-02-28T16:46:00.000-05:00Some surrealist poetry works. I like Soupault's p...Some surrealist poetry works. I like Soupault's poetry. It's not quite narrative.<BR/><BR/>It's personal, and often rather haunting. It does narrate, but not a story with beginning, middle and end.<BR/><BR/>It's often a bunch of leaps from inner to outer, set in a given place, and is amusing, too.<BR/><BR/>He's not popular in America, but in France is still in print.Kirby Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943noreply@blogger.com