 Poetry: August 17, 2011 Issue [#4563] |
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This week: Topographical Verse Edited by: Red Writing Hood <3  
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A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as to repay by the very act of borrowing. Examine nature accurately, but write from recollection, and trust more to the imagination than the memory.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834)
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Home Sweet Home: Topographical Verse and a Journey of Memory
I am in the process of relocating to a new residence. It has me thinking. Thinking about the past-the memories and living that took place where we live now. Like the time my youngest decided to paint the dog in peanut butter, and I had to throw them both into the bathtub together to avoid having peanut butter on everything else. I am also thinking about the future, the hope, and the new memories that will take place in our new home—hopefully without any peanut butter decorative touches.
When I get like this-well this time it's between the organizing, list creating and checking, and packing, packing, packing--I either: read poetry, read about poetry, or write poetry. Two of those things make me cry more than usual right now, so I decided to read about poetry instead. I start with Turco's The Book of Forms. That's where I came upon topographical verse. Turco defined it as, "[r]etrospective, meditative verse written on the subject of a particular locale." Pastoral poems are similar except topographical includes all locations: country, rural, suburban and urban.
Nice. Most people don't live their day-to-day lives looking at hill and dale, but rather in places that include more people, buildings and sidewalks. I live in a more rural place now, but I will be moving to a suburban area. Thankfully, I still have lots of trees and other natural elements around me. I couldn't move from my little house in the woods to a stark street filled with only concrete, asphalt, and timber and block homes. Raised on a farm, I need nature around me.
It's back to packing for me, but the next time you are filled with memory of a place, or just want to share the joy of your little part of the planet, try topographical verse and share it with the world through poetry.
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