 Poetry: December 02, 2015 Issue [#7353] |
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This week: Draw Me a Poem, Sing Me Some Art Edited by: Fyn  
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Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.~~Plutarch
Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.~~Carl Sandburg
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.~~Jean Cocteau
Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.~~Marianne Moore
The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word. - Mata Hari
(and thus by consideration...The poem is a dance where each word is a movement ~~R Moyer)
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Have you ever stumbled (or fallen) across a poem that sing-songs it way along, tripping merrily, wanting so badly to say something new and different but failing because it relies on the everyday, surface emotions? Beyond any form or style, a poem should dance its way into your heart. It should paint a new picture and still, leave the palette for your mind to see and divine deeper layers. An artist when mixing colors will paint over one color to create a new one; so too must poets layer their words, concepts and connotations. It is in the layering of emotions, meanings, word play and thought that a poem finds its feet and thus, its movement.
For a poem to dance, it needs to find the music of the thought. Too often, people tend to think of dance in one light, music in another, art in yet a third. But consider this: combining them when you set out to devise a poem. One paints word pictures set to a symphony or perchance, a single flute. A dancer can dance to the beat, the flow, the very sounds a poem utters.
Consider paint: oils, watercolors, acrylics. They all have their unique characteristic behaviors on the canvas. One style may lend itself more than an other to a particular topic or setting. So too, music can note from requiem to lilting pastoral. French horns give a different vibe than a trumpet or a tuba. The bouncy, finger defined Bollywood dance, while similar in many ways, is vastly different from a hula dance...yet each tell stories. Ballet, crump, jazz...each style has a different voice and yet, one can tell the same story using one or the other.
A symphony has deliberate sections: three or four movements, which differ in style, mood and tempo or the speed or music pace. Through all a common theme is woven, repeated notes, perhaps, or similar phrasing. Perhaps this might be an idea to try.
There is a reason that so many people like landscapes. A richness of detail, many specific entities making up a whole which gives pleasure, evokes memory and gives one a sense of having seen something special. So too, a poem can (and should) have the same richness of detail. There are as many types of landscapes as there are artists to paint them. Consider the three types of landscapes: representational, impressionistic and abstract. Each is very different, offering a varied view and using light, colors and specific items to highlight, lowlight or define the space of the art. Not so different from a poem when you really think about it. Or a well choreographed contemporary dance.
As poets, we are confined to the words. But it is how we use them, the flash and color of the language, the music we impart, the sounds we convey and the movement we give the reader that brings it to life.
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dragonflyrose  writes: What a great idea! I really enjoyed this article and the sentiment goes straight to the heart. In this time of year when rush, hurry and unfortunate stress is all too common it is so very important to stop and remember why it is the season of giving and being thankful for what and who you have. I will definitely be doing this and it prompts me to go even further and try to write a poem for each of my loved ones. Thank you for the inspiration!
Elle - on hiatus  says: I loved your idea of giving poems as Christmas gifts. I am glad you mentioned it early enough for us to start writing and get organised! This is on my to-do list for Christmas!
Sally comments: I love this idea and I am going to start writing them for members of my family. I was hooked at the mention of your 'stalwart brother' and his reaction. My brother is going through a horrid divorce presently and, although we talk frequently, I thought I could say much more through a poem - so he is getting one for sure! Thanks and happy holidays! Sally
Don't forget those Christmas poems!
Monty  adds: A great News Letter Fyn. I enjoyed it very much. |
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