Comments on: Delayed Refills and the Art of Poetry http://www.unseenwhispers.com/2008/11/14/delayed-refills-and-the-art-of-poetry/ A Journal and Forum for Writing in the Arts Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:23:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Loishttp://www.unseenwhispers.com/2008/11/14/delayed-refills-and-the-art-of-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Lois Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:43:08 +0000 http://www.unseenwhispers.com/?p=23#comment-5 I think it would be funny to have a photograph of a tattered well used in all its glorious yellow and red Wendy's biggie drink cup. I think it would be funny to have a photograph of a tattered well used in all its glorious yellow and red Wendy’s biggie drink cup.

]]> By: J. Scott Moselhttp://www.unseenwhispers.com/2008/11/14/delayed-refills-and-the-art-of-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-4 J. Scott Mosel Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:16:19 +0000 http://www.unseenwhispers.com/?p=23#comment-4 Now it is time for you great whitefish brother. The forum is open. The water is perfect: cold and inviting. I hope parts of you come to live here for awhile, and I hope a part of you leaves enough so that you have shed an old skin. If you were a snake, you would be a good one. Imagine where you would go if you were a snake. A snake that wrote poetry, coiled, and never slept at night. Imagine where your poems would go. It is late now. The poets are calling me. . . Now it is time for you great whitefish brother. The forum is open. The water is perfect: cold and inviting. I hope parts of you come to live here for awhile, and I hope a part of you leaves enough so that you have shed an old skin. If you were a snake, you would be a good one. Imagine where you would go if you were a snake. A snake that wrote poetry, coiled, and never slept at night. Imagine where your poems would go. It is late now. The poets are calling me. . .

]]> By: Joseph Bastowhttp://www.unseenwhispers.com/2008/11/14/delayed-refills-and-the-art-of-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Joseph Bastow Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:21:33 +0000 http://www.unseenwhispers.com/?p=23#comment-3 Like the last paragraph of this, brother. You've got something going here and I'm glad to see it! I'm looking for a bit more edge on some of this, however. The slice of Americana is good - I'd like to see it a bit more seedy - without being trite, of course. The guerilla tactic (of defying the giants and insisting what's due) here is, at the core, the important element. What is it that poets can get away with that will heighten their experience as writers? I don't know - propositioning a librarian for an extended (perhaps even overnight) stay in the east stacks? An orgy of books? What other warranties can we exploit here that will enliven the work and lives of writers? Maybe the key word here is exploit. Exploitation. What, without seeming snobby, whiny, pretentious should writers be entitled to. And here the key word is entitlement. I love the forum you have created. Great job, brother! Let's talk about how we bring this into the world of things that shouldn't be said . . . or done - the living example of your father (gosh, I hope to be as savvy, real, strong, unfettered as your father in his refusal of the medical community to prescribe a way for him . . . or your mother's marvelous sense to know enough to let an individual (like your dad) breath his own cure - as well as support and teach men like yourself the miracle of self-realzation! Gorgeous shit! Personally, these are the stories that could easily drive this campaign. I'm thinking of the pictures that are immediately visable upon viewing this site. What do you think about juxtaposing these images with a bit more grit? Great work, J.S.! Like the last paragraph of this, brother. You’ve got something going here and I’m glad to see it! I’m looking for a bit more edge on some of this, however. The slice of Americana is good – I’d like to see it a bit more seedy – without being trite, of course. The guerilla tactic (of defying the giants and insisting what’s due) here is, at the core, the important element. What is it that poets can get away with that will heighten their experience as writers? I don’t know – propositioning a librarian for an extended (perhaps even overnight) stay in the east stacks? An orgy of books? What other warranties can we exploit here that will enliven the work and lives of writers?

Maybe the key word here is exploit. Exploitation. What, without seeming snobby, whiny, pretentious should writers be entitled to. And here the key word is entitlement.

I love the forum you have created. Great job, brother! Let’s talk about how we bring this into the world of things that shouldn’t be said . . . or done – the living example of your father (gosh, I hope to be as savvy, real, strong, unfettered as your father in his refusal of the medical community to prescribe a way for him . . . or your mother’s marvelous sense to know enough to let an individual (like your dad) breath his own cure – as well as support and teach men like yourself the miracle of self-realzation! Gorgeous shit!

Personally, these are the stories that could easily drive this campaign.

I’m thinking of the pictures that are immediately visable upon viewing this site. What do you think about juxtaposing these images with a bit more grit?

Great work, J.S.!

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