Well...I think it's high time for another update. Yeesh - it's been since Thanksgiving.
Professor Wheeler approved of the 1st chapter that I presented her. Hooray! Naturally, it'll be further honed and refined, but it's a good start. I'm planning to write at least the next chapter over break. I started working on it some last night, and I'm already making good headway.
I'd like to offer a special thanks to everyone who's granted me an interview! I really appreciate your time, and your answers have been AMAZING, going right to the heart of some of the big issues in the thesis (audience-artist dynamic, slam v. non-slam poetry, modern technology, print culture, etc...). THANK YOU SO MUCH!
There'll be further updates soon.
"The HEAD, by way of the EAR, to the SYLLABLE
The HEART, by way of the BREATH, to the LINE”
- Charles Olson
Welcome to my poetry research blog! Here's a little background...
Poetry is, at its heart, a very acoustic phenomenon. Distinguished from prose through its emphasis on the use of sound, namely its distinctive rhythms, meters, and rhyme scheme, the earliest known poetry followed the oral tradition. Among the most famous examples of early poetry are Homer’s “Iliad” and “Odyssey,” which were transmitted by word of mouth for centuries.
Following the spread of literacy, poetry increasingly became a written form. Though the play of sounds and rhythms were still very important, and though poets gained the ability to use the visual presentation of their poems to shape the meaning of their work, poetry lost much of its performance aspect. However, during the twentieth century, there was a poetic movement that began re-emphasizing the importance of sound and performance in poetry.
This blog will track my research into the developments in performance poetry in the modern
Specifically, here you will find a record of the performance events that I have and intend to attend.
“Sometimes a good slam strategy is to give the audience something they didn’t know they needed until they’ve heard it. Sometimes it’s aesthetic deduction, sometimes it’s angelic inspiration, but it’s always being true to yourself, your teammates, your muse, and your art."
-- Daniel S. Solis
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