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English experiential poet of open verse& creator of the FOOTLE (singular form)&EMAGI digital reverse ekphrasis.A regular @PS since 2007 ,with 10,000+ poems posted&sponsor of 1300+contests ( Amazon booksreviews (500+)GOOGLE my POETRY/ART BLOGS @https://www.blogger.com/profile/02166493604739619406 inc youtube links to my recitations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PERFORMANCE or when poetry became an art inc UPDATE

Blog Posted:5/26/2021 7:20:00 AM

PINSKY the former poet laureaute consultant to US Congress is perhaps the most notable poet/advocate ( present company excluded!) of the one aspect that raises poetry to an artform comparable to the experience of viewing painting ,sculpture  in regard to the  audience response thereto

 

Reciting a poem aloud the reciter as  the 'voice' of the poem, brings their own experience to it, changes it according to their own sensibilities with intonation & and stress,  the invisible italicized contrasts are more readily revealed (high-lighted?)& helps make clear the all important  "pause" 

This two-way response to poetry is thus heightened in a unique one -off that can change according to circumstance,occasion& mood ,just as it does visually when visiting a gallery .

UPDATE if you would like to add a recited link as Line has done soupmail me or add it in a comment 

Line https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/healing_power_of_the_drum_1312108#gt

Mono recitation of Kleinzahler 'Sunday Morning' (a fav exmple to show what I mean) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jdsPmAW-qOU

Strand https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=73aTfJS20hk

 



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Brian
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Date: 5/30/2021 5:52:00 AM
Here is a link to show the use of audio as 'performance poetry' https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=73aTfJS20hk
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Marilene
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Date: 5/28/2021 8:32:00 AM
So true, that's why I miss going to Open Poetry. I used to go to several of them, then Covid hit. Reading your poems aloud is a performance and the audience participation in listening to every words you say is so so gratifying and telling you how profound your poem is... makes you write more.
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Brian Strand
Date: 5/28/2021 8:47:00 AM
Yes Marilene,each unique individual to the occasion never exactly the same the next time.
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Line
Gauthier
Date: 5/27/2021 7:26:00 PM
I'm starting to experiment with taking poetry to the next level ~ I would like to call it art. This recording is my first attempt and I'd be honored if you visited and left your comment: https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/healing_power_of_the_drum_1312108#gt
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Line Gauthier
Date: 5/28/2021 7:05:00 AM
Thank you so much, Brian. I look forward to working on more and sharing.
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Brian Strand
Date: 5/28/2021 1:01:00 AM
You prove my point, Line,just brilliant ,a work of art.Like your style
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Brul
Date: 5/27/2021 5:24:00 PM
Listening to poetry is like viewing paintings on galleries. Each and every listener/viewer has his own interpretation.Poetry changes listeners' mood according to the way it is presented when read aloud. Thus, by seeing- we feel and by listening we visualize.
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Brian Strand
Date: 5/27/2021 9:30:00 PM
Exactly so JCB the apex of poetry beheld
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Beata
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Date: 5/26/2021 7:06:00 PM
I agree. I teach Oral communication in our Christian Academy and Bible College; and we actually read aloud poems. I'm blessed to hear my poetry expressed by my students (and they read theirs, too), as I do likewise before the congregation when I'm privileged to render a "special number" by reading to them verses/rhymes from my collection, praying that the Lord is exalted, and the listeners' faith edified.
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Brian Strand
Date: 5/27/2021 12:31:00 AM
PTL Beata Stay creative
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Constance
La France
Date: 5/26/2021 7:35:00 AM
Brian, so true, I am not sure how I found my voice in poetry and thus my art but one day it was there ... reading your own poetry out loud to others is so uplifting, for we know when to pause, what words to be spoken with more feeling, and which words need to be soft. I have been asked several times to read eulogies at funerals for my own family and others, I am eternally grateful to my Grandma for giving me the gift of storytelling and thus words to move people with stories, and poetry telling, peace _Constance
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Constance La France
Date: 5/28/2021 3:32:00 PM
Brian, I did have some poems with my voice reading but for some reason the recordings disappeared after awhile, I want to try it again. peace _Constance
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Brian Strand
Date: 5/26/2021 7:48:00 AM
Proof of the pudding Constance,do you have a reading here ? elsewhere that we can click on?

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