tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412995.post9131971419356606682..comments2023-10-20T02:14:46.360-07:00Comments on GENEVA CONVENTION ARCHIVES: Aaron Belz's "Rules for Poetry"Anthony Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15344532091414013818noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412995.post-50785604035115239522007-06-16T11:18:00.000-07:002007-06-16T11:18:00.000-07:00Ah, dialog. What would we do without it? I've been...Ah, dialog. What would we do without it? <BR/><BR/>I've been thinking more about Rule 5, and i've decided that it's one i'm convicted is true not only for my work but for others. As in, when i review poetry by someone else, I look for <I>progress</I> within each poem and within a collection of poems as a whole. I want there to be a goal, a knowable goal. <BR/><BR/>The reason I'm particularly Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412995.post-67511696946646969922007-06-15T11:23:00.000-07:002007-06-15T11:23:00.000-07:00Hi Aaron.I must confess, I've slightly misrepresen...Hi Aaron.<BR/><BR/>I must confess, I've slightly misrepresented your intent here try to make a point.<BR/><BR/>I know you too well to think that you were being totally serious or prescriptive with these rules. I found them fascinating (and contrary to C. Dale I LOVE lists of rules like this) because facetious or not, prescriptive or descriptive, such lists give us an opportunity to think about Anthony Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15344532091414013818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412995.post-20898344234699233672007-06-15T11:15:00.000-07:002007-06-15T11:15:00.000-07:00Hey Tony - the rules are kind of facetious, but th...Hey Tony - the rules are kind of facetious, but they're also kind of just for me. I mean, these are rules for my own poetry--maybe they're more like objectives. <BR/><BR/>One point of clarification. THe word "verbal" doesn't mean "spoken," it just means that it uses words. In other words, i don't mean "oral," though oral is always fun. . . i mean poetry is the art of words. "of, relating to, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412995.post-53799099931046073742007-06-15T08:15:00.000-07:002007-06-15T08:15:00.000-07:00I thought poetry was about being overly self-absor...I thought poetry was about being overly self-absorbed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412995.post-4237969638010802662007-06-15T06:49:00.000-07:002007-06-15T06:49:00.000-07:00Even where i agree with these rules I disagree wit...Even where i agree with these rules I disagree with them. "No rules." That's my rule.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412995.post-63514447328020938972007-06-14T16:00:00.000-07:002007-06-14T16:00:00.000-07:00I am sorry, but whenever I see rules for poetry of...I am sorry, but whenever I see rules for poetry of any kind, even in jest, I immediately want to disagree. What is the point of rules like these? What is the context for them?C. Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17270640200393742125noreply@blogger.com