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Sep. 14th, 2003 03:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
novapsycheA couple of days ago I made this post about how ironic it is that I write pictorially though I think in words.
I just realized what this means for me, as a poet.
It means that I am tailoring my poems for the visually oriented reader. I'm really doing this in the dark, as my brain hears things and literally thinks in words.
It's weird. I guess when I write poetry, I think to myself, "How can I best describe this for someone?" I don't really see a picture myself. I just write down words. This is why it's so interesting to get feedback on my poems. People have strange gut reactions sometimes. I got a lot of different feedback on the phrase "Christmas in July"; I meant it in one way, but it seems each individual has their own idiosyncratic feeling about "Christmas in July". And while that's interesting to note sociologically, I still don't know why there isn't poetic worth in the phrase "Christmas in July". Why can't those three words exist next to each other?
Yes, now I'm rambling. I'm sorry.
I'm just trying to detail the difficulties of an aural poet writing for a visually oriented audience.
I just realized what this means for me, as a poet.
It means that I am tailoring my poems for the visually oriented reader. I'm really doing this in the dark, as my brain hears things and literally thinks in words.
It's weird. I guess when I write poetry, I think to myself, "How can I best describe this for someone?" I don't really see a picture myself. I just write down words. This is why it's so interesting to get feedback on my poems. People have strange gut reactions sometimes. I got a lot of different feedback on the phrase "Christmas in July"; I meant it in one way, but it seems each individual has their own idiosyncratic feeling about "Christmas in July". And while that's interesting to note sociologically, I still don't know why there isn't poetic worth in the phrase "Christmas in July". Why can't those three words exist next to each other?
Yes, now I'm rambling. I'm sorry.
I'm just trying to detail the difficulties of an aural poet writing for a visually oriented audience.