Comments on: Space for Poetry http://neilism.com/blog/space-for-poetry/ Neil Scott. Designer. Based in Glasgow. Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:47:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shortcuts http://neilism.com/blog/space-for-poetry/#comment-295 Shortcuts Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:38:28 +0000 http://www.neil-scott.com/?p=764#comment-295 [...] is when I read books. Practices like speed-reading seem like a false economy. A few weeks after accusing poetry of being in a permanently vegetative state, I now find myself reading it on a daily basis. The real [...] [...] is when I read books. Practices like speed-reading seem like a false economy. A few weeks after accusing poetry of being in a permanently vegetative state, I now find myself reading it on a daily basis. The real [...]

]]> By: Ian Macbeth http://neilism.com/blog/space-for-poetry/#comment-294 Ian Macbeth Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:37:19 +0000 http://www.neil-scott.com/?p=764#comment-294 I do have the Hayes book and will be happy to lend it to you (you seem the sort who can be trusted with a treasured book). Going out for Richard's birthday drinks tonight but not sure when after that - Catherine was suggesting getting together for a drink with you & Laura at some point soon but I don't know if she got in touch with either of you about it. It's a good idea though. I do have the Hayes book and will be happy to lend it to you (you seem the sort who can be trusted with a treasured book).

Going out for Richard’s birthday drinks tonight but not sure when after that – Catherine was suggesting getting together for a drink with you & Laura at some point soon but I don’t know if she got in touch with either of you about it. It’s a good idea though.

]]> By: Neil Scott http://neilism.com/blog/space-for-poetry/#comment-293 Neil Scott Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:15:47 +0000 http://www.neil-scott.com/?p=764#comment-293 Hi Ian, a good defence but I'm not convinced. I will look up Hayes though. Do you have it? When are you out next? Hi Ian, a good defence but I’m not convinced. I will look up Hayes though. Do you have it? When are you out next?

]]> By: Ian Macbeth http://neilism.com/blog/space-for-poetry/#comment-292 Ian Macbeth Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:16:23 +0000 http://www.neil-scott.com/?p=764#comment-292 I've been reading a lot of poetry lately as well - I seem to get more pleasure (or maybe just a different, more seldom felt kind of pleasure) from it than I do from prose these days. I agree that Donne can be hard going but therein lies his greatness: as you read and reread his work and the multiple layers of meaning and allusion gradually reveal themselves, you can actually feel your consciousness expanding. It's one of reading's greatest pleasures and well worth the work - and 'The Flea' is possibly the best chat-up line (well, 27 lines) in all English literature. I take issue with your assertion that poetry is clinically dead though: for proof that great verse is still being written, get a hold of 'Wind in a Box' (2006) by Terrance Hayes (http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/437) and prepare to be amazed. I’ve been reading a lot of poetry lately as well – I seem to get more pleasure (or maybe just a different, more seldom felt kind of pleasure) from it than I do from prose these days. I agree that Donne can be hard going but therein lies his greatness: as you read and reread his work and the multiple layers of meaning and allusion gradually reveal themselves, you can actually feel your consciousness expanding. It’s one of reading’s greatest pleasures and well worth the work – and ‘The Flea’ is possibly the best chat-up line (well, 27 lines) in all English literature.

I take issue with your assertion that poetry is clinically dead though: for proof that great verse is still being written, get a hold of ‘Wind in a Box’ (2006) by Terrance Hayes (http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/437) and prepare to be amazed.

]]> By: Rowan http://neilism.com/blog/space-for-poetry/#comment-291 Rowan Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:23:41 +0000 http://www.neil-scott.com/?p=764#comment-291 Yeah, I can remember quite a few bits of it verbatim without really trying, which for me is very rare! Yeah, I can remember quite a few bits of it verbatim without really trying, which for me is very rare!

]]> By: Neil Scott http://neilism.com/blog/space-for-poetry/#comment-290 Neil Scott Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:56:30 +0000 http://www.neil-scott.com/?p=764#comment-290 Hey Rowan, I was trying to read Prufrock to Laura just last night. It is incredibly memorable, don't you find? Hey Rowan, I was trying to read Prufrock to Laura just last night. It is incredibly memorable, don’t you find?

]]> By: Rowan http://neilism.com/blog/space-for-poetry/#comment-289 Rowan Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:34:13 +0000 http://www.neil-scott.com/?p=764#comment-289 I got quite into poetry in my late teens/early twenties, partly because I found it much easier to critically examine for essays and suchlike, and partly because I thought it might make me appear more deep. One of my favourite peieces of writing in the world is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Love_Song_of_J._Alfred_Prufrock" rel="nofollow">The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock</a>. I don't pretend to understand all of it but I think it's a beautiful poem. I got quite into poetry in my late teens/early twenties, partly because I found it much easier to critically examine for essays and suchlike, and partly because I thought it might make me appear more deep. One of my favourite peieces of writing in the world is The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. I don’t pretend to understand all of it but I think it’s a beautiful poem.

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