tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post2238546958577172679..comments2024-01-18T05:29:43.265-05:00Comments on The Music In It: Adele Kenny's Poetry Blog: When is a poem not a poem?ADELE KENNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-61739965469939037242013-08-30T06:46:28.389-04:002013-08-30T06:46:28.389-04:00Write a Book: thanks so much for your comment! It&...Write a Book: thanks so much for your comment! It's great to know that you've found some inspiration here.ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-14444069214437896442013-08-29T23:08:42.305-04:002013-08-29T23:08:42.305-04:00Great info and ideas..It gives me inspiration..Great info and ideas..It gives me inspiration..write a bookhttp://instantauthorevent.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-52590900193049778452011-08-15T18:16:03.616-04:002011-08-15T18:16:03.616-04:00Thanks, Stephan, for your thoughtful and insightfu...Thanks, Stephan, for your thoughtful and insightful comment! I think most of us have fallen into the argument more times than we ever intended.ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-47297919650131875342011-08-15T17:23:49.008-04:002011-08-15T17:23:49.008-04:00interestingly, whether we believe a word means som...interestingly, whether we believe a word means something or not is moot in the grand scheme. how I define poetry is no more relevant than how i define sky or art or toe nail clipping. A thing is what it is. Whether it is a good version of that thing or not is subjective. In a sense, I read this as one might define obscenity, whatever I say is obscene is obscene. It is art is the artist says it is art. It is poetry if the writer says it is poetry. At some point, arguing over that gets tedious - and yet, like everyone, I have fallen into the argument more times than i care to recount.Stephan Ansteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03384883513065099045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-1552891961637430732011-07-23T10:42:51.445-04:002011-07-23T10:42:51.445-04:00I shared this post on Facebook, and here's an ...I shared this post on Facebook, and here's an interesting comment from Don Preslar: <br /><br />Adele, I so love the concept of 'dismount'. Trying to put your soul on paper is so much like trying to ride a spirited horse, and so often I am pitched over the horse's head and thrown violently to the ground. If I rarely do achieve a pure dismount, it's like a grace .. that I don't really deserve. It's like a miracle from heaven, it's not of my own doing, it's .. a thing given .. for free .. a pure discovery .. a thing uncontaminated by ego. : )ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-789637402727233962011-07-21T15:20:19.791-04:002011-07-21T15:20:19.791-04:00Thanks for the kind words, Maire!
It's alway...Thanks for the kind words, Maire! <br /><br />It's always good to see you here.ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-51601828290083072032011-07-21T15:15:15.493-04:002011-07-21T15:15:15.493-04:00Wow, Jago!
Thanks so much for sharing your writi...Wow, Jago! <br /><br />Thanks so much for sharing your writing/poem. <br /><br />Perhaps poetry, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder. It's good, though, I think, to look at things that make poems weak as a way to strengthen our skills. It's good, too, to read what other poets and editors think about poetry. <br /><br />Yes, Adam Fitzgerald is right - poetry is everywhere. We only need to look for it and translate to our own words.<br /><br />Thanks for the link to your blog. I'm going to visit right now!ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-36382431126965820242011-07-21T14:09:46.345-04:002011-07-21T14:09:46.345-04:00Hi Adele. It's really right what Mr Fitzerald ...Hi Adele. It's really right what Mr Fitzerald says, poetry is ( or is not) everywhere. Some months ago I posted this "poem" on my blog:<br /><br /> INSTALLING A CLOTHESLINE ELEVATOR <br /><br />"1.<br /><br />Choose two adjacent points that will provide enough space to hang your clothes. <br /><br />Try to pick a spot that is relatively flat<br />and open.<br /> <br /><br />2.<br /><br />Tools Needed – A hammer, Pencil, Drill, Socket, Wire cutters, Punch.<br /><br />3<br /><br />Omissis...<br /><br /> 4 <br /><br />Depending on how you would like the elevator to operate, choose either a comfortable position<br /><br />to hang your clothes or the highest point you can reach.<br /><br />(Elevator should be mounted according to the reach of the user).<br /><br />The top of the elevator has the wheel inside the bracket.<br /><br />Hold elevator against the wall or post and mark the bottom<br /><br />mounting points with a pencil only.<br /><br />The elevator should be square, flat, leveland centre<br /><br />to opposite mounting point."<br /><br /><br />For sure it's not a poem, but if we read it like a poem? ( I love the title)<br />Here the link to my blog<br />http://ottantanovenuvole.blogspot.com/2011/07/music-in-it-adele-kennys-poetry-blog.html<br />Thank you, AdeleJagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06894651945136263360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-75406800538644227122011-07-21T13:09:48.350-04:002011-07-21T13:09:48.350-04:00A wonderful post! Straightforward and genuine (and...A wonderful post! Straightforward and genuine (and not without humor)!<br /><br />Thank you, Adele and friends!<br /><br />Máire Ó Cathail (Ireland)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-47917177609941554342011-07-21T11:17:33.635-04:002011-07-21T11:17:33.635-04:00Hi Jago!
It's always great to hear from you!...Hi Jago! <br /><br />It's always great to hear from you! Thanks for your comment. I'm so glad you like this post.<br /><br />Please send us the link to your blog.<br /><br />Tanti auguri!ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-41054544108227380532011-07-21T11:03:27.499-04:002011-07-21T11:03:27.499-04:00Great post, really I love it! But I am not sure w...Great post, really I love it! But I am not sure when a poem isn't a poem. May be when it is a poem...For sure I' m going to link your post in my blog: and I'll finally know when a poem is a poem!<br />Saluti from Rome.Jagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06894651945136263360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-47578533667365808482011-07-20T21:13:00.567-04:002011-07-20T21:13:00.567-04:00Thanks, Jamie! Interesting points!Thanks, Jamie! Interesting points!ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-46991239167204893632011-07-20T18:03:04.572-04:002011-07-20T18:03:04.572-04:00This is great!
I've found, and wonder if othe...This is great!<br /><br />I've found, and wonder if others have as well, that there's a cult of mediocrity being encouraged in Poetryland. Maybe because there are so many workshops there's a sense that anyone can write a poem. Perhaps anyone can write something, but to create real art is another story. <br /><br />It's good to read what poets and editors feel about what a poem isn't -- that's a great way to learn what a poem is!<br /><br />Thanks, as always!<br /><br />JamieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-48862468444978493352011-07-20T16:36:58.389-04:002011-07-20T16:36:58.389-04:00Thanks, Bob's Mustangs! Yes, Renee has many gi...Thanks, Bob's Mustangs! Yes, Renee has many gifts, and her sense of humor is one of them.ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-88425680714673721132011-07-20T14:11:42.329-04:002011-07-20T14:11:42.329-04:00Wonderful insights from all (even Emily Dickinson)...Wonderful insights from all (even Emily Dickinson)!<br /><br />Renee Ashley has such an amazing sense of humor - a poem is not a poem "when it falls in the forest and no one hears it." Brilliant!<br /><br />Thanks, Adele - enjoyable and informative as always!Bob's Mustangshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08029970139144589691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-74631297537076223222011-07-20T10:02:24.176-04:002011-07-20T10:02:24.176-04:00Thanks, Anonymous! And thanks, Connie B., for post...Thanks, Anonymous! And thanks, Connie B., for posting the same on Facebook!ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-43141027239688219072011-07-20T09:40:47.962-04:002011-07-20T09:40:47.962-04:00When is a poem not a poem? When the writer is not ...When is a poem not a poem? When the writer is not "acclaimed", "renowned", "award-winning" or "published".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-44716782500841285372011-07-20T09:34:42.612-04:002011-07-20T09:34:42.612-04:00Hi Kerry,
Thanks for your comment - so glad you e...Hi Kerry,<br /><br />Thanks for your comment - so glad you enjoyed the post!<br /><br />I agree - great line!ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-76900694296344714612011-07-20T09:20:15.919-04:002011-07-20T09:20:15.919-04:00I love this post and its content. I am going to po...I love this post and its content. I am going to post a link to it from my website - so that I can visit it and remind myself and remind other people. <br /><br />This is my favourite line 'when the dog's the dog, and the tree's the tree, and the dying lover is the dying lover, and any old dog, tree, and dying lover would have done just as nicely,'Kerry Hammertonhttp://www.kerryhammerton.comnoreply@blogger.com