Monthly Archives: July 2008

31 Jul

Three Visual Poems

Michael Basinski, visual poet, has three visual poems published in Anti-. Anti- is “interested in work that blurs boundaries: between verse and prose, traditional and cutting edge, narrative and lyric and linguistically fragmented.”
30 Jul

Approaches to the New Poetics

Ron Silliman is afraid of getting into trouble for saying it, but he done said it anyhow. He sees some interesting parallels between the new poetry today and the poetry that was new in the 1950’s. He is happy to see that there are actually different approaches.
28 Jul

National Poetry Slam 2008

Poets and spoken word performers from all over the United States are getting ready for the National Poetry Slam this August.
28 Jul

Spoken Word from the Bending Corners Podcast

An exploration of poetry, scat, spoken word, cadence, and even rap and scat. Word to your mother!
28 Jul

Moved In

Comics for July 28, 2008 - Moved In
22 Jul

Infinity’s Kitchen no. 2

Right after cooking up that first batch of words and music, with the first issue and the release party, we’ve done it again! Infinity’s Kitchen no. 2 is finally ready.
21 Jul

Run Humpty Run

Comics for July 21, 2008 - Run Humpty Run
14 Jul

BioWarfare

Comics for July 14, 2008 - BioWarfare
07 Jul

Snooze Alarm

Comics for July 7, 2008 - Snooze Alarm
03 Jul

Concrete Poetry

lesabres in unlesbares ubersetzen by Claus Bremer (1963). Translated from German. Concrete poetry is writing with physical aspects. Concrete poetry happens when the physical qualities of words take on a meaning in addition to the meaning of words themselves. The word “concrete” here refers to that physical quality, not the stuff that paves the sidewalk. Concrete [...]