Comments on: get the lead out: it’s noting, really [#2] http://readwritepoem.org/2008/02/21/get-the-lead-out-its-noting-really-2/ because poem is an action Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:57:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: pepektheassassin http://readwritepoem.org/2008/02/21/get-the-lead-out-its-noting-really-2/#comment-1686 pepektheassassin Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:36:01 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/2008/02/21/get-the-lead-out-its-noting-really-2/#comment-1686 YEAAAAAAAA! It works! I figured it out! *doing a happy dance* YEAAAAAAAA! It works! I figured it out! *doing a happy dance*

]]> By: pepektheassassin http://readwritepoem.org/2008/02/21/get-the-lead-out-its-noting-really-2/#comment-1685 pepektheassassin Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:34:17 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/2008/02/21/get-the-lead-out-its-noting-really-2/#comment-1685 OK. I am trying to make this link work. Here goes. OK. I am trying to make this link work. Here goes.

]]> By: Christine http://readwritepoem.org/2008/02/21/get-the-lead-out-its-noting-really-2/#comment-1664 Christine Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:12:43 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/2008/02/21/get-the-lead-out-its-noting-really-2/#comment-1664 Pepek, I'm going to look up the Hermit series- sounds like fun. It's interesting how your character has become a semi-permanent emblem of you, at least through your blog. Richard, you're right, we have a lot to learn from Bob Dylan, and performance artists in general. I know many poets dress in character when the read their work. Carolee, I'm glad you like this way of populating poems. Like Diane Wakoski, many of my characters come from dreams. But I also like the idea of made-up people from real life, like using celebrities as characters, or fictional people from older literature, ike Grendel. There's so much to inspire us. Pepek, I’m going to look up the Hermit series- sounds like fun. It’s interesting how your character has become a semi-permanent emblem of you, at least through your blog.

Richard, you’re right, we have a lot to learn from Bob Dylan, and performance artists in general. I know many poets dress in character when the read their work.

Carolee, I’m glad you like this way of populating poems. Like Diane Wakoski, many of my characters come from dreams. But I also like the idea of made-up people from real life, like using celebrities as characters, or fictional people from older literature, ike Grendel. There’s so much to inspire us.

]]> By: pepektheassassin http://readwritepoem.org/2008/02/21/get-the-lead-out-its-noting-really-2/#comment-1660 pepektheassassin Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:33:17 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/2008/02/21/get-the-lead-out-its-noting-really-2/#comment-1660 Now I'm going to go look up Diane Wakoski's book! And buy a copy! Now I’m going to go look up Diane Wakoski’s book! And buy a copy!

]]> By: pepektheassassin http://readwritepoem.org/2008/02/21/get-the-lead-out-its-noting-really-2/#comment-1659 pepektheassassin Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:30:00 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/2008/02/21/get-the-lead-out-its-noting-really-2/#comment-1659 Gee whiz, looking this up I find another poet (Lew Welch)has written a Hermit series...the one I'm thinking of is Maxine Kumin: (in Up Country) The Hermit Wakes to Bird Sounds, The Hermit Meets the Skunk, The Hermit Prays, The Hermit Picks Berries, etc etc. Really fun! Gee whiz, looking this up I find another poet (Lew Welch)has written a Hermit series…the one I’m thinking of is Maxine Kumin: (in Up Country) The Hermit Wakes to Bird Sounds, The Hermit Meets the Skunk, The Hermit Prays, The Hermit Picks Berries, etc etc. Really fun!

]]> By: pepektheassassin http://readwritepoem.org/2008/02/21/get-the-lead-out-its-noting-really-2/#comment-1658 pepektheassassin Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:20:51 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/2008/02/21/get-the-lead-out-its-noting-really-2/#comment-1658 Great article! And I have done this. I began with a fictional "uncle" from a writing exercise I did some years ago in a class, and ended up with my Pepek the Assassin series! I had a whole lot of fun living in Pepek's personae, and I think it's probably my best work. Thus, Pepek is me, I am Pepek, haunted by ghosts, in need of forgiveness, reconciliation.... Some other poets have done this, too--who is it, (I'm having another senior moment here) with the Hermit series? I should go look it up. Thanks for this! Great article! And I have done this. I began with a fictional “uncle” from a writing exercise I did some years ago in a class, and ended up with my Pepek the Assassin series! I had a whole lot of fun living in Pepek’s personae, and I think it’s probably my best work. Thus, Pepek is me, I am Pepek, haunted by ghosts, in need of forgiveness, reconciliation….

Some other poets have done this, too–who is it, (I’m having another senior moment here) with the Hermit series? I should go look it up.

Thanks for this!

]]> By: carolee http://readwritepoem.org/2008/02/21/get-the-lead-out-its-noting-really-2/#comment-1652 carolee Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:18:26 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/2008/02/21/get-the-lead-out-its-noting-really-2/#comment-1652 this is a wonderful article!! i feel deep connections to fictional people, emblems and stories but even as a poet, it sometimes feels goofy to talk about. this is a good way to think about it, however, that they can help us reveal our hidden worlds. love it! this is a wonderful article!! i feel deep connections to fictional people, emblems and stories but even as a poet, it sometimes feels goofy to talk about. this is a good way to think about it, however, that they can help us reveal our hidden worlds. love it!

]]> By: Richard http://readwritepoem.org/2008/02/21/get-the-lead-out-its-noting-really-2/#comment-1644 Richard Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:25:44 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/2008/02/21/get-the-lead-out-its-noting-really-2/#comment-1644 And the master of the form is Bob Dylan, a.k.a., all those a.k.a.'s we've all heard at one time or another. Dylan's been churning out work and personae for over 40 years. He "exists," on vinyl, on disc, on film, on tape, on dvd, in photo's, in print, and live, on stage, at a theater near you. Last night he played in Dallas, and this was his <a HREF="http://www.boblinks.com/022108s.html" rel="nofollow">SET LIST</A> He's a performance artist, and he's taught them all... And the master of the form is Bob Dylan, a.k.a., all those a.k.a.’s we’ve all heard at one time or another.

Dylan’s been churning out work and personae for over 40 years. He “exists,” on vinyl, on disc, on film, on tape, on dvd, in photo’s, in print, and live, on stage, at a theater near you. Last night he played in Dallas, and this was his SET LIST

He’s a performance artist, and he’s taught them all…

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