http://hannemyr.com/essay/oks98.html#HDR1 I don't want to be... boring or pushy... or even pedantic, but there are some fairly competent people around (even in "academia") who have given these issues some considered thought. As to "futurism" here'a an article that I just happened to find that gives an overview from a social or cultural relevance angle.... futurism's effects or genesis in the "modern" experience.... it's all a mutual interchange process, after all, don't you think? nominal9
On Feb 11, 11:37 am, nominal9 <[email protected]> wrote: > Descriptive poetry of music, Don? > I don't know of any off the top of my head...There have been attempts > at "sound" poems, Ive read about the Futurist Movement, I''m most > familiar with the Italian branch, around WWII usually associated with > Fascism.... these futurists liked fascism and fascism liked them. > Anyway, Futurist poetry was very, "sounds-like" oriented.. the authors > would fill their written "poems" with all sorts of sound evocations... > sort of like the "Wham" , "Biff", "Pow", of some campy comic book > renditions... like the old Batman TV show... if you go back that far. > But these Futurist sound effects (and type effects as well, such as > different type scripts and capitalizations) more often than not > related to sounds of war or... fireworks.... they had a thing about > fireworks, even as displays in and of themselves. Anyway, the Futurist > Movement is usually attributed to Marinetti... here's a You-Tube link > to some of his "poetry" performed... the language is Italian, but just > listen for the sound effects.... explosions and tank sounds, > mostly.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn0dkz9Polg > The "book" is titled "Zang Tumb Tumb"... Futurism did go a ways as an > artistic movement... it's still around... probably had something to do > with the birth of Heavy Metal Music and other sorts of.... > commonplace... popular > artforms.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Tommaso_Marinetti > I get a kick of some of those things....onomatopaiec written sound > effects.... especially of fireworks displays.... who would have > thought.... > nominal9 > > On Feb 11, 12:49 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I just read ''Howl." "Hap" has been usurped. I've never read > > anything so famous that was this bad. In my opinion. I guess it > > comes down to how something moves you(or doesn't). Also I can't make > > any connection between myself and the poet. Except maybe that we both > > like jazz. > > > Speaking of music; does anyone know any poems offhand that describe > > music? I read a review recently on different wines and was amazed at > > the choice of adjectives and metaphors used. It would be interesting > > to read a well written poem describing a sonata or jazz performance. > > > dj > > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:43 AM, ornamentalmind > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I concur w/Ian on those two. "...T.S. Eliot's *The Wasteland and Allen > > > Ginsburg's *Howl ...". > > > > Oh, I did like a few of Ferlinghetti's works in "A Coney Island of the > > > Mind". > > > My guess is that some here who haven't read him may enjoy it. For a > > > quick taste: > > >http://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=7233 > > > > On Feb 10, 7:28 am, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I forgot to say, my two favourite poems -- based on the number of times I > > >> read them -- are T.S. Eliot's *The > > >> Wasteland<http://www.bartleby.com/201/1.html> > > >> * and Allen Ginsburg's *Howl <http://www.wussu.com/poems/agh.htm>*. > > > >> Ian- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
