tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829168697372726752.post4211707554240801635..comments2024-02-10T03:45:25.354-05:00Comments on Blogalicious: Performance Poetry ReadingDiane Lockwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07614479152159652577noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829168697372726752.post-28619914209234242492007-12-13T13:24:00.000-05:002007-12-13T13:24:00.000-05:00Hm. I agree that it's an oral/aural art and if a p...Hm. I agree that it's an oral/aural art and if a performance poet creates for the stage only then it's not fair to apply the same set of criteria in evaluating. But once the poems appear in a chapbook or a book, then they've got to be able to withstand the same kind of critical eye that other poems do. I want to be able to hear the music and the voice right there on the page. If I can't, then the poem, regardless of what we might label it, isn't going to get high marks, though the performance of it might.Diane Lockwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07614479152159652577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829168697372726752.post-24905566084769893272007-12-12T20:59:00.000-05:002007-12-12T20:59:00.000-05:00I do agree that pieces that work in performace fre...I do agree that pieces that work in performace frequently fail on the page, but I think some performance poets would argue that they don't write for the page, so it's not a fair criticism. We've featured one true performance poet in the DeBaun series, and his stuff was OK on the page, but outstanding on his CD. We've had may performers with low poetic craft in our opens, though.<BR/><BR/>I think I remember Sekou Sundiata say that he always anticipated his work being received aurally; that he was more interested in output as audio than as print - but he clearly expected his stuff to work on the page as well. I don't know if writers attracted to the art by Def Poetry Jam think about the individual encounter with the poem on the page - their whole approach to writing assumes a stage and an audience.David Vincentihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10572861860566117361noreply@blogger.com