List Poetry: Brainstorming my Podcast
The poetic form I have chosen: The list poem (pg.359)
at least 1 poet/artists I am researching: Walt Whitman, George Ella Lyon
Which 2 influential ideas of form are present in my chosen principle for formal experimentation? “Governing idea of equality.” List poems may use simple lines and topics, but their meanings can be just as deep as any other different form of poetry. Sense of familiarity. Simplicity vs complexity.
What format are you considering? Solo podcast, Describe aspects of the form, then read poems and talk about them. Talk about the history of the form. When to use this form.
2 resources you’ve found (have your links ready to take us there): http://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/2015/04/npm-project-jumping-into-form-list-poems.html
https://www.rcowen.com/PDFs/Franco%20Ch%2020%20for%20web.pdf
2 guiding questions you have about this form: Why are modern poets attracted to this form? All poems need a title, but how is the title of a list poem especially important?
2 things you want your audience to learn from your podcast: The list poems true strength comes from how ordinary it is. The way that you read a poem out loud is very important to how it is understood.
Governing idea of equality
Why have Modern poets chose this form? Free verse triumphant
Walt Whitman (parallel constructions) long loose lines — i feel are a little easier to understand.
Allows for different points of view
Biblical times (genealogies in genesis, 10 commandments)
Equality
No lines nor meter to adhere to.
Raymond carvers “fear”
List poems have a topic and ideas.
