[New-Poetry] Organic?

[James Cervantes]

Exactly.  And that good smelly manure (the real shit) was used.
- Jim

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Halvard Johnson <halvard at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> It means that no chemicals were applied to the growing poems.
> Hal
>
> "I don't necessarily agree with everything I say."
> --Marshall McLuhan
>
> Halvard Johnson
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> On Apr 21, 2008, at 3:36 PM, Jeff Newberry wrote:
>
> A query:
>
> A friend & I are having a long, interesting conversation about poetic
> rhythm and scansion.  I thought that I was winning our faux-debate.  Then, I
> realized that I was using the word *organic* without a real understanding
> of its definition.
>
> So, here's the question:  what does *organic* mean as the word applies to
> poetry?
>
> If you can point me toward some books/articles, I'd be much obliged as
> well.  I know about Levertov's essay, but I'd appreciate any other
> suggestions.
>
> For the record, my sense of the word is something like this:  *organic*poetry refers to poems in which words and rhythm are joined in an
> inseparable way; in an organic poem, you can't talk about rhythm without
> talking about the words/images.  Or something like that.  As I said, I'm
> really unclear on what the word means.
>
> All my best,
>
> Jeff Newberry
>
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