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abstract expressionism, Modern American Poetry, ModPo, New York School, Poetic, poetics, Poetry, post-modern
dVerse Poets Pub again—this time with a post-modern extravaganza, wherein Anna Montgomery introduces us:
to some aspects of contemporary poetry throughout this series. This time we’ll focus on the postmodern view that the high/low cultural distinction is fallacious. To explore this we’ll investigate the work of some of the New York Poets. ‘The New YorkSchool of poetry began around 1960 inNew York City and included poets such as John Ashbery, Barbara Guest, Kenneth Koch, and Frank O’Hara. Heavily influenced by surrealism and modernism, the poetry of the New YorkSchool was serious but also ironic, and incorporated an urban sensibility into much of the work. Abstract expressionist art was also a major influence, and the New YorkSchool poets had strong artistic and personal relationships with artists such as Jackson Pollock and Willem DeKooning.’
Do read Anna’s interesting write-up on a fascinating aspect of modern American (world) poetry.
Guess I’ll play with some post-modern work of my own. See how this works. As usual I can’t get it to show on the blog—my post-modern sentences running right off the page!
Click on the title below for the proper PDF version.
If comparisons are odious
Then why are these my words
Any different than His—his majesty’s
Abstract expressionistic work
Which I do not dislike (even if Humanity doesn’t understand it)
. . .
Sea-Camel 
smiles…it must be something with my computer…i just cant open the pdfs….sorry…
if you want to go to the trouble, email it to me btm2007(at)yahoo.com
Sorry. I sent you attachment by e-mail. See if it works. The link I the blog works for me here.
You start with a contentious bang and don’t let up – I especially loved: ’cause I dare use commaS rather dangerously. Smart, biting, and clearly you’ve done your homework. I’m savoring this one and may return with more comments :). My feminist philosophy teacher used to say I don’t have to believe in a best to know a better.
Anna,
Thanks for reading and for taking the time. Lately I’m feeling rather postmodern , just as you suggested last week in another post.
Big-banging God’s theory to hell
With stars and holes darker than before
Traveling through galaxies so we have no time
Traveling now as we are—can’t you see the moving?…ha love that…and a star trek and a whitman ref in this….this is really well thought man….thoroughly enjoyed….
and hey i got it to work…smiles…it was my computer….
Yeah, I just can’t help leaving God or physics well enough alone! Appreciate your compliment, Brian.
i think it’s pretty cool to use commas rather dangerously..ha..very cool piece..star trek, cheeseburger and physics..you got all in it what a poem needs..smiles
‘Cause you ain’t dare seen me throw slashes & semi-colons around!
Thank you, Claudia.
Very good, ditto to Brian and Claudia, love the big bang line and the lonely sentence, but good all the way through.
Mark, glad you liked it. Don’t know where these thoughts come from, nor–obviously where they are going….
..so this is what it’s all about…delicious..
Ah, delicious??!! I thought you meant “delirious”. 🙂
Physics doing what physicists claim physics does
Big-banging God’s theory to hell
With stars and holes darker than before
after which there’s no going back, of course. And why would one want to — from such a splendid write? Tasty!
Don’t know if it was God or Physics that made me do it. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.