http://www.timothy-green.org/blog/2009/03/wet-asphalt-presents-wals/ Poetry Editor and Struggling Poet Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:38:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.timothy-green.org/blog/2009/03/wet-asphalt-presents-wals/#comment-377 Ignorance as an Asset » Timothy Green Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:16:54 +0000 http://timothy-green.org/blog/?p=580#comment-377 [...] and all the judges.  I guess I was worrying about catching the plague of pointlessness — the virus that values the artist over art.  The writing is what matters — the way you feel after reading or writing a good poem.   [...] [...] and all the judges.  I guess I was worrying about catching the plague of pointlessness — the virus that values the artist over art.  The writing is what matters — the way you feel after reading or writing a good poem.   [...]

]]> http://www.timothy-green.org/blog/2009/03/wet-asphalt-presents-wals/#comment-376 Emily Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:23:30 +0000 http://timothy-green.org/blog/?p=580#comment-376 This is the way things should be, get off what we are on now This is the way things should be, get off what we are on now

]]> http://www.timothy-green.org/blog/2009/03/wet-asphalt-presents-wals/#comment-375 Becky Ellis Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:42:07 +0000 http://timothy-green.org/blog/?p=580#comment-375 Ah, perhaps this is poetry's own version of the stock market's housing bubble. ("So there’s this reward-based infrastructures set up, with no reward to give.") I think you have accurately tagged the phenomenon of writers looking at poetry as a career rather than as an art. The marketplace is overcrowded and the library is not. Centuries ago (it seems), a teacher told me that the only way to survive as a poet was to buy 1 book of poetry every week. He was right on so many levels -- you must consume more of it than you produce (or 'market'); the reading and pleasure of it must always be your own daily bread; and, silly writer, if you aren't reading other poets, who the heck do you think will read your work? Ah, perhaps this is poetry’s own version of the stock market’s housing bubble. (“So there’s this reward-based infrastructures set up, with no reward to give.”) I think you have accurately tagged the phenomenon of writers looking at poetry as a career rather than as an art. The marketplace is overcrowded and the library is not.
Centuries ago (it seems), a teacher told me that the only way to survive as a poet was to buy 1 book of poetry every week. He was right on so many levels — you must consume more of it than you produce (or ‘market’); the reading and pleasure of it must always be your own daily bread; and, silly writer, if you aren’t reading other poets, who the heck do you think will read your work?

]]> http://www.timothy-green.org/blog/2009/03/wet-asphalt-presents-wals/#comment-374 The Found Poetry Project » writers Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:31:39 +0000 http://timothy-green.org/blog/?p=580#comment-374 [...] by Timothy Green www.timothy-green.org “Wet Asphalt Presents: WaLS,” [...] [...] by Timothy Green http://www.timothy-green.org “Wet Asphalt Presents: WaLS,” [...]

]]> http://www.timothy-green.org/blog/2009/03/wet-asphalt-presents-wals/#comment-373 angie Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:35:09 +0000 http://timothy-green.org/blog/?p=580#comment-373 New pet theory -- writers/poets whose last names begin with "Quacken-" or a color always produce superior products to market. :) New pet theory — writers/poets whose last names begin with “Quacken-” or a color always produce superior products to market.

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