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Lexia, I've just been reading through the posts and Alan Summer's reply to your comment on the haiku thread made me laugh out loud :) Better start learning how to do poetry slam judging in case I ever meet him in person!
[quote=Tiny Nell]I read that so quickly, I thought you said, ' . . . if ever I meet him in prison.'I wondered what crime you had in mind, Seaview![/quote]
Instead of hitting the quote button I just thanked you for calling me a criminal, TN!!! :)
[quote=Onlinegenie]Nice to look at the faces at the bottom of the page and be able to put names to some of them.[/quote]
I think it would be nice to be able to put names to them all if it's possible. For anyone who's not sure, I am second from left on the right hand page.
[quote=Seaview]to do poetry slam judging[/quote]
Goodness! How DO you slam a judge! FSOG Book 4, maybe...
"She grabbed him by the ermine and pulled off his wig. 'Bang your gavel!' she begged. 'Harder! Oh! Harder! Oh yes! That's it! Don't stop, keep banging!' "
[quote=Baggy Books]I'm the meat in the PBW and TN sandwich![/quote]
It's nice to meat you, Baggy, continuing on from our tweets. Honestly, I don't know how you do this proof reading stuff. My eyes glace over!
[quote=pbw]"She grabbed him by the ermine and pulled off his wig. 'Bang your gavel!' she begged. 'Harder! Oh! Harder! Oh yes! That's it! Don't stop, keep banging!' "[/quote]
[quote=Seaview]Lexia, I've just been reading through the posts and Alan Summer's reply to your comment on the haiku thread made me laugh out loud[/quote]
Oooer, where's that then? Alan is a good friend of mine - and incidentally the person who I learn haiku stuff from. He's very good.
Ah, found it. Beelzebub, you need to read some real haiku. Good ones make goosebumps go up your arms. So much in so few lines, and flowery is the last thing they are - they have to use plain, simple language.
If they sound flowery then they are written by someone who knows nothing about them. And they aren't haiku.
[quote=Liz] Oooer, where's that then? Alan is a good friend of mine - and incidentally the person who I learn haiku stuff from. He's very good.
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Oh, I know how good Alan is, Liz - we've been networking on The Haiku Foundation for the last couple of years. It was the thought of him believing I was a poetry slam judge that made me laugh! :)
You are spot on about the simple language. That's what makes the reader bring their own experience to a haiku. Descriptive language just tells the reader what the writer wants them to think, so it gets in the way.
I'd love to get over to meet him and do some writing - I lived in Bristol for a year and would love to revisit that area. I did my post grad at Frenchay (sp?) when it was Bristol Poly.
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Lexia, I've just been reading through the posts and Alan Summer's reply to your comment on the haiku thread made me laugh out loud :) Better start learning how to do poetry slam judging in case I ever meet him in person!
I read that so quickly, I thought you said, ' . . . if ever I meet him in prison.'
I wondered what crime you had in mind, Seaview!
Nice to look at the faces at the bottom of the page and be able to put names to some of them.
Instead of hitting the quote button I just thanked you for calling me a criminal, TN!!! :)
Yes, death by haiku!
I think it would be nice to be able to put names to them all if it's possible. For anyone who's not sure, I am second from left on the right hand page.
That's number nine if you count from left to right.
(See avatar top left)
Goodness! How DO you slam a judge! FSOG Book 4, maybe...
"She grabbed him by the ermine and pulled off his wig. 'Bang your gavel!' she begged. 'Harder! Oh! Harder! Oh yes! That's it! Don't stop, keep banging!' "
[quote=Baggy Books]I'm the meat in the PBW and TN sandwich![/quote]
It's nice to meat you, Baggy, continuing on from our tweets. Honestly, I don't know how you do this proof reading stuff. My eyes glace over!
*glazes*
:(
I agree, John. It's a shame they didn't print people's names by their photographs.
Oooer, where's that then? Alan is a good friend of mine - and incidentally the person who I learn haiku stuff from. He's very good.
If they sound flowery then they are written by someone who knows nothing about them. And they aren't haiku.
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Oh, I know how good Alan is, Liz - we've been networking on The Haiku Foundation for the last couple of years. It was the thought of him believing I was a poetry slam judge that made me laugh! :)
You are spot on about the simple language. That's what makes the reader bring their own experience to a haiku. Descriptive language just tells the reader what the writer wants them to think, so it gets in the way.
Good to see so many Tbers.