Hi everyone,
Many thanks for taking the time to read and comment :-)
Maryann, many thanks for your response. Yes, I've been doing a bit more googling and I've noticed that some people are talking about 'New Formalism' in past tense. Thanks for explaining Stallings' meaning.
I like to write all sorts of things, but I'm at my happiest when writing in form. Thanks for mentioning
The Dark Horse and
PN Review; I'll take a look at these.
It's good to know that journals aren't turning up their noses at metre and rhyme; congrats on being published! Yes, this is all very useful; thank you.
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Julie. Thanks for these thoughts; I hadn't heard of Burgundy.
The differences Clive Simpson discerns between American and British attitudes to free verse and formal verse are interesting. On poetry forums (non-workshop sites) I've encountered hostility from a few Brits due to my interest in formal verse, but when I posted formal verse as an elderly man no one was bothered, lol.
I like the quote from MA Griffiths too. It might just inspire the title for my proposed poetry blog, not that I know what I'm doing with that yet. Thanks, Julie.
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Cameron; thanks for your comment. I'll have to go googling the movement you mention. Yes, my overall impression is that it's less of a hot topic in the UK.
I understand your poetry preferences and I'm interested in what you write about the lack of modernist formalism. I don't know much about surrealism etc., but I am intrigued. Thanks, Cameron.
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Chris; good to know that Stallings is serving on wry, lol.
Yes, I see what you mean about 'no membership card'. I really like Ann Drysdale's poetry (I still remember her 'Wool Away!' from a few years ago) and I had something of a poetry-crush on the late great John Whitworth, lol. I think it started when he posted a simple and charming poem about Autumn on the 'sphere.
I like e.e. too :-)
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Clive; yes, everything Maryann says makes sense to me. As I mention to Julie, it's possible that the hostility I've experienced elsewhere for my interest in formal verse has led me to wonder whether there's a general problem.
Your description of how you write is interesting. I was discussing this with a poetry-friend recently and I explained that often, even if I've set out to write in free verse, the beat in my head takes over and the words start to dance. Thanks for your comment, Clive.
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Yes,
John; I like it too :-)
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That's interesting,
RM. I'm very interested in art alongside poetry and music.
This sort of thing might be my ultimate aim, lol. Yes, the more I research it the more I get the impression that New Formalism was a reaction that subsided in time; thank you.
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Bill; thanks for mentioning the anthology, which I shall try to find. The title is significant, I think. If I ran a publishing company, I'd love to bring out an anthology :-)
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Julie, sorry, I have to go and take my meds now, but I'll be back tomorrow feeling brighter (hopefully!) and I'll be able to take a proper look at your second comment.
Thanks again,
Fliss