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From: Monica Edinger <monicaedinger>
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 05:45:08 -0400
I'm a big fan of concrete poetry, but sometimes worry that it is in the school poetry ghetto that includes haiku. That is, it appears to be relatively simple and easy to do, but....to do it well is another story. Thus, my complete pleasure at being introduced to John Grandits' TECHNICALLY, IT'S NOT MY FAULT during the NOTABLE sessions at Midwinter ALA. It is a completely delightful book. Grandit approaches this form in a fresh and novel way that is very accessible to young people. There was something about it that reminded me of John Hirsch's F E G: RIDICULOUS (STUPID) POEMS FOR INTELLIGENT CHILDREN which also presents a variety of poetic forms in a very clever way. And I've commented here before about my admiration for Jon Scieszka's verse for SCIENCE VERSE. What all three writers offer, I think is a particular form of ironic and witty humorous verse that is very difficult to do successfully. We've had discussions about humour and what generally comes out is how personal is our different responses to humour writing. What one person finds hilarious, another finds only gross.
Monica Edinger The Dalton School New York NY edinger at dalton.org monicaedinger at gmail.com
Received on Sun 03 Apr 2005 04:45:08 AM CDT
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 05:45:08 -0400
I'm a big fan of concrete poetry, but sometimes worry that it is in the school poetry ghetto that includes haiku. That is, it appears to be relatively simple and easy to do, but....to do it well is another story. Thus, my complete pleasure at being introduced to John Grandits' TECHNICALLY, IT'S NOT MY FAULT during the NOTABLE sessions at Midwinter ALA. It is a completely delightful book. Grandit approaches this form in a fresh and novel way that is very accessible to young people. There was something about it that reminded me of John Hirsch's F E G: RIDICULOUS (STUPID) POEMS FOR INTELLIGENT CHILDREN which also presents a variety of poetic forms in a very clever way. And I've commented here before about my admiration for Jon Scieszka's verse for SCIENCE VERSE. What all three writers offer, I think is a particular form of ironic and witty humorous verse that is very difficult to do successfully. We've had discussions about humour and what generally comes out is how personal is our different responses to humour writing. What one person finds hilarious, another finds only gross.
Monica Edinger The Dalton School New York NY edinger at dalton.org monicaedinger at gmail.com
Received on Sun 03 Apr 2005 04:45:08 AM CDT
