G. Emil Reutter published a short review of my Bottle of Smoke Press book, The 25 Best-Loved Poems of the Future, in his blog. Mr. Reutter also relayed a story to me about one of the poems in the book, penis boy. he said he was at a reading recently and it was full of those bored, distracted poetry types when he got up and read penis boy to the group. the people stopped and at the end the crowd erupted in laughter and applause. what a great thing to hear.
as G. Emil said in his email, it is not important enough to just turn a clever phrase and crystalize a beautiful image. one must also relate to the readers, and this is what i (and a whole host of others out there) aim to do in our poetry. it's always a fine thing to hear that you have been successful, at least once!
and THIS is what the Guerilla Poetics Project is all about: bringing poetry back to the people by connecting with them in a way they aren't used to.
thanks for the kind words and review, G!
4 comments:
congrats on the fine review and the Penis Boy Triumph. love it. hope you sell a few more books so I can get rich on your crap via ebay/death.
forgot I can tag my posts in Beta. pretty cool. did you check out the blog that I noted in "on the radar?" silly academic weirdos...
thanks, man....ha, no one will EVER get rich off of my crap....
i did notice that....weird...and mjp was right about them "forgetting" to nominate their poets for the Pushcart...yeah, they're good people.
whatever....they act like the GPP is marketing FOR poetry...what the hell do they think THEY are doing? wacky academics...they're just pissed because they would never be invited to join....ha!
good to hear about the review
and the laughter and applause
for your poem: i wonder how
much I'll get for that book,
once that OPRAH stamp is pasted
on your others books
OPRAH! Ha!
that's a good one. i tell you, it's sad, but just one mention makes a writers career, pretty much.
i had mad respect for Jonathan Franzen when he told her to get bent after she chose his book The Corrections a few years back. helluva book, by the way. it precipitated the end of her book club (the first incarnation of it, at least).
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