John Armstrong has issued a manifesto for Slow Poetry [read: Dense Verse]. Along these lines, readers might enjoy the poetry of Ted Richer, a poet living in Scituate. His poems often show a perfection of slowness via repetition; for example his poem "Secrets" at Public Republic. Below, a video of Richer reading several short poems (he starts at 38:11), the first of which was finished on the morning of the reading.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
SLOW POETRY DEFENDED
John Armstrong has issued a manifesto for Slow Poetry [read: Dense Verse]. Along these lines, readers might enjoy the poetry of Ted Richer, a poet living in Scituate. His poems often show a perfection of slowness via repetition; for example his poem "Secrets" at Public Republic. Below, a video of Richer reading several short poems (he starts at 38:11), the first of which was finished on the morning of the reading.
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