What a lovely piece, Zina. And I think you’re right about the raw emotion/lyricism connection that I was unconsciously drawing. I’ll write more about that this week!
I am fascinated by percussion and bought myself a set of bongo drums a few years ago! Took a few lessons. Discovered I'm not very rhythmic but am having fun with occasionally beating out bass, tone, and slap combos. Unfortunately am also not astute in determining stresses in poetry. Is it BAnana, baNAna, banaNA? I think rap might be the modern evolution of oral poetics.
Totally groovy. I've always been drawn to rhythm and poetry, so your reflection resonates with me very much. I do enjoy poetry without a metric pattern, but you're right in saying that we all memorize the metered poems and songs so easily. My Mom favors limericks; quite catchy and pithy, like her Irish humor.
I'm curious about whether you're familiar with the Korean sijo. Kids in our country learn haiku, but I'd never heard of sijo until recently, when I discovered a Korean literature professor's YouTube channel.
What a lovely piece, Zina. And I think you’re right about the raw emotion/lyricism connection that I was unconsciously drawing. I’ll write more about that this week!
I am fascinated by percussion and bought myself a set of bongo drums a few years ago! Took a few lessons. Discovered I'm not very rhythmic but am having fun with occasionally beating out bass, tone, and slap combos. Unfortunately am also not astute in determining stresses in poetry. Is it BAnana, baNAna, banaNA? I think rap might be the modern evolution of oral poetics.
Totally groovy. I've always been drawn to rhythm and poetry, so your reflection resonates with me very much. I do enjoy poetry without a metric pattern, but you're right in saying that we all memorize the metered poems and songs so easily. My Mom favors limericks; quite catchy and pithy, like her Irish humor.
I'm curious about whether you're familiar with the Korean sijo. Kids in our country learn haiku, but I'd never heard of sijo until recently, when I discovered a Korean literature professor's YouTube channel.
I enjoyed that. Thank you! Richard Wilbur would approve. It helps persuade me further down the path to a reconciliation with prosody.
What a fun read, Zina!