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	<title>Comments on: Inauguration Poetry</title>
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		<title>By: Robby D</title>
		<link>http://ibiblio.org/pjones/blog/inauguration-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-422588</link>
		<dc:creator>Robby D</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My wife had missed hearing Alexander read her poem, so I thought I&#039;d show it to her that night. I remember it being painful to listen to, and my wife thought it could use a few tweaks from the page. When I explained that the deliver seemed to be part of the problem for me, it clicked with her. She said something to the effect of, &quot;Oh. *That* style of reading, where the words are supposed to have all the passion in them and you don&#039;t try to deliver it with any passion, you just read the words.&quot; And I thought to myself, yes, that&#039;s the problem. The words were sent forth in a breathy semi-academic style of poetry recitation. If someone with conviction and passion read Alexander&#039;s poem, it would have sounded a heck of a lot better. (This is aside from any issues with the poem&#039;s own style and substance.)

Just a thought. Presentation of poetry (especially to our generation of post-beat, occassionally-slam poetry) means a lot.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My wife had missed hearing Alexander read her poem, so I thought I&#8217;d show it to her that night. I remember it being painful to listen to, and my wife thought it could use a few tweaks from the page. When I explained that the deliver seemed to be part of the problem for me, it clicked with her. She said something to the effect of, &#8220;Oh. *That* style of reading, where the words are supposed to have all the passion in them and you don&#8217;t try to deliver it with any passion, you just read the words.&#8221; And I thought to myself, yes, that&#8217;s the problem. The words were sent forth in a breathy semi-academic style of poetry recitation. If someone with conviction and passion read Alexander&#8217;s poem, it would have sounded a heck of a lot better. (This is aside from any issues with the poem&#8217;s own style and substance.)</p>
<p>Just a thought. Presentation of poetry (especially to our generation of post-beat, occassionally-slam poetry) means a lot.</p>
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