Open verse isn't hard to write but it isn't poetry either. There are many classic forms of poetry and arguably one of the most elegant is a Shakespearean sonnet, many or most of which have been used since their creation for the specific purpose of reducing the resistance of some possibly-willing maiden. There are many other forms and they trace back to Greece and beyond ... but open verse isn't any of that.
Therefore, it's something else. There isn't any particular need to get all long hair about what is because the only point for this is what it's not. It's not poetry. OK, move on.
There is a problem with structured poetry as it permits the existence of cowboy songs. The metre is fixed, the pattern is fixed, it's probably about a pick-up truck or waving flags. Exciting as watching turtles fuck.
Therefore, we need open verse because that permits beatniks. We need beatniks because that permits bebop jazz even though practically everyone hates it except for those who completely adore it.
And staccato is what makes it cool.
Because
it comes
in that moment
inspiration fires
blazes
burning my heart, my soul
but also my fucking cigarettes
and
ain't it a bitch,
man.
Lots of people start popping their fingers and saying softly, "Yeah, I can dig it, man."
Your challenge is to create melody when it isn't there and rhythm where it doesn't exist.
Play on, jazzman.
Your challenge if you will read open verse without accompaniment is to accomplish the creation of melody and rhythm when there's nothing behind you at all.
That's why open verse. If it were easy, it wouldn't be a good trick.
Therefore, it's something else. There isn't any particular need to get all long hair about what is because the only point for this is what it's not. It's not poetry. OK, move on.
There is a problem with structured poetry as it permits the existence of cowboy songs. The metre is fixed, the pattern is fixed, it's probably about a pick-up truck or waving flags. Exciting as watching turtles fuck.
Therefore, we need open verse because that permits beatniks. We need beatniks because that permits bebop jazz even though practically everyone hates it except for those who completely adore it.
And staccato is what makes it cool.
Because
it comes
in that moment
inspiration fires
blazes
burning my heart, my soul
but also my fucking cigarettes
and
ain't it a bitch,
man.
Lots of people start popping their fingers and saying softly, "Yeah, I can dig it, man."
Your challenge is to create melody when it isn't there and rhythm where it doesn't exist.
Play on, jazzman.
Your challenge if you will read open verse without accompaniment is to accomplish the creation of melody and rhythm when there's nothing behind you at all.
That's why open verse. If it were easy, it wouldn't be a good trick.
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