Comments on: Vlogging Verses: Two Sestinas

By: Deb

Deb — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:57:50 +0000

Hey! I think this is great that you're doing this. I think the spoken word makes the first poem sing! It is really terrific. I think the 2nd piece is my favorite. Intriguing language. Serifs. I prefer them. I think they are more personal in that they are not-modern and they have little feet and hands that grab at you. Serifs have been around for ages; sans, only in the present time. I think there was, maybe last year or the year ago, a celebratory retrospective film of the birth of Helvetica. Studies also tend to say that serif is more legible than sanserif. I am an equal opportunity employer, though. :-) Deb´s last blog post: Something Borrowed (for Freedom to Marry)

By: rob Kistner

rob Kistner — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:59:43 +0000

Greetings Tom – Very interesting blog here! I invite you to stop by Image & Verse and say hello. rob Kistner´s last blog post: Vessel

By: tom

tom — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:13:07 +0000

Thanks, Catherine and Carole. I can understand not watching video’s without freely available bandwidth. I do think I will continue recording the videos because, as Carole pointed out, the texture of the poem is different when read or heard and I think both ways can offer a different experience of it.

By: Carole

Carole — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:28:18 +0000

I’m very much in favour of hearing poems read, although I’m not set up to do it myself yet. In ‘Sestina’ when you asked a question the change in tone was arresting. On the page, I was distracted by the change in line length for alternate stanza, which disappears when the poem is read. I read both poems first and think both were enhanced by being read.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:07:44 +0000

We pay for the amount of internet bandwidth we use here, and video really chews up the kilobytes compared to text on a web page. So I don't generally watch video on the internet much, unless it really adds something substantial - more than "oh, so that's what he sounds like". Catherine´s last blog post: Happy Birthday Rabbie