Yes, public reading can be as much an art as it's the writing. I tend to be an exasperating over punctuation. I try to use punctuation to indicate sens breaks, meter, rhetorical effects, etc., but sometimes I wonder whether this clarifies or obscures.
As long as it’s you doing the reading, it’s probably okay, Bob. You’re an excellent poet/writer and you know what it all means. Put a lot of specific punctuation in there and hand it to a different reader … a recipe for madness.
I love reading my own work for that reason, especially for a passionate poem written with feeling and expression.
I actually enjoy reading my poetry aloud, which is weird because I hated reading parts of my book out loud. Or maybe it’s because I’m older and less self conscious, have less fucks to give, you know, all that jazz. I do need to do it more, it’s just a matter of not being disturbed while recording them, which is not always simple. I’ve yet to do a public poetry reading, as I don’t live in an anglophone country there is not much opportunity.
Yes, public reading can be as much an art as it's the writing. I tend to be an exasperating over punctuation. I try to use punctuation to indicate sens breaks, meter, rhetorical effects, etc., but sometimes I wonder whether this clarifies or obscures.
As long as it’s you doing the reading, it’s probably okay, Bob. You’re an excellent poet/writer and you know what it all means. Put a lot of specific punctuation in there and hand it to a different reader … a recipe for madness.
I love reading my own work for that reason, especially for a passionate poem written with feeling and expression.
I actually enjoy reading my poetry aloud, which is weird because I hated reading parts of my book out loud. Or maybe it’s because I’m older and less self conscious, have less fucks to give, you know, all that jazz. I do need to do it more, it’s just a matter of not being disturbed while recording them, which is not always simple. I’ve yet to do a public poetry reading, as I don’t live in an anglophone country there is not much opportunity.
" ... have less fucks to give, you know, ..." I love your sense of humor, Cesca, and I look forward to listening to you read your poetry on a podcast!
Above all else, be who you are.