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A '''poetic journal''' is a literary genre combining aspects of poetry with the daily, or near daily, "takes" of journal writing. Born of twin impulses: to track change in daily life and to memorialize experience, poetic journals owe allegiances to Asian writing — particularly the Japanese [[haibun]] of [[Matsuo Basho]], ''[[The Pillow Book]]'' of [[Sei Shonagon]], and the [[poetic diary|poetic diaries]] of [[Masaoka Shiki]] — as well as [[Objectivist poets]] and others associated with [[Donald Allen]]'s anthology [[The New American Poetry 1945-1960]]. Unlike traditional [[diaries]] or [[journals]] that focus primarily on recounting a day's experience, poetic journals emphasize the act of writing itself in collaboration with the day's account. Taking its cue from post - [[Jack Kerouac]] writers [[Bernadette Mayer]] and [[Clark Coolidge]] - the poetic journal aims to be all inclusive as well as |
A '''poetic journal''' is a literary genre combining aspects of poetry with the daily, or near daily, "takes" of journal writing. Born of twin impulses: to track change in daily life and to memorialize experience, poetic journals owe allegiances to Asian writing — particularly the Japanese [[haibun]] of [[Matsuo Basho]], ''[[The Pillow Book]]'' of [[Sei Shonagon]], and the [[poetic diary|poetic diaries]] of [[Masaoka Shiki]] — as well as [[Objectivist poets]] and others associated with [[Donald Allen]]'s anthology [[The New American Poetry 1945-1960]]. Unlike traditional [[diaries]] or [[journals]] that focus primarily on recounting a day's experience, poetic journals emphasize the act of writing itself in collaboration with the day's account. Taking its cue from post - [[Jack Kerouac]] writers [[Bernadette Mayer]] and [[Clark Coolidge]] - the poetic journal aims to be all inclusive as well as timely and attentive. To quote Tyler Doherty in his introduction to ''For the Time Being: The Bootstrap Book of Poetic Journals'', "<nowiki>[The poetic journal]</nowiki> doesn't try to tell us ''what'' the world is, so much as remind us ''that'' the world is."<ref>For the Time-Being: The Bootstrap Book of Poetic Journals. [[Bootstrap Press]]: Lowell, MA. 2007.</ref> |
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Revision as of 14:49, 11 March 2007
A poetic journal is a literary genre combining aspects of poetry with the daily, or near daily, "takes" of journal writing. Born of twin impulses: to track change in daily life and to memorialize experience, poetic journals owe allegiances to Asian writing — particularly the Japanese haibun of Matsuo Basho, The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon, and the poetic diaries of Masaoka Shiki — as well as Objectivist poets and others associated with Donald Allen's anthology The New American Poetry 1945-1960. Unlike traditional diaries or journals that focus primarily on recounting a day's experience, poetic journals emphasize the act of writing itself in collaboration with the day's account. Taking its cue from post - Jack Kerouac writers Bernadette Mayer and Clark Coolidge - the poetic journal aims to be all inclusive as well as timely and attentive. To quote Tyler Doherty in his introduction to For the Time Being: The Bootstrap Book of Poetic Journals, "[The poetic journal] doesn't try to tell us what the world is, so much as remind us that the world is."[1]
Influences
Asian Influences: Matsuo Basho, Sei Shonagon, Masaoka Shiki.
19th Century Naturalist Influences: Henry David Thoreau.
Objectivist influences: William Carlos Williams, Lorine Niedecker, Charles Reznikoff.
Selected poetic journals
Poetic Journal Anthologies:
Tyler Doherty & Tom Morgan: For the Time-Being: The Bootstap Book of Poetic Journals
Poetic Journals:
Paul Blackburn: The Journals
Tyler Doherty: Bodhidharma Never Came to Hatboro
Larry Eigner: Readiness / Enough / Depends / On
Zoketsu Norman Fischer: The Narrow Roads of Japan
Allen Ginsberg: The Fall of America
Jack Kerouac: Book of Sketches
Joanne Kyger: Again; As Ever; Patzcuaro
David Lehman: The Daily Mirror
Bernadette Mayer: Midwinter’s Day
Michael Rothenberg: An Unhurried Vision, The Paris Journals, Narcissus
Ron Silliman: Bart; Xing
Andrew Schelling: The Road to Ocosingo; Two Elk: A High Country Notebook
Joel Sloman: Cuban Journal
Gary Snyder: Earth House Hold
Philip Whalen: The Goof Book
John Wieners: 707 Scott Street
References
- ^ For the Time-Being: The Bootstrap Book of Poetic Journals. Bootstrap Press: Lowell, MA. 2007.
External Links
- Cervena Barva Press interview with Mark Pawlak Touches on Poetic Journals.
- Ron Silliman's review of Michael Rothenberg's Narcissus Touches on Poetic Journals.
- Aaron Tieger reviews the Tyler Doherty's Bodhidharma Never Came to Hatboro. In this review, Tieger discusses what he calls Doherty's "journal poetics."