July 16th, 2010 / 11:00 am
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IsReads #7
(Photo by Daniel Wolfe)
isReads 7, the haiku issue, is now live, featuring work by Stephanie Barber, Colin Bassett, Dan Brady, Jimmy Chen, Sarah Eaton, Fred Ecenrode, Molly Gaudry, Jamie Iredell, Chris Killen, Tao Lin, Megan Martin, Sam Pink, Audri Sousa, Bianca Stone and Della Watson.
This issue was posted around Baltimore, Chicago, LA, Indianapolis, Louisville, Minneapolis, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Providence and Seattle.
We’re now accepting work for the 8th issue. Poems should be clean and fewer than 10 lines. Send them to editors@isreads.com.
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that haiku does to my head what haikus should.
interesting that poet uses “you” instead of i. a spry poem. also, glad to learn of the existence of “is reads” — what a terrific concept and practice.
great photo, great poem!
i live in louisville. i walk a lot. I havent seen these. Any tips? Maybe post their GPS coordinates.
For the most part they are very temporary — taped up with scotch tape — so as not to seem like vandalism. That means that each location has a short life span, which is why we can’t map out where they are. I would say the ones I put up in Baltimore wouldn’t be there for more than a few days.
Good work, Adam, Kathryn, Peter, and contribs. It was a good time posting them around Indy. Looking forward to #8 now.
These are so great.
that haiku does to my head what haikus should.
interesting that poet uses “you” instead of i. a spry poem. also, glad to learn of the existence of “is reads” — what a terrific concept and practice.
great photo, great poem!
Poem’s funny, but it’d be a much better if he hadn’t forced it into the 3rd grade version of a haiku (5/7/5 syllables (great in Japanese, meaningless in english)).
walking past the graveyard
you think
oh yeah, that’s right
no charge, Mr. Buscemi
i live in louisville. i walk a lot. I havent seen these. Any tips? Maybe post their GPS coordinates.
Thanks basho–those who can’t do, workshop
For the most part they are very temporary — taped up with scotch tape — so as not to seem like vandalism. That means that each location has a short life span, which is why we can’t map out where they are. I would say the ones I put up in Baltimore wouldn’t be there for more than a few days.
Sam Pink is supergood.
Good work, Adam, Kathryn, Peter, and contribs. It was a good time posting them around Indy. Looking forward to #8 now.
These are so great.
oh, I don’t know. what makes you think your way is better? I’m asking sincerely, and not confontationally. i like the original, with the center line “a cemetery, and you” which is, imho, more interesting individually than any of the individual lines in your version.
T/Rey
He didn’t say it was way better–he just pointed out that the “funny” poem is, at best, an awkward haiku. Each decision Pink made–including using “cemetery”–was for the syllable count–and no one (except for Paul Muldoon) writing contemporary haikus in American bothers–unless you’re being hipster ironic. Hey Ronnie–is Pink hipster byronic? Brooklyn? Cute facial hair and granny glasses and pretends he likes Animal collective? Yeah. My grandmother goes to the cemetery, I go to the graveyard.
i see what you’re saying, but still he said it was better (yeah not “way better” but still better. yes, cemetery was probably for the syllable count, but I know barely anyone who says graveyard. maybe it’s regional. i don’t know where sam pink is from.
anyway, I understand that 5-7-5 is outdated and sort of a mistranslation etc. etc., but if you’re beyond syllable count, why even count pink’s haiku? why not just enjoy it? i don’t think taking it out of 5-7-5 automatically makes it better or worse.
am I coming off as an asshole? sorry if I am.
dude where are they in indy?
Poem’s funny, but it’d be a much better if he hadn’t forced it into the 3rd grade version of a haiku (5/7/5 syllables (great in Japanese, meaningless in english)).
walking past the graveyard
you think
oh yeah, that’s right
no charge, Mr. Buscemi
Thanks basho–those who can’t do, workshop
Sam Pink is supergood.
oh, I don’t know. what makes you think your way is better? I’m asking sincerely, and not confontationally. i like the original, with the center line “a cemetery, and you” which is, imho, more interesting individually than any of the individual lines in your version.
T/Rey
He didn’t say it was way better–he just pointed out that the “funny” poem is, at best, an awkward haiku. Each decision Pink made–including using “cemetery”–was for the syllable count–and no one (except for Paul Muldoon) writing contemporary haikus in American bothers–unless you’re being hipster ironic. Hey Ronnie–is Pink hipster byronic? Brooklyn? Cute facial hair and granny glasses and pretends he likes Animal collective? Yeah. My grandmother goes to the cemetery, I go to the graveyard.
i see what you’re saying, but still he said it was better (yeah not “way better” but still better. yes, cemetery was probably for the syllable count, but I know barely anyone who says graveyard. maybe it’s regional. i don’t know where sam pink is from.
anyway, I understand that 5-7-5 is outdated and sort of a mistranslation etc. etc., but if you’re beyond syllable count, why even count pink’s haiku? why not just enjoy it? i don’t think taking it out of 5-7-5 automatically makes it better or worse.
am I coming off as an asshole? sorry if I am.
dang. so, was somebody just passing through louisville, or do you guys have a mole here in the land of horses and bourbon?
dude where are they in indy?
Dennis, there are two things your version of the poem isn’t:
1. Better
2. A haiku
dang. so, was somebody just passing through louisville, or do you guys have a mole here in the land of horses and bourbon?
Dennis, there are two things your version of the poem isn’t:
1. Better
2. A haiku
Should be clean — as in no profanity? or as in the poem should scan according to recognizable metrics
Should be clean — as in no profanity? or as in the poem should scan according to recognizable metrics