http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/01/elevator-girls/ A blog from the Poetry Foundation where contemporary poets debate classic and contemporary poetry from America and around the world. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:38:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/01/elevator-girls/#comment-2274 Alicia (AE) Sat, 05 Jan 2008 09:13:58 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=614#comment-2274 Somehow <i>excessive</i> polish--cool, sleek, composed--does not seem to me something contemporary poetry is in imminent danger of suffering from... but maybe I'd need to see an example or two. Somehow excessive polish–cool, sleek, composed–does not seem to me something contemporary poetry is in imminent danger of suffering from… but maybe I’d need to see an example or two.

]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/01/elevator-girls/#comment-2273 Major Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:36:52 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=614#comment-2273 I believe every art form has its equivalents in another art form, and so, richness of color (feeling?), symmetry, structural composition can definitely be approximated in poems. The materials differ, only. However, I am speaking more to the coldness of form; there exists a kind of overly polished sleekness to form that I experience occasionally that seems devoid of feeling. Inorganic, too. I believe every art form has its equivalents in another art form, and so, richness of color (feeling?), symmetry, structural composition can definitely be approximated in poems. The materials differ, only. However, I am speaking more to the coldness of form; there exists a kind of overly polished sleekness to form that I experience occasionally that seems devoid of feeling. Inorganic, too.

]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/01/elevator-girls/#comment-2272 Vivek Narayanan Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:26:28 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=614#comment-2272 Major, I understand your point about the warmth and expressiveness of poems like the "Grandmother" series, but why do you think (if I'm catching your drift) that something like the "Elevator Girls" series could not be possible in poetry? Could one not imagine the medium being turned inside out, imagine cold, assembly-line language being turned against itself in a poem? Are you saying that some things are possible in photography that could not find their equivalent in poetry? Major,
I understand your point about the warmth and expressiveness of poems like the “Grandmother” series, but why do you think (if I’m catching your drift) that something like the “Elevator Girls” series could not be possible in poetry? Could one not imagine the medium being turned inside out, imagine cold, assembly-line language being turned against itself in a poem? Are you saying that some things are possible in photography that could not find their equivalent in poetry?

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