ALLEN BRAMHALL
Tributary *___* Captain Element
R/ckets and S/ntries *___* Oh Wait There's More!!!
Of this dance …
there is too much talk, thoughtless actions, fires in the nearby forest.
trees loom over our dreams, with moonlight causing further agitation.
poetry has been absconded with, confusing everyone. a surface of mundane tension remains.
it is not time to think of that energy, when we are so tired, when so much seems hopeless.
we have been lazy, not dancing enough.
these words are etched, permanent, as each movement of the dance remains. concern goes nowhere, and too rapidly. time is a movement.
change is a tricky thing. people learn to share, under trees, in the dark, alone with the utter earth.
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ANB - To blog or not to blog, this is the question…
ANB - How would you characterize your blog you should describe it to one of us, i.e. another blogger?
ALB - My blog is a journal. I focus on poetry and writing, but I will write about anything that strikes me, as I think this is part of the process, or the processing. I also post photos, and occasionally scans of my artwork.
ANB - I sometimes regard my blog as a safe place where I can meet my chosen people, is this the same for you?
ALB - I meet few people thru my blog. I am usually surprised when people refer to my blog.
ANB - I am wondering do we sometimes forget that personal remarks, notes, poems are there for everybody to be seen?
ALB - I don't forget, but I could probably be more cautious and circumspect.
ANB - Do you post many poems on your blog? Is there an actual difference in-between publishing online, mainly through a blog, or printed publishing?
ALB - My first blog, R/ckets and S/entries, was a place where I wrote poems, almost daily. In essence I wrote a book online. I have other blogs on which I post poems that I've written. I've posted poems on my main blog, Tributary, but don't do that much anymore. I post to a collaborative blog to which I belong, Taking the Broom, I guess because there's more of a context for the poems to sit amidst. People may still look askance as online publishing as vanity publishing or somehow not as 'real' as print. While writers are free to publish anything online, hence the vanity accusation, I think there's a lot to be said for controlling the means of production. one is more likely to get feedback from online publication, and I think your work stands a better chance to reach a larger audience.
ANB - What kind of actual or immaterial feedback do you receive from publishing online through a blog?
ALB - I get little feedback, but enough to make me think that I'm not in a complete vacuum. The feedback has been positive, whether as compliment or further rumination on something I wrote. I've been asked for work by editors who've seen my blog.
ANB - What do you think of the Blogosphere when related to blogs that deal with poetry?
ALB - I mostly read just poetry blogs, and do get a sense of connection, of being part of a community. When I say part of a community, I mean as satelite. I'm a little disappointed that Bloggers lack rigour. I mean reviews of books or readings tend to be IT ROCKS!!! I need more than that.
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