Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Comments About Kay Ryan
Do all poets speak with such poetic words as does Kay Ryan when simply answering questions? When I read Kay Ryans answers to questions on pages 374 and 375, I noticed she spoke just like many poems, not really revealing a meaning but making you decipher what she is trying to say. For instance, at the bottom of page 375 she states, "your atoms have been subtly distanced from each other, like a breeze is blowing through your DNA. That's poetry loosening you." Most people do not talk that way so it makes me believe that poets have their own unique thinking style which I must lack since I often times come away from reading a poem with no understanding of what I read. In other words, I have a hard time understanding what the author is trying to convey.
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I guess the way Kay Ryan speaks is the reason for being appointed as poet laureate for so long. At any rate, I am right there along with you in regards to difficulty understanding. I don't know if it's "right brained" people or "left brained" people who are supposed to be the creative, artistic ones, but whichever it is, I am the opposite. I struggle greatly with understanding poetry, so I feel your pain. I am definitely going to try the whole paraphrasing thing that Chapter 9 suggests. I think that will at least get me going in the right direction.
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