Hey everybody! After several unsuccessful attempts to install the "Serendipity" blog I realized that "Movable Type" was far better in countless ways, and installation took probably a half-hour or less. So let's break out the champagne, prosecco and hors d'oeurves and inaugurate this mother!
Since I really have no idea how this will really work, it will be a learning experience for all involved. Movable Type allows for multiple users, so theoretically everyone involved will have an account on this blog, and thus can post Poems, Essays, Comments and everything else on their own account.
What I'm not sure yet is how the discussion might be divided between actual posts and comments on posts. I guess in the end it's most intuitive to just post a poem and then have the discussion take place inside the comments. Initially I was wary of this approach because I wanted the discussion to be on the "front page," but really this makes the most sense on further reflection, mainly thanks to the hierarchical structure of the comment system.
So, I will give it the first shot with James Merrill's "The Black Swan" and post a starting comment on why I like it, what I think it has to offer as a poem, and how and why it works well. I'm pretty excited about this project, and thanks in advance to all who participate!!!
Posted by daleth at January 26, 2004 10:13 AMHey Teddles! You should check you www.wehavebrains.com -- they use Moveable Type too and when you post a comment is shows up on the front page. Way to rock, by the way!
Posted by: Brigitte at January 26, 2004 12:02 PMI must say I do have high hopes (read selfish expectations) for this online incarnation of the planned seminar. I would be positivly delighted to see this develope into a sustained if informal discussion of things poetic.
That being said, I would like to pose the question of direction. While there is obvious value and entertainment to be found in the discussion of particular poems, I wonder if any has an interest in eventualy expanding into discussing the endeavor of poetry itself, literary criticism, the place of theory, etc
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Thanks, Ted, for taking the initiative to set this up.
Thanks M-Katt, and to everyone else. I too have high hopes, though admittedly I'm getting off to a sluggish start.
As for direction, I think all directions are not only possible but desirable, especially poetic theory. Let me suggest that anyone who has an idea should (at any time) start a new post that will be a discussion unto itself.
By the way, does everyone get notified when somebody posts or comments? I'm not sure if I have to manually do that...so if you DO get notified, please confirm by commenting here! Thanks in advance!