PI - my rhyming hlf

asemic rhymes poemics

Asemic spiderwoman

Asemic writing

Black and white, shadow and light, left to right

(PI) inanun

inanun - a meditation on conjugation.
I was just finishing this when taking time / rhyme came up...  (clik on image to go to Scribd)

Poemic Inquiry -- Taking time to work with rhyme

First, apologies for my hiatus from this blog.  A trip away from my computer followed by a return to both an excessive amount of work and a downed computer has limited my internet participation.  There's only so much one can do with an iPhone.

Fortunately, saniismail's invitation to collaborate with "Exit" seems to have filled the gap.  And happily, our contributors here prove time and again that they can produce amazing poemic work with no prompt whatsoever. 

Since I am back (sorta), I thought I would pose another question for Poemic Inquiry.  Since our last inquiry on sound effects was more oriented toward the comics end of the hybrid form, I thought this time we could investigate a something on the poetry end.  Namely, how might poemics deal with rhyme?  Even though contemporary poetry tends to embrace free-verse and avoid rhyme, rhyming words have a rich tradition in poetry and play a central role in popular "spoken word" forms of poetry performance.  Is there such a thing as visual rhyming?  Is rhyme only a linguistic concept? 

As with past PI's, feel free to contribute your work here or link in the comments section to another site that showcases work addressing this topic. 

(Side note:  I haven't pulled together a linked compendium of the last Poemic Inquiry on sound effects yet.  Is that sort of post useful?  Or do you think the blog archive does that well enough without those compendium posts?)

Rock scissors paper ..

Geschichtenbrett = storyboard
Wooden boards, wrapped in denim. Black embroidery. Hands from newspaper pictures and Mangas.

Poemic Ballade

Die Geschichte von Ritter Punkratz und Lady Godbless

Needlework

new contributor!

Sibylle Blaumann is here! great to see you among us!

i shot a purple plant

?! balloons simple poemic strip

misbelief

I just thought I should make something simple :)

any more contributions to xerolage?

hello, I would like to ask you, if anyone would still like to participate in the poemic Xerolage issue? I've gathered 21 pieces so far, and we need 24. would someone be interested in sending 3 poemics with speech balloons (8,5 inches width, 11 inches height, high resolution, and a bio as well as a photo)? please! I've made 6 already, so it would be better, if someone else makes the missing pieces.

the original information about xerolage was placed here.

edit: all 24 pieces gathered, we're ready to go! saved by Bungy (2 more pieces) and by me :) (one more piece). I'll start sending the works to mIEKAL, and I'll let you know how things go as soon as I know. thank you all for contributing works (just in case there are technical or other kinds of problems, let's stay in touch).

an article in KZ about poemic strip exhibition

Jakub "Tiall" Syty (who made the photos presented on the blog some time ago) wrote an article in KZ - a magazine of fans of comics - about the poemic strip exhibition.

you can read the info in automatic translation here: http://tiny.pl/hgx3c. thanks, google! and most of all, thanks, Jakub!

Fast Contribution

 

Fast contribution.  Missing getting to do more art.  Work is in high pressure mode.  Unfolding and wrapping me in bands of crippling obligation.  Must. Crawl. To. Exit.

WAS AT

poems and images.... this is a 20 page booklet. click here to view it.

the>xit

Thanks for the game!

EXIT

Who want to write something here, I don't have an idea.....please begin at the dot ( on the left corner ). Right click to "save as " and post it back here....!

serenity

found sound poemic

KABOOM

preparations for a ski ride

water is a cloud

PI -- X-Plosives

PI (poemic sound effects) der Krimi III und das Spielen

der Krimi III





das Spielen

stroke - PI Sound effect

>> i've reworked the poem "Boem paukeslag" from the Flemish poet Paul van Ostaijen into a sound poemic

Und

PI -- Sound Sense & Memory

PI -- Poemic Sound Effects

 

The pendulum of the Poemic Inquiry swings to the comics end of the hybrid for this prompt.  One dominant practice in comics is to use both words and graphic images to communicate sound effects.  This perhaps reaches its iconic (or is that kitschy?)  pinnacle in the 1960's Batman TV series, where comics style sound effects and image bursts erupted regularly in fight scenes (Bop!  Pow!  Oof!).  Of course, sound plays a pretty central role in poetry as well, from rhythm to onomatopoeia and beyond.

So, from now until the end of the month, consider exploring how poemics might use and/or subvert sound effects -- graphically, verbally, or otherwise.  If you are not a contributor to this blog (and don't want to become one), leave a link in the comments section of this post or any other post having to do with the current Poemics Inquiry.  And if you are a contributor, please put "PI" (or some other indication that you are responding to this Poemic Inquiry prompt) in the title of your post.  I will post a wrap-up compendium of our works on this topic on or about March 1.

And, as always, feel free to suggest future Poemic Inquiry topics.

(Note: if you have poemic work that you want to share here that has nothing to do with the current Poemic Inquiry topic, please share it!  The PI is just a little nudge for shared exploration of an idea.  We welcome all poemic work here.)

Love/Romance PI Wrap Up

The love/romance poemics did not disappoint!  We've picked up not only regular contributors but folks doing poemics work on their own blogs.  And that is such a good thing.  So, for ease of access, check out these poemic valentines:

• Pszren offered great interpretations here, here, and here.
• Bungy32 offered works here and here.
• Sven Staelens linked to some poemics at his blog, "s ||i9n|| s."  This is clearly in the spirit of poemics on love and romance.  And this is just cool (reminder: the Xerolage project on poemics dealing with speech balloons is still accepting submissions). 
• Nele Hannes offered this contribution over at the blog, "ZOO BAHN ==>". 

Thanks also to Rosaire Appel who's work continues to amaze.  Her work also reminds us that this blog is about sharing poemics of any kind.  The Poemic Inquiry is just a little nudge for shared inquiry into what poemics can do; if you've got work you want to share here that doesn't fit with the current inquiry, please post it!  

Thanks for the excellent work, people.  And if you are just finding us, feel free to join in!  I'll be posting the next Poemics Inquiry topic later this afternoon.

procrastination

to view this in booklet form click here.

Misfire

..ve PI

and the second part :).

PI -- The Next Level

lo..

so another one :)

val/lav PI

there was / this is?

this is a poemicstip?

PI -- The Love/Romance Poemic

In posting these shared Poemic Inquiry prompts, my intent is to oscillate between emphasis on the comics end of the hybrid form and the poetry end, sometimes landing in the middle.  Given the rapidly approaching St. Valentine's Day, I thought this was an excellent opportunity to explore a theme central to both poetry and comics: romance/love.  Love has long been a theme in poetry, either as a direct evocation or as an experience to interrogate.  So too, the "romance comic" has been a staple genre of the form -- in trade paperbacks, published serial magazines, and daily strips in the newspaper.  So, from the cheesy to the cynical and all possible points between, what do you think a love/romance poemic might look like?  Be sure to title your contribution clearly as either a PI or a Love/Romance Poemic. 

I think the last PI went on for a bit too long, so for this one I will aim to do the wrap-up post on February 14th.  By or before February 14, please post your love/romance poemics here.  If you do not wish to sign on as a contributor to this blog, feel free to post a link in the comments section of this post to a site where you have uploaded work that you think might fit as a love/romance poemic. 

(Next up: a PI that focuses on the comics end of the hybrid form.  If you have suggestions for future PI prompts or suggestions for how to better run this thing, please contact me by my email in my profile.  And of course, please continue to share you other poemic work that has nothing to do with the PI prompt.)

Haiku Wrap Up

(Apologies to all.  Illness hit my house hard this week and a planned post this past Monday couldn't happen until, well, today.)

We've had a full month of making Poemic Haiku and I think our regular contributors have demonstrated remarkable depth and breadth in the form.  Although everyone was particularly good at noting their participation in the Poemic Inquiry (PI) on Haiku in the titles of their posts, I've included (internal) links below.  This first Poemic Inquiry exercise yielded no contributions from readers in the comments section.  That's understandable given the newness of PI and the growing interest in poemics. As we move forward with Poemic Inquiries, dear readers, please know that we encourage your sharing links to your own work in the comments section.  And if you want to become a contributor here, just ask.

So, for your quick linking convenience, here are the poemic haiku we generated in this month's Poemic Inquiry:

• This first PI was inspired by my initial attempt here and the spirit of Márton Koppány's work here.
• Pszren offered really interesting work here, here, here, and here.
• Satu Kaikkonen created this work here.
• I (Bungy32, a.k.a. Jonny) offered an additional haiku here.

(If I've missed anyone in this wrap-up, please contact me and I'll get you in this digest.  And if poemic haiku are still interesting to you, please continue to post them here.)

new contributor

rappel is here! welcome!

The Search for Meaning

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xerolage, poemics, speech balloons

we have an opportunity to publish poemics in Xerolage.

as mIEKAL aND wrote to me, the collection should work as a whole, so I suggest we could use speech balloons as a main form in these poemics.

speech balloons were already used in some poemics, I think that they make a great opportunity of bringing elements of poetry and comics together. the balloons can be transformed or experimented on, and they can tell us about many ideas. text, pwoermd, letter vispos, asemic writing and many other things can be used in speech balloons. photography, drawings, computer graphics and many more techniques also are welcome, as long as the speech balloon element is present :). I hope these suggestions are not too restrictive, and I hope that we will create something interesting, that the readers will like it.

all the contributors to our blog are invited. I don't know how many people would be interested, so I think it would be best if each author creates about 5 or 7 pieces. when there are too many, the rest can be published on our blog or elsewhere (if you suggest which ones should be chosen first, please include such information).

size: 8.5 x 11 inches.
form to be used: speech balloons.
colours: black and white
deadline: end of February.
also needed: a photo and a short bio of each of the authors.
email: pszren(at)wp(dot)pl

so please send the works and the photo as attachments, and the bio in the email.

32 times haiga - PI

these were not generated automatically, although I thought about it :)

the opening of the exhibition

apple juice and salt sticks were served, but it was not the only reason that made it worth visiting the eshibition's opening. people (I've counted 18, but perhaps there were more), really commented on the works, they asked questions and looked at the strips carefully. they liked them, the opinions were that the exhibition is interesting, or even very interesting!

first Michał Wolny (who was the main organizer of the exhibition) talked about poemics and introduced me. then I talked about our blog, about the anthology and about each of the authors of the strips. it lasted for a short time, and then I invited the people to come closer to the strips - and they did, we've all talked about the strips for a long time. it was really interesting, and the people were interested.

there are many projects planned to take place in Tektura during next three weeks, so there are big chances that more people will see our exhibition, too. I've left there over 300 leaflets with a link to our blog, so perhaps some of the visitors of Tektura will also visit this site.