Comments on: New poem: Bad pun http://www.tinkerx.com/2008/06/04/new-poem-bad-pun/ A deluxe heap of broken images. Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:16:48 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: TinkerX » Poetry writing exercise for Matt http://www.tinkerx.com/2008/06/04/new-poem-bad-pun/#comment-64449 TinkerX » Poetry writing exercise for Matt Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:42:23 +0000 http://www.tinkerx.com/index.php/2008/06/04/new-poem-bad-pun/#comment-64449 [...] an earlier post, Matt commented and asked for another writing exercise. I enjoy; a) writing exercises, and, b) [...] [...] an earlier post, Matt commented and asked for another writing exercise. I enjoy; a) writing exercises, and, b) [...]

]]> By: Matt Gilliard http://www.tinkerx.com/2008/06/04/new-poem-bad-pun/#comment-58525 Matt Gilliard Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:14:19 +0000 http://www.tinkerx.com/index.php/2008/06/04/new-poem-bad-pun/#comment-58525 I've been trying to write again after a fairly long hiatus, and reading your work is helping a bit. I really think I need another one of those Havens-special exercises to force me onto some path or another. I think I ended up feeling topped out after writing "A Prayer For Rust" so long ago, and the muse has been fickle ever since. Good to see you still out there plugging away. I’ve been trying to write again after a fairly long hiatus, and reading your work is helping a bit. I really think I need another one of those Havens-special exercises to force me onto some path or another.

I think I ended up feeling topped out after writing “A Prayer For Rust” so long ago, and the muse has been fickle ever since.

Good to see you still out there plugging away.

]]> By: Andy http://www.tinkerx.com/2008/06/04/new-poem-bad-pun/#comment-58517 Andy Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:00:36 +0000 http://www.tinkerx.com/index.php/2008/06/04/new-poem-bad-pun/#comment-58517 Thanks Matt. "Compression" is a nice term... the older I get, the more "compressed" my life seems. Perhaps I need some blow-in foam insulation... Thanks Matt. “Compression” is a nice term… the older I get, the more “compressed” my life seems.

Perhaps I need some blow-in foam insulation…

]]> By: Matt Gilliard http://www.tinkerx.com/2008/06/04/new-poem-bad-pun/#comment-58460 Matt Gilliard Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:34:15 +0000 http://www.tinkerx.com/index.php/2008/06/04/new-poem-bad-pun/#comment-58460 I gotta say, this is neat little poem. You captured some of the compression of growing up here. It brings back some good memories of summer and reminds me that I'm not young anymore. I gotta say, this is neat little poem. You captured some of the compression of growing up here. It brings back some good memories of summer and reminds me that I’m not young anymore.

]]> By: Andy Havens http://www.tinkerx.com/2008/06/04/new-poem-bad-pun/#comment-50793 Andy Havens Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:17:52 +0000 http://www.tinkerx.com/index.php/2008/06/04/new-poem-bad-pun/#comment-50793 Doug... yeah. It's not a great title. Usually I love writing titles of poems, as they're like tiny little poems about the poems. Which is kinda meta. I did want the reader to know I was purposefully punning, and that it was purposefully "bad," not as in, "That's a bad pun," but, as you say, it's just a bad thing. Will meditate on this. Doug… yeah. It’s not a great title. Usually I love writing titles of poems, as they’re like tiny little poems about the poems. Which is kinda meta.

I did want the reader to know I was purposefully punning, and that it was purposefully “bad,” not as in, “That’s a bad pun,” but, as you say, it’s just a bad thing.

Will meditate on this.

]]> By: Douglas Galbi http://www.tinkerx.com/2008/06/04/new-poem-bad-pun/#comment-50391 Douglas Galbi Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:07:17 +0000 http://www.tinkerx.com/index.php/2008/06/04/new-poem-bad-pun/#comment-50391 Nice. But the title seems too bluntly meta-poetic. How about "Bad Fun" instead? Nice. But the title seems too bluntly meta-poetic. How about “Bad Fun” instead?

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