01-09-2026, 07:13 AM
Blake had pictures
Eliot had allusion
Hopkins rediscovered sprung rhythm
Then you had the imagists. I like the idea, but find much of their work boring
Sticking to language alone, one innovation would be multi lingual poetry
Idioms don’t translate. So let’s transplant them and see the fun
Write a poem using foreign idioms and make it read like a natural poem, not a joke
You did that with entre chien et loupe I suppose
Eliot had allusion
Hopkins rediscovered sprung rhythm
Then you had the imagists. I like the idea, but find much of their work boring
Sticking to language alone, one innovation would be multi lingual poetry
Idioms don’t translate. So let’s transplant them and see the fun
Write a poem using foreign idioms and make it read like a natural poem, not a joke
(01-09-2026, 07:12 AM)milo Wrote: If you wanted to share your login I could probably finish itwhere’s Joe Mcarthy when you need him??
You did that with entre chien et loupe I suppose