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Aish · 07-10-2011, 04:11 PM

***Leanne*** · 07-11-2011, 05:29 AM

I've seen this kind of thing around quite a bit in recent years -- I love anything that crosses genres and makes poetry more relevant without dumbing it down (though I'm not great at it myself). This seems to me a hybrid between graphic art, graffiti and of course poetry. The choice of graphics is careful and adds great dimension to the work (I suspect it would be easy to make it seem like a random-headline ransom demand instead, but you don't fall into that trap). I particularly like the jagged "speak" to imply something that isn't comfortable or easy. I do worry that "silence is deafening" is cliched, but I'm still so taken with the format that I find I don't really mind Smile

***addy*** · 07-11-2011, 08:53 AM

There's a violence in the words that definitely speaks of graffiti... an underground, rage against the machine vibe that really worked with the visual format you chose (It would, to me, read like a different poem without the visual). Very nicely done.

***billy*** · 07-11-2011, 09:48 AM

nice marriage of image and words.
the line a little cliché but it doesn't
hinder the image or the write. i like the style, though i wouldn't have time to create
anything within it myself. as Leanne says, it has a feel of graffiti, i also think there's pop culture in there as well.
the poem fits the image and title really well. well enough for me to like it Wink

thanks for the showing of it.

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