Comments on: Jen Jewel Brown: Breath

By: Jen Jewel Brown

Jen Jewel Brown — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:30:30 +0000

Someone has emailed me to ask me about the subject of this poem. If you aren't Australian and familiar with the bushrangers, you may not realise it's Ned Kelly.

By: kl

kl — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 10:50:04 +0000

I am loving the whole public dialogue angle Cordite is currently trajecting, it's

very much needed, an online hole that Cordite fills perfectly. No one who reads here suffers that badly from loose vowels or strained adj's, do they?

By: samb

samb — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:05:16 +0000

I think a certain level of interraction is potentially a good thing, especially in a site like this where a whole bunch of really fine writers are reading as well as publishing. There is a risk of flame wars, as tend to happen when things are opened up for comment, but I think it could be interesting, and in fact somewhat groundbreaking- I mean, people chat about poetry and poetics in cafes and bars and classes and specific online communities, and you do occasionally get that sort of dialogue in print journals over a period of time, but I don't think I've really seen it in an online zine- and it has the advantage of being in real-time.

By: David

David — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:20:43 +0000

Yay Canada! To comment on Rachel's poem, click here!

By: Rachel Thompson

Rachel Thompson — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:45:56 +0000

Yay. Those floodgates are open.

From where I am in tame (“polite”) Canada, I'm excited by be in this milieu of rowdy Aussies!

Jen, the musicality of this piece is astounding, the of poem kind you want to read aloud a few times to feel it in your mouth. Tasty!

By: David

David — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:42:38 +0000

Thanks Paul, Jen,

we'll consider it … baby steps and all that.

By: Jen Jewel Brown

Jen Jewel Brown — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:31:04 +0000

Let 'er rip. If the bleeding turns into hemorrhaging, I'll let you know. Also I'd like to comment on some other bloody exciting work here like Ivy's and Berndt's and Nick's particularly. Baz Luhrmann, eat your heart out.

By: Paul Squires

Paul Squires — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:37:10 +0000

Well, I think it's a good idea, David. It allows people to engage the poem and for the poet to get feedback. You can always moderate them. Also it opens up the opportunity for more general discussion on poetics and creates a sense of community. And from a purely practical point of view will increase traffic through your site. I've learned a lot about my own work and poetry in general from the comments at my site.

By: David

David — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:57:06 +0000

Hi everyone!

Nice to read yr comments – i didn't actually realise we'd opened comments on this post … usually with the poems we don't – but it makes me wonder what would happen if we allowed readers to make comments on all poems.

Thoughts?

By: Jen Jewel Brown

Jen Jewel Brown — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:28:18 +0000

Thanks so much. I had forgotten this was coming out and am now getting lost in the links and the writing and the constellations of poets splattered like bugs on the windscreen of deep cyberspace. Who needs drugs?

xJen