tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204727386532339291.post7461813577122076862..comments2023-12-10T13:16:58.731+09:00Comments on Axis of Abraxas: A Poetry Blog: Asking the Prose ProsJessica Goodfellowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07561656986278259434noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204727386532339291.post-45266829049241510042011-04-25T15:03:08.610+09:002011-04-25T15:03:08.610+09:00Thank you! I'm putting it on my to-read list r...Thank you! I'm putting it on my to-read list right now!Jessica Goodfellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07561656986278259434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204727386532339291.post-63341007902824763662011-04-25T12:44:18.290+09:002011-04-25T12:44:18.290+09:00If you're interested, I'd like to recommen...If you're interested, I'd like to recommend a book: _Masculine and Feminine: The Natural Flow of Opposites in the Psyche_ by Gareth S. Hill.<br /><br />Yes, so much to learn. Isn't life wonderful in this regard?Marihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05211528951336098923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204727386532339291.post-79787213108810950492011-04-25T10:16:27.616+09:002011-04-25T10:16:27.616+09:00Mari, I did not know the mountains/ocean assignmen...Mari, I did not know the mountains/ocean assignments were opposite in the West, but I'm not surprised given the immediate resistance I felt upon reading about the assignments in Japanese gardening. <br /><br />Interestingly, one of my sons has the kanji for ocean in his name, and that never bothered me one way or the other. (Of course, his name was selected after the Pacific Ocean, the body of water joining or connecting the home countries of his parents, so perhaps that focus distracted me from that.)<br /><br />Hmmmm, so much to learn. I think eventually I'm going to have to blog about gender continuums, but I've got a lot to study in the meantime.<br /><br />If you ever do start blogging, let me know. You have a follower-in-waiting!Jessica Goodfellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07561656986278259434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204727386532339291.post-17794237081383787532011-04-25T07:49:52.953+09:002011-04-25T07:49:52.953+09:00Crap, I just wrote a response and Blogger ate it.....Crap, I just wrote a response and Blogger ate it... Here goes again!<br /><br />I'd likely be a haphazard blogger, Jessica, and prefer for now to read yours!<br /><br />Yes, the terms are limited (as are terms/labels in general). But the properties of the terms themselves hold great value for me in many areas (I'm a big fan of Jungian/archetypal psychology). Interestingly, and perhaps you already know this, the properties are reversed in Japanese culture: i. e. in the west the moon is considered "feminine," while in Japan it's considered "masculine". Likewise, mountains in the west are considered "masculine" (upward thrusting, authority, permanence, etc.), while the all-encompossing sea (representative of the Great Mother/psyche/collective unconscious) is considered "feminine".<br /><br />New terms are in order. But what...?<br /><br />Thank you for providing such a diverse, imaginative blog. It's not just about poetry (which I love to read about), but also offers a variety of interconnected ideas and impulses to riff upon. I'm invited to think, feel, and imagine. I love to visit and I'm almost always given something meaningful to chew on.Marihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05211528951336098923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204727386532339291.post-20514330556262327192011-04-24T17:40:41.328+09:002011-04-24T17:40:41.328+09:00I love your image of a prose poem as a "langu...I love your image of a prose poem as a "language bath" washing over you. YOU should be the one blogging about this! I'm interested too in your idea of prose poems and lineated poems on a "feminine"/"masculine" continuum. I'd never thought about them in those diametric terms (though I'm not a fan of the terms, as your quotation marks indicate might be true for you as well. Doing research about Japanese gardens, I learned that red pine is considered feminine, as are mountains, while black pine and the sea are said to be masculine. I'd line those to be the endpoints of the continuum, either the red pine/black pine, or the mountains/sea. But I digress.) <br />Thanks, Mari, for your always thoughtful comments.Jessica Goodfellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07561656986278259434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204727386532339291.post-53463207135349153572011-04-24T10:00:47.671+09:002011-04-24T10:00:47.671+09:00Line and stanza breaks, as you've said in so m...Line and stanza breaks, as you've said in so many words, inform the poem's energetic life on the page; that's often important to me. There's something akin to being immersed in a "language bath" when reading a prose poem; it washes over and through me in a very pleasing way that's also quite different from the experience of reading a lineated poem. I just had a thought: the prose poem might represent a more structurally "feminine" form, as it does away with the traditionally "masculine" directives and containers provided by line breaks and stanzas. Perhaps the rising popularity of the prose poem form speaks to some kind of integrative process. Must think on this. I'll look for you at BPJ's web site...Marihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05211528951336098923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204727386532339291.post-80032896087126522562011-04-24T08:21:24.637+09:002011-04-24T08:21:24.637+09:00I don't think it's a limitation, Mari, so ...I don't think it's a limitation, Mari, so much as a sensibility. I'm also attached to line breaks.<br />As far as P&W, what I think Drew was referring to was that Beloit mentions me as a representative writer on that website. There's nothing in the P&W magazine this month, I'm fairly certain!Jessica Goodfellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07561656986278259434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204727386532339291.post-24110682083168645902011-04-24T03:47:11.777+09:002011-04-24T03:47:11.777+09:00Great post, Jessica. I've written (and publish...Great post, Jessica. I've written (and published) exactly *one* prose poem. I think at times of writing more, but so far have not felt compelled, as I'm too attached to fixed line breaks (likely a limitation on my part). But I, too, enjoy reading prose poems and admire the form very much.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to receiving my copy of P + W magazine so I can see the feature on your book!Marihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05211528951336098923noreply@blogger.com