- N+7...replacing nouns with nouns seven down the line in the dictionary...I'll be using dictionary.com.
- "Our Father in heaven,
- hallowed be your name.
- Your kingdom come,
- your will be done,
- on earth as it is in heaven.
- Give us this day our daily bread,
- and forgive us our debts,
- as we also have forgiven our debtors.
- And lead us not into temptation,
- but deliver us from evil."
- Now the N+7 version...this should be interesting.
- Our father christmases in heavenborn, hallowed be your name calling.
- Your kingdom fungi come,
- your Will Bagley be done,
- on Ear Cecil as it is in heavenborn.
- Give us this day blindness our daily breach of duty,
- and forgive us our debt issues,
- as we also have forgiven our debuggers.
- And lead us not into tempura,
- but deliver us from Evil Eyne.
- ....so yeah...that's...something alright. I don't know, maybe it's because I used dictionary.com, but I've got this weird feeling I would hate this regardless. It's like trying to put structure to randomness. And to do it without actual reason. If I wanted to make some chaos and write down words that came from my brain, it would at least be done with the intent of letting the world know that fire-chickens strangulate the populace of a local McDonalds in New Guinea tuna shower train-station. I mean really, that right there says something about something (namely to not ever trust me with a stream of conscious), but this N+7 thing is like (at least to me) deliberately trying to make the world a more structurally stupid place. Is it interesting? Sometimes, if you're lucky. Is it talent...well, only as much as flipping a few pages in a book is talent. Is it original? I don't know, maybe...sue me, I don't like it. That's what I'm trying to say.
- That being said, it did make me chuckle a little bit. And hey, that's worth it right? After all, what's the world without a bit of laughter.
- THAT being said, I'm going to go find something very entertaining to do. Feel the laughs people!
This is a blog devoted to both my english 200 class: Intro to Lit. (which deals almost exclusively with poetry), and some of my own dabbling in poetry. It's gonna be fun and stuff!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
N+7 The Lord's Prayer
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Corey, sounds like you are getting ready to write that paper, "what is poetry?" (and what is not . . .). But at least if you get a few surprises and some hilarity out of the exercise it's a good thing, I think. No lasting work of genius will come from it, but it helps us get closer to something in the original, I think, that our familiarity with it obscures.
ReplyDeleteGreat choice for this assignment! It is fascinating to see how what effect the N+7 technique has on a more serious "poem." It goes to show that each word is intended for a specific message and just changing them slightly can result in a drastically different result.
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