Scott Simpson · Poetry
Arse Poetica
Selected Poems 1989 to 2009 · source pages 98
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Source page 98
Arse Poetica
Poem found on a blackboard
in Daykin Nebraska
I. Poetry
Time, four to six
minutes (10% off
for less than three).
One or
more poems,
intro,
transition,
NO CON-CLU-SION.
II. Packaging
Copy or Type,
double-
space,
key words.
Black Construction-
paper,
tape,
save.
III. Presentation
1. NO PODIUM,
2. ONE HAND
(free),
3. DON'T PLAY
(w/script), 4.
WEIGHT BALANCED
(both feet),
5. MOVE ON CHANGES
(intro-to-body),
(poem-to-transition),
6. USE IMAGINATION !
(let go),
(have fun),
(play w/voice)
Bow head
to
start.
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