Themed Week: Poetry Complements

[jjhunter]

I define a complement as a piece that is specifically created to complement another work in different medium. In the case of poetry, a complement is a work of art, piece of fiction, or other non-poetry creative work that is inspired by or is designed to add another dimension to a person's experience of a particular poem.


TEXT: "Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen" - Leonardo da Vinci. (For image credits, please see bottom of post.)

This week will be a multi-Hosted themed one: we'll be hearing from one or more guest Hosts with experience creating poetry complements, as well as a post by myself. I'm also looking for three two one more additional volunteers to be single-day Hosts to post in one or more of the following categories at some point this week: a.) a question re: poetry complements for general discussion; b.) one or more links or recommendations re: particularly effective or well-done poetry complements; c.) meta about poetry complements of any type. If you've hesitated to sign up for a full week Hosting in the past, this is an excellent chance to dip your feet in the water; if you've Hosted or will be Hosting, however, you are still welcome to sign up via comment to this post.


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Confirmed Hosts:

• jjhunter (Tuesday): Complement As Evolution
• jenn_calaelen (Wednesday): Poetry Complement: [Embroidery] Sampler
• alee_grrl (Thursday): Poetry Complement: Recommendations
• meeks (Friday): On illustrating poetry
• vom_marlowe (Saturday): Poetry Complements: Wallace Stevens Roundtable Intro and Commentary

Additional Volunteers
- finch?

IMAGE CREDITS: Image [modified by jjhunter in GIMP] originally from an article about Louise van Alenburg's "Hot versus Cold" poetry/art show.

Comments

Hmm...

[ysabetwordsmith]

My poetry sometimes inspires people to create things. Look on the Serial Poetry page:
http://penultimateproductions.weebly.com/serial-poetry.html
Check at the end of each series; after the poem links, some series have links to artwork, or fiction or poetry by other people, that were inspired by something I wrote. I love when that happens.

Re: Hmm...

[jjhunter]

Shall I stick you on the list then as a single-day Host?

ETA: I've browsed through some those links before - they're absolutely fabulous.

[alee_grrl]

I can think of at least one really effective example of poetry compliments, and I'm sure I can find more. So I'd be happy to do the recommendation post. Just let me know what day you want me to post. I'm free pretty much all week. :)

[jjhunter]

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We're not limited to one recommendation post, but having at least one is most excellent.

As for timing, I'll let you know as soon as possible. I'm still hoping to hear back from meeks & one of the other people I contacted to do a guest post, and that affects the timing of everything else. Thank you for your flexibility!

[alee_grrl]

No worries! I'm just glad that I can occasionally dust off my bachelors degree, an interdisciplinary degree that focused on multimedia narrative. It's also fun sharing favorite things. :)

[jjhunter]

Oh, that sounds like an awesome degree. Well then: I very much look forward to your post!

[alee_grrl]

It was a brilliantly fun degree. I've never used it in any of the ways I envisioned (writing video games, working as a web designer, graphic design), nor have I ever had a full time job doing anything related to it. It's been very handy in creative thinking and problem solving for other jobs, not to mention it's applications to my hobbies. :D

[jjhunter]

Also (heh, I think I'll be battling this one all week):

complement: piece complementary to another creative work
compliment: words or actions that are flattering

A complement can be complimentary, and a compliment can complement the effect of a piece, but it's best not to get the two mixed up too badly. ;o)

[alee_grrl]

Whoops, that's what I get for typing before coffee. I'll go back and fix that. :D

ETA: I always forget that you can't edit comments once they've been replied to. I will keep the correct spelling in mind for the future. :)

[jjhunter]

Thursday okay with you? I've got jenn_calaelen lined up for Wednesday and meeks for Friday, and am still holding out some hope I might be hearing back from the third person re: the weekend...

[alee_grrl]

Thursday works fine for me. I can't guarantee an early morning post, but I can guarantee a post. :)

[jjhunter]

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