The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems, the thoughts, the reviews, the photos, the paintings and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Tuesday June 6th, 2023
How to Read a Poem by Dr. Lawrence Nannery
Poetry has been a very powerful thing throughout history. The ritual dramas of all primitive peoples seem to have been recited and sung and acted out. Later, the belief systems of ancient civilizations were memorized by priestly classes and in whatever educational institutions there were, the “way of life” was taught in poetic forms.
In the Western tradition, we see that poets who claimed to be blood relatives of the great genius Homer (whoever he was) memorized his great long poems and held contests to see who could recite the verses perfectly. They seemed to act out in some measure the action being recited, thus also crossing the line into drama, though each performance was restricted to one orator. So far as we know, the format of recitation from the 6th century B.C. onwards, and were overseen by judges, who all had memorized the text, or, later, had authoritative written copies of it.
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The Other Alice #poem by Jan Sand
“There had to be that electric moment
At the silver surface of the mirror
When the two Alices coalesced
As when a diver into a summer pond
Becomes a four legged monster
Without heads, without arms.”
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Worming #067 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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