http://www.hydramag.com/2009/11/21/linton-kwesi-johnsons-revalueshanary-verse/ Literary arts magazine dedicated to the wayward, ordinary, bizarre, everyday, and the impossible. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:35:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.hydramag.com/2009/11/21/linton-kwesi-johnsons-revalueshanary-verse/#comment-2753 Michael Krimper Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:53:50 +0000 http://www.thehydramag.com/?p=692#comment-2753 Wow, didn't know about that one. I'm pretty intrigued also by "Les Exercises de Style", where he writes the same short story in, I believe, 100 different variations. He is most known for writing colloquial French in his novel "Zazi Dans Le Metro." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zazie_in_the_Metro Wow, didn’t know about that one. I’m pretty intrigued also by “Les Exercises de Style”, where he writes the same short story in, I believe, 100 different variations. He is most known for writing colloquial French in his novel “Zazi Dans Le Metro.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zazie_in_the_Metro

]]> http://www.hydramag.com/2009/11/21/linton-kwesi-johnsons-revalueshanary-verse/#comment-2752 Edgar Garcia Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:00:35 +0000 http://www.thehydramag.com/?p=692#comment-2752 That feller, as far as I know, is known for use of mathematics in poetry. He's got a series of sonnets, in which every line is interchangeable, creating a sonnet sequence (10x10x10x10x10x10x10x10x10x10x10x10x10x10) of one hundred thousand billion possible poems. A digital version: http://www.bevrowe.info/Poems/QueneauRandom.htm makes you wonder how the hyperlink could be have imagined in 1961. That feller, as far as I know, is known for use of mathematics in poetry. He’s got a series of sonnets, in which every line is interchangeable, creating a sonnet sequence (10x10x10x10x10x10x10x10x10x10x10x10x10x10) of one hundred thousand billion possible poems. A digital version: http://www.bevrowe.info/Poems/QueneauRandom.htm makes you wonder how the hyperlink could be have imagined in 1961.

]]> http://www.hydramag.com/2009/11/21/linton-kwesi-johnsons-revalueshanary-verse/#comment-2751 Michael Krimper Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:11:10 +0000 http://www.thehydramag.com/?p=692#comment-2751 Johnson's poetic style reminds me of Raymond Queneau's writing in French. Queneau too would write the street vernacular of the French language in ways that have to be sounded out aloud. It gives a body and contemporary resonance to the song that is absolutely necessary. Johnson’s poetic style reminds me of Raymond Queneau’s writing in French. Queneau too would write the street vernacular of the French language in ways that have to be sounded out aloud. It gives a body and contemporary resonance to the song that is absolutely necessary.

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