tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526999.post7621065816153829199..comments2024-03-26T12:26:28.548-04:00Comments on rob mclennan's blog: my vocabulary did this to me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer, eds. Peter Gizzi and Kevin Killianrob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526999.post-54979499578935424812009-01-03T14:39:00.000-05:002009-01-03T14:39:00.000-05:00Not having read the new collection, it's clear Rob...Not having read the new collection, it's clear Rob has zeroed in on what I think of as one of the most interesting things about Spicer and that would be his thoughts regarding the serial poem. The quote Rob has selected would make excellent teaching aids.<BR/><BR/>This notion of the serial is very much in line with a recognition that EVERYTHING is connected and this is a rare accomplishment in 20th c poetry. This seems, to me, completely in line with a Whiteheadian cosmology of process and what Charles Olson said is true. This kind of process allows more energy into a poem. It is closer to the source.<BR/><BR/>Spicer, along with Olson, George Bowering, Robert Duncan, Robin Blaser, Michael McClure, Nate Mackey and a few others intuited this, or knew this, or taught this to each other and I am grateful we have someone as dedicated as Rob to sniff this out and present it to us with such grace and precision.<BR/><BR/>It demands more study.<BR/><BR/>Related essays are at http://organicpoetry.com/essays.htmlSplabmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08068813038783953187noreply@blogger.com