tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post5849471424560212995..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: A New Way of Reading PoetryJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-36008600997055746922017-02-01T10:39:32.042-06:002017-02-01T10:39:32.042-06:00I can read sheet music silently but only if I alre...I can read sheet music silently but only if I already know the piece very very well. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-18771783943178350642017-01-30T21:23:39.698-06:002017-01-30T21:23:39.698-06:00"Poetry is sheet music for speech."
I l..."Poetry is sheet music for speech."<br /><br />I like that. And I do this. I learned it from Luis Monguió and Tom Parkinson.Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-44535511180370345262017-01-30T11:31:43.968-06:002017-01-30T11:31:43.968-06:00I do this. Most recently with Auden's New Year...I do this. Most recently with Auden's New Year Letter. It's a great way to read poetry and, I would say, it's basically what poetry is for. Poetry is sheet music for speech. (I know people who enjoy reading sheet music silently, by the way.) Like many composers, of course, poets aren't always the ideal performers of their own notes.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.com