bok blog

The presentation tonight in the formal lounge was quite interesting. I have never heard sound poems before and it was definitely not what I was expecting. I don't really understand how something like a sound poem would be created or what the rules are for that type of poetry. Even though I don't really understand the construction of them, I could see the effort that goes in to each one. His vocal abilities were very impressive and clearly take a lot of practice. I also liked hearing him read his own poems because it sounded much different than how I read it to myself. They were much funnier and animated when Bok read it than I did. I'd like to learn more about the art of sound poetry as it is such a foreign concept to me at this point. I also would like to say that I don't think one letter can be a novel...if you didn't already know the background story behind all of that the letter would make no sense so I don't think it can serve as a novel on its own.