Ok… So I totally forgot to write on the blog by Friday. Oops… But Thursday’s poetry reading with Christian Bok was definitely unlike anything I have ever seen or heard before in my life. When I tried to explain what his reading was like to my roommate and boyfriend I really could hardly describe what I had experienced while at Christian Bok’s presentation. I have never heard poems written and/or read like that before. It not only was extremely entertaining, but it also really forced me to recognize how experimental poetry can really push the boundaries of what I might have considered poetry to be. It kind of reminded me of when in class we tried to explain how something was or wasn’t a poem and it really helped me to conceptualize how poetry can be vastly different across cultures, language, intention, and expression. I think Christian Bok is really something of a visionary in his field because he really focuses on creating poetry that hasn’t ever been experienced before and in doing that he creates a new kind of reader experience because his work and inspiration is a type of poetry that many people haven’t been exposed to before. I really enjoyed our lecture by him as well as his presentation on Thursday night… I definitely would love to attempt writing some of the kinds of poems he has in the future!