{"id":1155,"date":"2010-03-04T19:50:53","date_gmt":"2010-03-05T02:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=1155"},"modified":"2010-06-19T16:10:48","modified_gmt":"2010-06-19T23:10:48","slug":"talking-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/talking-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"“talking forest”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Elm said this like a wisper<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Alicia Cohen, “Talking Forest,” ecopoetics 1<\/a>, page 20<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Like this a lot. Something about that word “wisper” is so attractive. What would a wisper be. I like the thought of constructing an Elm language. The poem has a mysterious marvelousness. I can’t figure it out, but I want to reread it. There is word play, sound play, grammar play, all in a loose unlabored way. <\/p>\n

You couldn’t keep this up though. I don’t think a poet could populate a whole forest in this way. Now I see that we could talk forest or talk about a talking forest. There’s not much forest in here, actually more of bus and grass. <\/p>\n

I am lost in the middle. There are turns of I and eye. There is irrational progression. It does not seem especially organic, just whimsical. But still attractive. <\/p>\n

I take the name foul salmon<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I even like this. I think it’s a great way to wrap it up. Foul salmon is something attractive to scavengers no doubt. <\/p>\n

I like putting a wolf and bear in the last line. And the sprinkles of capitalization. <\/p>\n

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