Monday, October 27, 2025

The Outerview Series: Part XIX - Karen Solie

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       Cryptocrap is defined by what it lacks:  clarity, technique, and performance value.  In short, it is the direct antithesis of poetry....
Friday, October 10, 2025

The Outerview Series: Part XVIII - Content Regency

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     By now we understand that poetry is memorable speech.  It is a mode of speech, the other being prose.  The difference between prose and...
Friday, September 19, 2025

The Outerview Series: Part XVII - Poetry Exam Answers

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        Click here to take the exam  before seeing the answers.   Questions and Answers to Poetry Exam 1. What is poetry?    a) Emotive writ...
Tuesday, June 17, 2025

The Outerview Series: Part XVI - Poetry Exam

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 1. What is poetry?    a) Emotive writing.    b) Profound writing.    c) Humorous writing.    d) Memorable speech. 2.  Is a line more or les...
Monday, June 16, 2025

The Outerview Series: Part XV - Crossword Poetry

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      While doing your crossword puzzle you come upon the clue for 13-down:  "a Welsh doggy".  Looking at the grid you see it is f...
Wednesday, June 11, 2025

The Outerview Series: Part XIV - Convenient Poetics

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          "Poets: Really, they're the laziest, stupidest people I know." - Christian Bök, 2009        Convenient Poetics is an...
Sunday, June 1, 2025

The Outerview Series: Part XIII - The Densuke Problem

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        The black Densuke watermelon is grown only on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.  It is known for its sweetness and rarity.  ...