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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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concataverse: poetic form does not stand still

concataverse: poetic form does not stand still

Mank, Browning
Folger, Virgina Bach
Nanace, Martha

Paperback

Poetry Anthologies

ISBN13: 9798429700410
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 21 2022
Pages: 134
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.29 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
concataverse(TM) - poetic form does not stand still

concataverse(TM) - anewformjoiningwordswithoutend

concataverse(TM) is a poetry anthology like no other - it is a contract between writer and reader in which the very identity of the words must be mined, defined, and discovered.

... the words must be mined

The concatenation of each line encourages the reader to deconstruct and reconstruct, thereby creating fresh neural pathways in the brain - making the poetic experience, shared with the reader, one that is physically interactive.

... creating fresh neural pathways in the brain

The poet's part in that is to create the puzzles to unravel, but there is a responsibility too, if the poet is making the reader do the work (as it were) the unravelled poem must have meaning, intention, it has to capture thought, life, and ideas; to entertain, educate, and enhance life.

Every rule to the form, for example; number of words to concatenate; limit to three lines, no punctuation: are tools for engagement, to dig into the poem; this produces hyperfocus, all the better to fully immerse the reader into the poem. The reader therefore experiences the poem with a greater sense of engagement, because they are building it in their mind: the poet creates, the reader re-creates.

The poet creates, the reader re-creates.

concataverse(TM) featuring 66 poems from 24 poets

The poets of the concataverse(TM) are: Mariangela Canzi, TP Cooper, Thomas Crofts, Gerald Dampier, Arnold Farr, Virginia Bach Folger, Frederick Garraty, Gabby Gilliam, Kiel M Gregory, GK Grieve, Rose Menyon Heflin, Scott Jessup, Noami Jones, James Ph. Kotsybar, Browning Mank, B McVie, Martha Nance, Gale Naylor, KP Perry, CC Pulliam, Vaughn V Smith, Olivia Stogner, and Laura Turnball

The winning poem was stuck by Browning Mank, who receives an award of $100

The following poems are commended:

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