Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Titles
Well, Blogger (or this browser or something) has struck again and taken one of my entries, so here's a shorter version of the same thing. I was thinking about poem titles that are intriguing or clever or memorable on their own without the actual text of the poem, and some of my favorite titles both by me and by others.
By me:
Prayer to a Higher Horsepower
God as a Somewhat Distant Relative
Poem with Chimpanzee
Easy Homunculus Assembly
Penelope at the Singer Quantum Futura
Seen from a Telephone Wire
Cram It
By others:
Into the Realm of Angels and Radio Waves (one of many fine Steve Mueske titles)
First Accidental Day of Winter (Jeffery Bahr)
The Interior Life of Ralph Wiggum (Melanie Jordan)
I Love to Stand on the Backs of the Turtles (Karen Donovan)
No Less Than Twenty-Six Distinct Necronyms (H. L. Hix)
James Wright was the champion of titles:
Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota
In Response to a Rumor That the Oldest Whorehouse in Wheeling, West Virginia, Has Been Condemned
Saint Judas
Goodbye to The Poetry of Calcium
etc.
What are some of your favorite titles, your own or others'?
By me:
Prayer to a Higher Horsepower
God as a Somewhat Distant Relative
Poem with Chimpanzee
Easy Homunculus Assembly
Penelope at the Singer Quantum Futura
Seen from a Telephone Wire
Cram It
By others:
Into the Realm of Angels and Radio Waves (one of many fine Steve Mueske titles)
First Accidental Day of Winter (Jeffery Bahr)
The Interior Life of Ralph Wiggum (Melanie Jordan)
I Love to Stand on the Backs of the Turtles (Karen Donovan)
No Less Than Twenty-Six Distinct Necronyms (H. L. Hix)
James Wright was the champion of titles:
Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota
In Response to a Rumor That the Oldest Whorehouse in Wheeling, West Virginia, Has Been Condemned
Saint Judas
Goodbye to The Poetry of Calcium
etc.
What are some of your favorite titles, your own or others'?
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This was a quick retype. You should have seen it before; there were at least half a dozen more titles by other people. Sigh...
Hi, Steven.
A couple titles I really like:
Sad Little Breathing Machine (Matthea Harvey)
Wants to Sit in the Big Chair. Does. (Liz Waldner)
-Ron
A couple titles I really like:
Sad Little Breathing Machine (Matthea Harvey)
Wants to Sit in the Big Chair. Does. (Liz Waldner)
-Ron
Ron:
Yes, I do like Sad Little Breathing Machine a lot as a title (not so crazy about Pity the Bathtub Its Forced Embrace of the Human Form, but YMMV). I hadn't encountered the Waldner title before, but I like it.
Thomas Lux is another one whose titles I like:
Plague Victims Catapulted Over Walls Into Besieged City
Tarantulas on the Lifebuoy
"I Love You Sweatheart"
Unlike, For Example, The Sound Of A Riptooth Saw
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Yes, I do like Sad Little Breathing Machine a lot as a title (not so crazy about Pity the Bathtub Its Forced Embrace of the Human Form, but YMMV). I hadn't encountered the Waldner title before, but I like it.
Thomas Lux is another one whose titles I like:
Plague Victims Catapulted Over Walls Into Besieged City
Tarantulas on the Lifebuoy
"I Love You Sweatheart"
Unlike, For Example, The Sound Of A Riptooth Saw
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