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As we move from talking about ekphrastic forms to a more general discussion about the politics of ekphrasis, it may be helpful to do some research on intertextual elements in the poems by Rita Dove and Elizabeth Alexander.Click on the links below to connect to some basic online resources:Venus of WillendorfSara BaartmanThere are also many good YouTube videos on both the Venus and Sara Baartman.
Some years ago, I published an N+ poem based on Joy Harjo's "She Had Some Horses." You can find the poem and a brief comment on the Coolidge/Fagin "Unaugural Poem" in the "procedures" issue of Chain, a poetry journal coedited by Temple's own Jena Osman. The comment on the Coolidge/Fagin poem may be helpful as you think about the potentials and limitations of these sorts of procedures, the politics of poetic form, satire and parody, intentional/unintentional writing, and so on. Thinking about this procedure as it relates to your first assignment, and then thinking about occasional verse vis-a-vis the inaugural poem, I created an N+ of Elizabeth Alexander's "Praise Song for the Day," which you can find here.Feel free to post links here to any sites that may be useful as we explore Oulipo, N+, chance operatives, et al.
