Comments for Oscar Bermeo http://www.oscarbermeo.com Poetics, Process and (Getting) Published Fri, 08 Jun 2012 23:04:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on and if you don’t know, now you know by Gema http://www.oscarbermeo.com/2008/03/and-if-you-dont-know-now-you-know/#comment-34215 Gema Fri, 08 Jun 2012 23:04:18 +0000 http://www.oscarbermeo.com/2008/03/and-if-you-dont-know-now-you-know/#comment-34215 I used to write sonnets. I liked the Spenserian style, with the inoenltckirg rhymes: ABAB BCBC CDCD EE. The thing I liked about it was that I never knew where I was going to end up with it. I’m not a particularly good rhymer, so I’d find I was always steered by the form into expressing my thoughts completely differently than I would have done in prose and often found that the poem got across what I was thinking better than the words I would have chosen. That probably holds far less novelty for you than it did for me as a prose-besotted teenager with no real interest in poetry, but it was a real revelation for me. It helped me understand why strict rhyme and meter and even gimmicks like writing a novel without using the letter E are actually useful tools for the writer, not just parlor tricks. I think my dabbling in sonnetry really helped me tame my prose as I was learning.

]]> Comment on Acknowledgement: Beltway Poetry Quarterly by Bryan Thao Worra http://www.oscarbermeo.com/2012/01/acknowledgement-beltway-poetry-quarterly/#comment-25084 Bryan Thao Worra Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:18:14 +0000 http://www.oscarbermeo.com/?p=2283#comment-25084 Boo, bad weather!

But it’s good to see you’ve got some work in the Beltway Poetry Quarterly! Here’s to an amazing year ahead! Let’s have one filled with energy, opportunity and inspiration! :)

]]> Comment on There Is A Light That Never Goes Out by Anisa http://www.oscarbermeo.com/2011/12/there-is-a-light-that-never-goes-out/#comment-23028 Anisa Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:25:49 +0000 http://www.oscarbermeo.com/?p=2280#comment-23028 And for some reason I’ve always kinda hid the fact that I watch so many films. 50 in a year? Easy! The books, maybe not so, but I also promised myself I’d do more reading this year. Good luck on your journey.!

]]> Comment on There Is A Light That Never Goes Out by Oscar Bermeo http://www.oscarbermeo.com/2011/12/there-is-a-light-that-never-goes-out/#comment-22976 Oscar Bermeo Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:38:03 +0000 http://www.oscarbermeo.com/?p=2280#comment-22976 Thanks, John. The same to you, brah. Here’s to a great 2012.

]]> Comment on There Is A Light That Never Goes Out by Jon http://www.oscarbermeo.com/2011/12/there-is-a-light-that-never-goes-out/#comment-22936 Jon Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:27:06 +0000 http://www.oscarbermeo.com/?p=2280#comment-22936 Hey! Thanks for signing up! As always, interested in your journey and perspectives and looking forward to more this year.

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