Wednesday, 28 January 2015

What is Flarf?


My post title is "what is flarf?" So I looked it up, and here's an interesting link on info about what it is and how to do it. Check it out if you please!
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/brief-guide-flarf-poetry
according to this website, which is in fact a how-to, it's " A quality of intentional or unintentional “flarfiness.” A kind of corrosive, cute, or cloying, awfulness. Wrong. Un-P.C. Out of control. “Not okay.”"

I think I agree with the "out of control" and "not okay" bit especially when applying them to Annoying Diabetic Bitch. I didn't really find any poems that made me think or feel anything positive. The only thing I really felt was pain that I had to read this, and I couldn't put it down and never pick it back up again. I'm sorry if this is harsh Kevin, but I think it's awful and I wouldn't read it if I had a choice.
I started reading some of the 'poems' from Sharon Mesmer's Annoying Diabetic Bitch, and I found it hard to read them seriously because I don't really see it as art or talent to just take random words and in this case, make something offensive. Okay, so maybe flarf can come out with something that is good and pleasant and more than just offensive strings of words thrown haphazardly into a book. Overall I found it to be a painful read, and I don't think flarf has to be that way. I'm sure I can come up with something less offensive.

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