tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post2946635165018162584..comments2024-02-05T15:01:44.563-05:00Comments on Cleveland Poetics: a place for cleveland's writers and readers: What the Flarf?michael salingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717310933948991992noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-14701323426112505342009-07-18T11:07:43.147-04:002009-07-18T11:07:43.147-04:00Philip Metres wrote: "I've written a whol...Philip Metres wrote: <i>"I've written a whole sequence of poems called "Ibn Gitmo Flarf Cells...."</i><br /><br>Excellent! Cleveland flarfs!<br /><br>Is it online anywhere I can link?Geoffrey A. Landishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04518496779546782434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-87290650824957579122009-07-17T07:09:04.368-04:002009-07-17T07:09:04.368-04:00I've written a whole sequence of poems called ...I've written a whole sequence of poems called "Ibn Gitmo Flarf Cells." I live in Cleveland, and read some at The Lit last year. So, yes, we have Flarf in Cleveland.Philip Metreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449159681282927289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-44637229701315918952009-07-13T18:08:14.340-04:002009-07-13T18:08:14.340-04:00I think that the technology of how to write flarf ...I think that the technology of how to write flarf must be a closely-guarded secret of the flarf cabal.<br /><br>However, here's an <a href="http://jacketmagazine.com/29/flarf-iv.html" rel="nofollow">Actual Interview with a Six-Year-Old on the Topic of Flarf</a>, which, I think, gives out a valuable clue:<br /><br><i>Q: What do you think about the relationship between Flarf and Google?<br />A: Uh, there is really no such thing as a google in dada land. The googles are just the dada’s imaginary friends.</i>Geoffrey A. Landishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04518496779546782434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-25024462395219664862009-07-13T11:40:00.411-04:002009-07-13T11:40:00.411-04:00So, I looked at all the links, but I couldn't ...So, I looked at all the links, but I couldn't find a set of directions on how to flarf. I mean, just in case I wanted to try it. Is it like, you just keep googling words and throwing them at each other until they make a bunch of words, preferably perky?<br /><br />I liked the flarfs, though. They were really energetic and pleasantly content-free.mary Turzillohttp://www.maryturzillo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-71756665454804047032009-07-13T10:01:47.048-04:002009-07-13T10:01:47.048-04:00Thanks for turning me onto Flarf. Kinda fun, and l...Thanks for turning me onto Flarf. Kinda fun, and looks like some of the poets are serious about it. I read a poem by K. Silem Mohammad called <a href="http://www.fascicle.com/issue01/Poets/mohammadessay.htm" rel="nofollow">The Led Zeppelin Experience</a> that's definitely got energy.Shelley Cherninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10132631136708521168noreply@blogger.com