The Alphabet Concerto - Couverture souple

Delia, Steve

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1986180794 ISBN 13 : 9781986180795

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

Synopsis

Steve Delia’s The Alphabet Concerto The concept for the alphabet poems began when I attended the Philadelphia Writers Conference and took a poetry class taught by Leonard Gontarek. He gave us a sheet of paper with just titles on it and challenged us to pick one or more titles and write poems around them. I tried a few but nothing happened. I put the paper away, forgot about it for months, then came across it again. One title was called, “Beginning With O”; suddenly something clicked and I had a poem. I wrote every first line of the poem with a word that began with the letter O. Sometime after that at a poetry critique session, I was advised to keep developing at what I was then calling, “The Alphabet Poems.” I soon discovered that trying to write every line of a poem beginning with its accompanying letter proved to be too difficult and very limiting. I then tried filling the poems with words that began with their respective letter; that’s when it really took off. The only letter that is simply impossible to do anything with is the letter X; there are only 25 or so X words to work with. I was unable to produce anything that made any kind of sense. I feel kind of sorry for the letter X. Rodger Lowenthal came to the rescue when he suggested that I try words that begin with, “EX.” This proved to be the way to go. “The Alphabet Poems” sat on the shelf for a long time. I was out there reading them but certain obstacles prevented the manuscript from moving forward which turned into a good thing. My friend, the wonderful poet, Sandy Becker, read the manuscript and offered a couple of suggestions, including changing the name of the book, which she thought mundane. She was right. She pulled a few ideas for titles right out of the poems themselves. The winner was taken from the poem for the letter, “C. “The book then became, “The Alphabet Concerto,” a title with far more pizzazz. Thank you Sandy! Seven years later, this book finally gets voltage and, like Frankenstein’s monster, finally has life. It was a long time coming and is a book I feel proud of. I hope you enjoy it. -- Steve Delia

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Steve Delia has read his work in coffee houses, bars, libraries and book stores, as well as some unusual places including a cemetery, a church, and an Institute of Science. He has also read on WXPN, World Café Live, and has been published in the Mad Poets Review and Schuylkill Valley Journal, among other literary journals. His poem By the Hour took first prize in poetry at the Philadelphia Writers Conference. Steve has published six collections of poetry, Revisited, Revised and Retyped, Volumes 1 and 2, 1622 Church Street, Haiku and Other Imaginings, Zoo Poetry, and now, The Alphabet Concerto.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1986180794
• ISBN 13: 9781986180795
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 38
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg