Category: Experimental

Alvin Pang, Angela Gardner, Australian, Creativity, Embodied writing, Experimental, Judith Beveridge, Katharine Coles, Poetry on the Move 2019, Uncategorized

‘Poetry and Process’ panel from the Poetry on the Move festival 2019

by Owen Bullock • August 15, 2022

Hello poets and readers, At the 2019 Poetry on the Move festival, hosted by the International Poetry Studies Institute at the University of Canberra, I hosted a panel titled ‘Poetry and Process’. Festival Director Shane Strange made available a podcast of the panel presentations by our guests, national and international poets Angela Gardner, Judith Beveridge,…

Blogs, Creativity, Experimental, Owen Bullock, Poems, Uncategorized, Vocation

The Poetic Vocation

by Owen Bullock • November 21, 2020

Hello poets and readers, At a time when the work of many artists is sidelined by COVID, the issue of earning a living from art is more glaring than ever. As a poet you know that very few poets earn a living from their work and have to do something else to survive. So why…

Embodied writing, Experimental, Poetic restraint, Point-of-view, Research

Creativity and Innovation Short Course Online

by Owen Bullock • July 2, 2020

Hello poets and readers, If you’ve been following Poetry in Process and would like to delve further into some of the findings of this research, I’m running a short, intensive online course based on the findings of Poetry in Process called Creativity and Innovation, from the 27th-30th July. The course takes the form of four…

Blogs, Canadian, Christian Bök, Experimental

Some thoughts on Christian Bök’s 10 rules for writing lyric poetry

by Owen Bullock • September 27, 2019

Christian acknowledges that his ten rules discussed in the podcast build on centuries of knowledge about writing, and he notes the particular contribution of Ezra Pound to this kind of schematic for poetry. Christian’s rules are concise, illuminating and full of great examples, some of them from his own students. It’s best not to take…

Blogs, Canadian, Christian Bök, Experimental, Knowing & unknowing, Research

Some thoughts on Christian Bök’s process

by Owen Bullock • July 24, 2019

Hello poets and readers, In our recent podcast with experimental poet Christian Bök, I spoke with a poet who has a truly scientific approach to poetry, who ‘conducts experiments through language.’ He accepts that some experiments won’t work, but is committed to seeing them through, even if they represent decades of work through complex processes.…

Canadian, Christian Bök, Experimental, Knowing & unknowing, Podcasts, Research

Podcast: Christian Bök’s process

by Owen Bullock • July 7, 2019

I conduct experiments through language. Christian Bök Poetry in Process podcast, July 2019 Hello poets and readers, We’re delighted to be able to bring you our second podcast, with experimental poet Christian Bök. Christian’s approach to poetry is scientific. He uses experiments in poetry to test ideas and capacities, unsure of outcomes. He has dedicated…

Blogs, Ekphrasis, Experimental, New Zealand, Research

Experimental process and ekphrasis

by Owen Bullock • June 7, 2019

Hello poets and readers, Sometimes I’m amazed and delighted by other forms of art and want to respond in poetry. I want to go further than simply responding through the content of my work. I want the dynamics of the other art form to effect the structures of my poetry, to help invigorate and update…

Blogs, Experimental, Lisa Samuels, Multiplicity, New Zealand, Poems

Sound as meaning experiment by Lisa Samuels

by Owen Bullock • May 22, 2019

Hello poets and readers, Have you read the Poetry in Process blogpost about Lisa Samuels and multiplicity yet? Don’t forget we’d love to hear any comments about what resonated with you. Today I am excited to bring you one of Lisa’s poems that experiments with sound as meaning and was featured in the Poetry New…

Blogs, Experimental, Lisa Samuels, Multiplicity, New Zealand, Research

Lisa Samuels and multiplicity

by Owen Bullock • May 6, 2019

Hello poets and readers, In an interview with transnational poet Lisa Samuels, she suggests that at the heart of her poetry and her process is a multiplicity of reference and background. When asked by interviewer Jack Ross, in the first issue of the revamped Poetry New Zealand Yearbook, which writers inspire her she answers in…

Autobiography, Blogs, Claudia Rankine, Experimental, Racism

Claudia Rankine and autobiography

by Owen Bullock • April 24, 2019

Hello poets and readers, In this exploration of poetic process, I’ve been gathering what can be gleaned from existing interviews when the subject of process bubbles up. Jamaican-born US poet Claudia Rankine responds to a question from interviewer Katy Lederer about the differences between her first two collections Nothing in Nature is Private and The…

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