Intimating Electric Baudelaire

The first version of this poem (12 syllables) dates from 11/23/2009, while I was still reading/pondering Charles Baudelaire's Intimate Journals.  I expanded it to 24 syllables and gave it a title on 11/24, before pruning it down to 17-syllables (5-7-5) later that night.  I then submitted it to Lilliput Review, a favorite indie publication that favors smaller poems — one reason I didn't blog it immediately.  But since their editor has decided not to use it, today, inspired by my stumbling upon some visual poetry published by Avantacular Press, I decided to try some of my own.  I tweaked the punctuation of my "High Ku for C.B." slightly, played with an old black and white photo of the French poet and turned it into this:



Read the first half of Baudelaire's Intimate Journals here — and read the second half here.

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Posted by Jesus Crisis at 3/19/2010 11:18 AM
Categories: Art and Photography,Poetry by JC
Tags: Intimate Journals Visual Poems Charles Baudelaire
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  • 3/19/2010 12:22 PM jc wrote:
    "That which is not slightly distorted lacks sensible appeal; from which it follows that irregularity -- that is to say, the unexpected, surprise and astonishment, are an essential part and characteristic of beauty."

    -- Charles Baudelaire, Intimate Journals
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  • 3/19/2010 4:56 PM smith wrote:
    clever.
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    1. 3/19/2010 5:14 PM Jesus Crisis wrote:
      Thanks!
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  • 3/19/2010 8:19 PM chris wrote:
    Lost my comment.. having internet stability issues it seems... if this double posts delete one of them.

    Love the title... it made me think of Electric Light Orchestra doing a cover of Baudelaire's poetry to music.. or something.

    and the photo is awesome.. how did you do that?
    the colors are great.. would make for a cool chapbook cover I think.. though would use a ton of ink..

    your good at haiku .. you need to resubmit it somewhere else... like Virtual Haiku...
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    1. 3/19/2010 9:22 PM Jesus Crisis wrote:
      Thanks!  Ancient Chinese secret...

      Thinking about making a whole book of 'em if I come up with others I like as well....

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