Mean Song - Poetry For Fun: Trulier Coolier
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From the film "Poetry For Fun: Trulier Coolier", Centron 1978. Home transfer from 16mm original. A film adaptation of Eve Merriam's poem "Mean Song," which employs playful and whimsical language. The poem conveys a sense of caution and warning through its inventive wordplay and rhythmic structure. Keywords Eve Merriam, Mean Song, poetry, wordplay, caution, whimsical, performance, language, rhythm
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From the film "Poetry For Fun: Trulier Coolier", Centron 1978.
Home transfer from 16mm original.
A film adaptation of Eve Merriam's poem "Mean Song," which employs playful and whimsical language. The poem conveys a sense of caution and warning through its inventive wordplay and rhythmic structure.
Eve Merriam, Mean Song, poetry, wordplay, caution, whimsical, performance, language, rhythm
Home transfer from 16mm original.
A film adaptation of Eve Merriam's poem "Mean Song," which employs playful and whimsical language. The poem conveys a sense of caution and warning through its inventive wordplay and rhythmic structure.
Keywords
Eve Merriam, Mean Song, poetry, wordplay, caution, whimsical, performance, language, rhythm
Transcription
oh nickels and pods ribbles and groads that's what i wish you a knocks in the groot a root an astute and a gock in the foreshore too keep out of sight for fear that i might glum you a gravely snave don't show your face around in a place or you'll get one flat snack in the pavement
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