ronald baatz alyson benitez & kelly muraszewski. why we chose baatz? kelly – teach haiku? the...
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RONALD BAATZ
Alyson Benitez & Kelly Muraszewski
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Why we chose Baatz?
Kelly – Teach Haiku?
the curves of your body
in the curves of mine-
when we are old and blind
Alyson – Unknown and mysterious! Why doesn’t he want to be known?
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Background
Anonymous: “the only bio i ever give is that i’ve been living in the same farmhouse
close to twenty years.”
Only for the Old and the Fragile
I have no desire to accumulatewealth, and fame is completely outof the question.Just to be held aloftby the birds would be plenty.
Know for sure:
Lives - New York with his wife and a cat named Mooche. Writes lyric poetry – Deep expressions of his personal and emotional feelings
including: childhood, aging parents, relationships, stream of consciousness, death
Publications: 1974 (7 years), 1982 ( 5 years), 1987, 1989 (10 years)-eroticism poetry, 2000, 02’, 03’, 05’, 06’, 07’,08’, 09’, 10’
Website (ronaldbaatz.outlawpoetry.com) old Roman saying: Life is a
short dream (life isn’t real and death is looming) –Theme…
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“yeah, that's me, kelly. use the picture, sure. hope all is well. it's been rainy here, chilly. the cat seems to have its tail under every step we take...”
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Bibliography
*ALL THE DAYS ARE – Tideline Press 1974 * AFTERNOON PLUMS RISING – Tideline Press 1982 * STRANGE BREAKFAST – Permanent Press 1987 * LUCKY SO BEAUTIFUL – Wolfscat Press 1989 * RAVAGED – Clark Street Review Press 2000 * MT TREMPER HAIKU – Flypaper Press 2000 * AT HERRING COVE – Lockout Press 2002* WHITE TULIPS – Tideline Press 2003 * IN A CLAY PIG’S EYE – Seastone Editions 2005 * ON THE BACK PORCH – Concrete Meat Press 2006 * FISH FORK – Seastone Editions 2008 * BIRD EFFORT – Kamini Press 2008* OUT OF HIS CHILDHOOD – Zerx Press shared chapbook with Mark Weber 2007 * CEMETERY COUNTRY - Zerx Press shared chapbook with Mark Weber 2008* SAY A PRAYER FOR MY DOG - Zerx Press shared chapbook with Mark Weber 2009 * NEXT EXIT: SEVEN - Kendra Steiner Editions shared chapbook with Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal 2008
* THE COMPANIONSHIP OF THE PLUM – Kendra Steiner Editions shared chapbook with Bill Shute 2008 * THE WORMWOOD REVIEW – three special sections issues: 104, 140, 144 “Second Hand”, WR #104 1986; “Out in the Late October Garden”, WR #140 1995; “Every Winter”, WR #144, 1997 * YELLOW SILK – anthology of erotic arts and letters Harmony Books 1990 * THE BOOK OF EROS – anthology of arts and letters from Yellow Silk Harmony Books 1995 * SEVEN HUNDRED KISSES – anthology of erotic writing from Yellow Silk Harper San Francisco * LITERATURE AND ITS WRITERS: A Compact Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama by Ann Charters, Samuel Charters * THE MOON IS A FRIEND FROM THE OLD COUNTRY – Zerx Press shared chapbook with Mark Weber 2010 * BIRD SCHOOL Seastone Editions 2010
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Under My Bed
there's a poem under my bed about eating cherries
it had fallen out of a book i was reading and slipped out of arm's reach
and now i'm just too tiredto get the dust mop to reach for this poem
and besides, i like knowing it's there on these cold winter nights
a poem written in a season much friendlier than this one
a poem with pits in it
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Early questions we asked…
there's a poem under my bed -Is it really a poem that he is referring to? about eating cherries -What do the cherries symbolize?
it had fallen out of a book i was reading and slipped -What kind of book is he reading?out of arm's reach -Did he actually read the poem?
and now i'm just too tired -Does he not like the poem? to get the dust mop to -Why would he use a ‘dust mop’ to reach for the poem?
reach for this poem
and besides, i like knowing it's -Why is there comfort in knowing its under his bed?there on these cold winter nights -Why are the personal pronouns (‘I’) not capitalized?
a poem written in a season -Is the ‘season’ summer or spring? Does it matter?much friendlier than this one
a poem with pits in it -What do the ‘pits’ suggest?
Is this the poet’s stream of consciousness?
Why is there no punctuation, except for one comma?
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Initial conjectures…
there's a poem under my bed about eating cherries
it had fallen out of a book i was reading and slipped -We thought he read the poem and didn’t like it. out of arm's reach -Thus, he could have reached it, but chose not to retrieve it.
and now i'm just too tiredto get the dust mop to -The poem is not good because it is compared to dust.reach for this poem
and besides, i like knowing it's there on these cold winter nights
a poem written in a season much friendlier than this one
a poem with pits in it -The ‘pits’ symbolize the poem has bad elements. It stinks!
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Due respect…-Poem was never read. - -Needed a dust mop because of its length.-The ‘pits’ symbolize that it hasn’t been explicated yet.
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We tried again…Keeping in mind this time that Baatz tends to write dark, gloomy poetry.
dead moth-only a breezemoving its wings
O Blessed Horns – father’s deathRoberto – friend’s wild life and deathBuried Animals – his dead petsOnly for the Old and the Fragile –looming deathThe days that followed – a poet found deadIn Moscow – homeless drunks found deadI bury dogs – about burying animalsIn His Eyes – finding his father deadThe Old Heart – aging
an insectthat has so many legsi had to kill it
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Elements discovered…there's a poem under my bed Metaphor - ‘under my bed’ – my
pastPhonetic stops- p, d, b
about eating cherries / Metaphor - ‘poem…about eating cherries’ - my youthAssonance - ē in ‘eating’ and ‘cherries’
it had fallen out of a book Metaphor – ‘fallen out of a book’ – youth has fallen out of my life
i was reading and slipped Metaphor – ‘slipped’ – youth slipped awayNo Capitalization – personal pronoun
out of arm's reach Enjambment– throughout poemNo Punctuation – none whatsoever
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and now i'm just too tired Metaphor – ‘tired’ – oldAlliteration – ‘t’ in ‘too’ and ‘tired’No Capitalization – personal pronoun
to get the dust mop to Metaphor – uses ‘dust mop’ because the poem (youth) is now dead and has turned to dust
reach for this poem / Repetition – ‘reach’ – can’t go back to his youth
and besides, i like knowing it's Caesura – tone shifts to optimismAssonance – ī in ‘i’ and ‘like’ No Capitalization – personal pronoun
there on these cold winter nights / Metaphor – comforting to know he once was young and he still has fond memoriesEnjambment – throughout poem
a poem written in a season Metaphor – ‘in a season much friendlier’ - youth was kinder to him
much friendlier than this one / Metaphor – ‘than this one’ – than being old
a poem with pits in it Assonance – ĭ in ‘with’, ‘pits’, ‘in’, and ‘it’Metaphor – youth- a ‘life’ that ends
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Theme & Means
Metaphors galore – ALLEGORY – extended metaphor for loss of youth Phonetic stops – emphasizing annoyance Enjambed – youth and old age are continuous and blended & his
stream of consciousness Assonance – ē (‘wheee’ sound) – youth ī (uplifting sound) – some pleasure
ĭ (‘icky’ sound) – with life there’s also the horrific Alliteration – ‘t’ – emphasize annoyance of being old Repetition – wants to stress that his youth is long gone, out of reach No punctuation of personal pronouns – feels self is insignificant No punctuation at all – nothing is significant Caesura- energy shifts expressing some fondness for life 1st person- very personal, as is a POEM to the author (practically his
life)
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Under my bedBy: Ronald Baatz
there's a poem under my bed about eating cherries
it had fallen out of a book i was reading and slipped out of arm's reach
and now i'm just too tiredto get the dust mop to reach for this poem
and besides, i like knowing it's there on these cold winter nights
a poem written in a season much friendlier than this one
a poem with pits in it
Under my bed
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References
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"Ronald Baatz." Official website of Laura Hird. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Dec. 2010. <http://www.laurahird.com/showcase/ronaldbatz.html>.
"Ronald Baatz – Ronald Baatz." Ronald Baatz. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Dec. 2010. <http://ronaldbaatz.outlawpoetry.com/ronald-baatz/>.
"Ronald Baatz — Blogs, Pictures, and more on WordPress." WordPress.com — Get a Free Blog Here. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Dec. 2010. <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/ronald-baatz/>.