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   nancygene.andjayme@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (NancyGene) posted:   
   > Will Dockery wrote:   
   >> mpsilvertone@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (HarryLime) posted:   
   >>> Will Dockery wrote:   
   >   
   > >>>> Apple Montage   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Sneaking around   
   > >>>> with Cousin Jenny,   
   > >>>> smoking menthol   
   > >>>> beyond the sheds.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Late summer vacation 1973   
   > >>>> in the backwoods of Tennessee.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> To the right   
   > >>>> behind the barn   
   > >>>> were apple trees.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> There were several   
   > >>>> of those trees   
   > >>>> and other trees   
   > >>>> behind them   
   > >>>> beyond a field   
   > >>>> and behind them, other trees.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Later, I stood near   
   > >>>> as a crowd   
   > >>>> watched Pops and my Uncle   
   > >>>> cooking apple butter;   
   > >>>> stirring the brown gunk,   
   > >>>> boiling in a huge black kettle.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> I saw my father   
   > >>>> secretly pass   
   > >>>> a wine bottle   
   > >>>> to my Uncle Clarence.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> I went from   
   > >>>> breathing cold mist   
   > >>>> out back behind the barn,   
   > >>>> to breathing   
   > >>>> the hot misty steam.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> The air smelled of apple fumes   
   > >>>> and strong booze.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> -Will Dockery   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> The poem is an almost perfect poetry montage as it is..   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> See my poem "Apple Montage" for an example of ause of montage   
   > >>>> in poetry.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Wikipedia is a good start on defining "montage":   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montage_(filmmaking)   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Here is Wikipedia's definition (as per your link):   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> "A montage (/m'nˈt'ː'/ mon-TAHZH) is a film editing technique   
   > >>>> in which a series of short shots are sequenced to condense   
   > >>>> space, time, and information. Montages enable filmmakers to   
   > >>>> communicate a large amount of information to an audience over a   
   > >>>> shorter span of time by juxtaposing different shots,   
   > >>>> compressing time through editing, or intertwining multiple   
   > >>>> storylines of a narrative.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> "The term has varied meanings depending on the filmmaking   
   > >>>> tradition. In French, the word montage applied to cinema simply   
   > >>>> denotes editing. In Soviet montage theory, as originally   
   > >>>> introduced outside the USSR by Sergei Eisenstein,[1] it was   
   > >>>> used to create symbolism.[2] Later, the term "montage   
   > >>>> sequence", used primarily by British and American studios,   
   > >>>> became the common technique to suggest the passage of time.[3]   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> "From the 1930s to the 1950s, montage sequences often combined   
   > >>>> numerous short shots with special optical effects   
   > >>>> (fades/dissolves, split screens, double and triple exposures),   
   > >>>> dance, and music."   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> As previously pointed out, my poem uses montage effects in   
   > >>>> poetry form.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Interesting that I was watching a television program about   
   > >>>> Orson Welles just last night, where montage was mentioned.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> The entire poem is montage, using montage effects.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> I've known about montage since the 1970s.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Here's a good example:   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> https://youtu.be/UrKvlB8F2qY?si=oZpMgQc7eI8lIHUd   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> It's the combination of images that make the montage.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> We established that much 6 years ago   
   > >>>>   
   > >>> It's simply a poem using montage effects.   
   >   
   > It isn't a montage.   
      
   Of course it is, troll.   
      
   --   
   Poetry and songs of Will Dockery:   
   https://www.reverbnation.com/willdockery   
      
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