Mean Song - Poetry For Fun: Trulier Coolier

Year Published: 1978

Creator: Centron

Description: 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

Complete Record: 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

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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