Poems as transitions.

[Airwick]

Hey guys. I just have a quick question.

I have seen a continuing trend in all of my poetry rounds this year. Almost everyone has lines from poems or songs as transitions, rather than a written one. I stayed with the traditional "Poem-intro-poem-intro-poem" method. Any opinions?

Also, I have seen programs where people would actually sing a song they used in their program. I've used songs before, but I haven't heard people literally sing them. What are some thoughts on that?

Any and all input is much appreciated.

[Crimson]

Hey guys. I just have a quick question.

I have seen a continuing trend in all of my poetry rounds this year. Almost everyone has lines from poems or songs as transitions, rather than a written one. I stayed with the traditional "Poem-intro-poem-intro-poem" method. Any opinions?

Also, I have seen programs where people would actually sing a song they used in their program. I've used songs before, but I haven't heard people literally sing them. What are some thoughts on that?

Any and all input is much appreciated.

I have actually never seen "Poem-intro-poem-intro-poem" method. In South Dakota we either do continuous poetry (Meaning like Intro-poem-poem-) But cut it so that it flows or we do like a giant poem transition overall (So like Main poem-Intro-Main Poem-side poem-Main poem-side poem- main poem) etc. I hope that helps!

[angelodarling]

I know this is thread from a while ago but I'd just like to say that my friend in college did a poetry program where he would sing "All You Need Is Love" by the Beatles during some of his page turns. It was really cool. It really added to the piece, and he didn't sing the whole song. He only sang "All you need is---" (and other variations) as he turned the page and went straight into the next part of his poetry.

And just as another example, in my program I say "Melissa? Melissa?" during some of the page turns as a transition. As far as I know (in the Indiana rules), transitions can be used but they must be memorized. I don't know how it is in other states.

In my opinion, poems as transitions help keep up the flow of the piece. Unless I read this post totally wrong in which you mean that the poems are cut and arranged so side poems are used as transitions into the main poem (as said before with main poem-intro-main poem-side poem-main-poem-side poem etc.) then I've seen that done as well. My poetry is cut like that. I have never seen the intro-poem-intro-poem-intro-poem method before. To me, that seems like that method interrupts the natural flow of the program.

[dramalover94]

Hey guys. I just have a quick question.

I have seen a continuing trend in all of my poetry rounds this year. Almost everyone has lines from poems or songs as transitions, rather than a written one. I stayed with the traditional "Poem-intro-poem-intro-poem" method. Any opinions?

Also, I have seen programs where people would actually sing a song they used in their program. I've used songs before, but I haven't heard people literally sing them. What are some thoughts on that?

Any and all input is much appreciated.

I've actually seen the 'poem-intro-poem-intro-poem' method several times. It's honestly my least favorite method because it really screws up the natural rhythm of the program. Typically, what I did in high school was similar to the 'main poem-intro-main poem-side poem' sort of method, except I'd have small pieces from 2 or 3 poems before my intro and I'd have close to 4 or 5 poems total in the program. I'd make the main poem my "through poem" meaning that it would have the central importance in the program. As for song transitions, I'd stay clear of them (mainly because they tend to get annoying after a while) especially singing in poetry (it could just be a pet peeve of mine, but it really bugs me when people start singing)