Then again

On the other hand, the last one lost a bit of sense. So I went back to the original, and cut out a few of the more boring words...

Am interested in idea of sound poetry, would like to try writing (or perhaps it would be better to say constructing) some, but haven't yet managed to get my head around concept. What mean is, need some intellectual justification (to myself, at least) for perpetrating sound poetry. Not stuff where sound of words is simply emphasised, as in, say Gerard Manley Hopkins, but stuff where sound is without semantics. Many people think such stuff is nonsense, but don't think it is. Not all of it, anyway. It can certainly be funny or frightening or evoke whole range of other emotions.

Why do have this difficulty with it? It's no more abstract than music. With music, there's this huge legacy of pre-existing work, so it's not hard to see how one's own efforts match up with rest. Of course, as with any art, if one is creating music rather than sonic wallpaper, then one is pushing boundaries, breaking new ground. At least boundaries are visible, ground reasonably firm.

Could tell with sound poetry whether was listening to random burblings or something profound? Well, think probably could, though if burblings were delivered with sufficient verve, confidence volume, might think they were better than they actually were. If constructed some sound poetry, could tell if that were random burblings or something profound? This is what concerns me. Don't mind being thought silly if know 'm not. If 'm not sure whether 'm being silly, being told am is more unsettling.

Could claim have reasonably well-developed aesthetic sense, so 'd be as good judge as most of any attempt made, so don't need to worry overmuch about it. If didn't worry overmuch about it, wouldn't have reasonably well-developed aesthetic sense, would?

Way see it, you can't just dip in toe, way you could do small, unambitious animated poem. It's got to be unconventional strange enough to disorient people it's got to be delivered with utter confidence or it won't work. Conventional poems sound much better with confident deliveries, but good poem can often survive an indifferent performance. Don't think same goes for sound poem.