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thempoetry · 6 years ago

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“Double Portrait” by Brittany Perham

Lately, I’ve been lounging with James Longenbach’s How Poems Get Made, and it’s colored the way I’ve been reading the poets available to me. In particular, Longenbach’s chapter on voice describes how “[w]hen we say that a poem presents us with a strong sense of voice, what we’re often in fact saying is that the poem sounds like Donne” (39). And he goes on to describe Donne’s almost supernatural ability to create the impression of a human speaker through skillful variances in diction and the sound of words.

{In a particularly gripping section, he uses the lines of later poets to demonstrate Donne’s influence; listen in the following lines for the voice that seems to animate them:

Robert Browning: But do not let us quarrel any more.

Marianne Moore: Why so desolate?

D. H. Lawrence: You tell me I am wrong.

Bidart: What should I have done?

Ashbery: Time, you old miscreant!

Ellen Bryant Voight: I made a large mistake I left my house

…if these examples sound alive to you, notice the shapes to which they lead the mouth; notice the natural variance therein… } (38-39)

All of which is to say, I was thinking about voice when I picked up Perham’s book.

First of all, it’s worth noting — as the cover rightfully boasts — that this volume was chosen by Claudia Rankine (!) as the winner of the 2016 Barnard Women Poets Prize (the last winner was Sandra Lim, chosen by Louise Glück for The Wilderness). And an honor well-deserved: Perham’s poems are disarmingly frank without losing their playful edge; as an example, the first poem in the collection involves the idea (and actuality) of vomiting blood.

How does a collection that begins with the idea of catching your father’s bloody vomit in a “bin,” how does such a collection still manage to project such a sense of dignity, of self-collectedness?

If I may, I think the answer is twofold:

1. AURA OF LIVED EXPERIENCE: Perham’s poems ooze an aura of lived experience — of someone who has been through what she reports and has thought about it for a fortnight or two. In particular, it was a gift to experience her insights about what is major and what was minor, so to speak, as in her fantastic song about daily life with a partner:

I read your new book it’s great now I’m sulky I get a new job insurance! it’s great now you’re sulky but also you’re happy I’m happy I’m happy you’re happy It’s payday (26)

Taking up the gauntlet of many illustrious women poets before her, Perham magnifies the domestic for the drama it always is: a stage where shellfish, champagne, and paper towels mark the boundary between two individuals laboring over the project of togetherness.

This kind of book resists the canon for the precise way in which it resists the canonic judgement of what is major, and what is minor. Perham’s insistence on foregrounding the everyday is also her insistence that our lives are worth writing about: “There’s no use putting on perfume / for a Skype conversation” (31). Her ability to point out the obvious, the familiar is actually extraordinary, and constitutes a genuine poetic gift.

2. FORMAL INVENTIVENESS: The other reason Perham’s work is enjoyable is that Double Portrait reads like a romp, a display of inventiveness that extends beyond content (the playpen of many a contemporary poet) towards form. (In this way, her work recalls to mind the form-wrangling work of Danez Smith.)

Take, for example, the litany in the “Third Series” that begins:

9,885,998 of us watched the clip of a hatchling duckling One of us went to podcasts One of us heard the voices of old men and knew poetry was there One of us was male, male (55)

Or this poem, which weaves quartets in Dante-esque shifts;

I’d be be waiting for you to come home. Amy says, A fondling session comes with the inevitable risk — Spring will come and I’ll be alone in this little box of a room.

Amy says, A fondling session comes with the inevitable risk of being laughed at—is it habit, is it altogether voluntary? Alone in this little box of a room, a “fondling session” seems like everything! (75)

Weaving the ends of lines with acumen that reads as naiveté, an endless process of discovery, Perham lives up to Rankine’s incisive observation: “This is the world before exhaustion and cynicism overtakes the lyric.” In a world of exhaustion and cynicism, turning to others — mirroring them, attempting to “address the Thou” (77) despite everything — may be one energetic salvation.

Finally, I had to ask myself while binge-reading this book, why is Double Portrait not at all like Dorothea Lasky’s poems about kitten videos and so on? I think it has to do with my first point — the insight about the the genuine major and minor, the forthrightness of what feeling is genuinely bound up in. Perhaps it is fair to say that Perham’s work displays a wider, deeper palette of emotion, including the (rare!) shades of filial piety (9), forgiveness (3), uncertainty in the midst of fidelity (18), kiddish obsession (20) and the feeling of willingly becoming a stranger to a past lover (74). These are real emotions — and we judge their reality by the way in which they resonate with our own lived experiences. Said in another way: these are poems that resist the textureless digital world, that bristle and break the surfaces that flatten experience into ironic reportage.

Overall: 8/10 for intelligent jolliness

Read If You: -Are wondering who’s doing what in the world of poetic form these days -Miss your mum -Have been in several relationships and aren’t married yet; where are you even? are you on the “train of living” that everyone else seems to be on or are you, like, an accidental drifter? should you change your name? is it ok to feel what you feel? (Perham: yes.)

Further Reading

How Poems Get Made, James Longenbach

BONUS: Prompty Memes for Poetic Fiends

Inspired by Brittany Perham, try writing:

1. A contemporary ghazal 2. A poem in which quatrains, tercets or any other stanza form “weaves” in the Danteseque way above (ABAB, BCBC, CDCD etc.) 3. A piece that explores a duality that isn’t the duality between lovers, family members, or citizen/state.

… ok, to the siren call of dinner.

With soy-soaked tempeh, Michu

(I dog-eared poems I loved.)

P.S. I forgot to tie up the loose end about Longenbach’s voice. Perham’s poems also display a lovely sense of voice, though her tools to accomplish this involve content as much as diction and assonance. Peace!!!

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ukforcesnews · 5 years ago

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Army Film & Photographic Category Winners

Winner of the Professional Open Video category was Corporal Ben Beale for his piece, entitled Recruit Smith. Ben, 34, from Sherborne in Dorset, also won the: Professional Telling a Story award.

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Pro Story Winner Cpl Ben Beale – Trident

Cadet Sergeant Ali Fawzi, 17, from Harrow in London, was this year’s youngest winner. He captured the image below while on a battlefield tour in France with 201 Harrow Detachment Army Cadet Force. He scooped the Cadet Life category with a photo of a colleague taking a moment of silent reflection at the grave site of a fallen soldier.

Cadet Life Winner: Cdt Sgt Ali Fawzi ‘Silent Reflection’

WO1 Harmer said: “Army photographers are the professional eyes and documenters of the military actions that shape our times. Often working in extreme conditions and environments, their iconic imagery captures moments in history and very often the very deepest of human emotions with vivid honesty and clarity.

Operational Camera Winner: LCpl James Clarke-Teamwork

“The best photographs and moving imagery have been selected from more 700 still imagery submissions and a record high of 90 video productions, ranging from the professional to the enthusiast. The material captured shows the wide variety of roles, areas of operations and gives an insight to what’s it like to be a member of the British Army.

Amatuer Portrait Winner: CSgt Liam Swan- Ambush, eyes on target’

“This year saw more than 17.5k people vote for the best online image and a 70 per cent increase in video submissions. The excellent standard of what was submitted made it the toughest challenge for the judges, who took more than four hours to conclude the judging.

“The skill is not only in content capture, but in the planning, storyboarding, messaging and post production and, in many cases, while working in some of the most challenging and physically demanding environments in the world.”

The National Army Museum (NAM) in Chelsea, London, where the awards ceremony took place, has featured an exhibition of 2018’s competition winners since December 20 and will feature an exhibition of this year’s winning content from January 23 to February 13, 2020.

“They enable us to give colour, character, clarity and context to the complex reality of life in the Army. These photographs form an important historic legacy of the British Army and it is wonderful to see such talent amongst our soldiers. Their work proudly stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the work of their civilian professional contemporaries. I think all of the entrants are worthy winners and whether they make the top prize or not, we are proud to have their work in the collection of the National Army Museum.”

Justin Maciejewski, Director at the NAM,

Amateur Soldiering Winner: Maj Mike Thwaite “Jungle Belize’

Pro Soldiering-Runner Up: Cpl Jamie Hart “Junglist Massive”

Pro Soldiering & Best Overall Image Winner Cpl Nick Johns “Take a Knee”

Amateur Sport AT Winner: CSgt Philip Carr ‘Take the strain’

Pro Sport AT-Runner Up: Cpl Rebecca Brown Army 6

Pro Sport AT Winner: Sgt Ben Maher “Desert Tango”

“Extraction”

“Accuracy”

“Our youngest Soldier”

“Into the abyss”

Pro Portrait-Runner Up: Sgt Ben Maher “Pressle Beach”

Pro Portrait-Winner: Cpl Adams “Gurkhas On Guard”

Winners

Professional Category Portfolio: Corporal Rebecca Brown Royal Logistic Corps

Overall Professional Army Image: Corporal Nick Johns Royal Logistic Corps

Professional Category Portrait: Corporal Jonathan Adams Royal Logistic Corps

Professional Category Story: Corporal Ben Beale Royal Logistic Corps

Professional Category Soldiering: Corporal Nick Johns Royal Logistic Corps

Professional Category Sport/Adventure Training: Sergeant Ben Maher Royal Logistic Corps

Professional Open Video: Corporal Ben Beale Royal Logistic Corps

Best Online Image (voted by the public): Major Mike Thwaite Parachute Regiment

Operation Camera: Lance Corporal James Clarke Royal Marines

Operation Smartphone: Mr Charlie Perham Ministry of Defence

Cadet Life: Cadert Sergeant Ali Fawzi Army Cadet Force

Amateur Category Portfolio: Corporal Danny Houghton Royal Logistic Corps

Amateur Category Portrait: Colour Sergeant Liam Swan Grenadier Guards

Amateur Category Sport/Adventure Training: Colour Segeant Phil Carr Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment

Amateur Category Soldiering: Major Mike Thwaite Parachute Regiment

Runners up

Professional Category Portfolio: Corporal Rebecca Brown Royal Logistic Corps

Professional Category Portrait: Corporal Ben Maher Royal Logistic Corps

Professional Category Story: Sergeant Any Reddy Royal Logistic Corps

Professional Category Soldiering: Corporal Jamie Hart Royal Logistic Corps

Professional Category Sport/Adventure Training: Corporal Rebecca Brown Royal Logistic Corps

Professional News Video: Sergeant Tom Evans Royal Logistic Corps

Professional Open Video: Sergeant Jonathan Van Zyl Royal Logistic Corps

Best Online Image (voted by the public): Corporal Rebecca Brown Royal Logistic Corps

Operation Camera: Lance Corporal James Clarke Royal Marines

Operation Smartphone: Captain Iain Maclennan Army Air Corps

Cadet Life: Cadert Corporal Arwen Moses Army Cadet Forces

Amateur Category Portfolio: Bombadier Murray Kerr Royal Artillery

Amateur Category Portrait: Bombadier Murray Kerr Royal Artillery

Amateur Category Soldiering: Major Mike Thwaite Parachute Regiment

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lydiamarshall92 · 7 years ago

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NZ Entrepreneur Winter 2017 ecosystem report

With Cardrona and the Remarkables ski fields opening last weekend, and Queenstown’s Winterfest kicking off next week, for those of us in the South that can only mean one thing – we’re about half way through the year already. With that in mind, #nzentrepreneur checked in with friends around the country for a quick half year match report.

We asked them to give us a snapshot of their highlights from the first half of 2017 and tell us what they’re looking forward to in the second half. As you will find out, there’s a whole lot of hard yards being put in!

So in the time it’ll take for the mighty AB’s to dispatch those Lions on the 24th (about 7.5 minutes we reckon) here’s just some of what’s been going on in our ecosystem, in a vaguely south to north direction.

Sarah Ramsay, Director, Startup Dunedin

What’ve been the highlights for you at Startup Dunedin so far this year?

So much that we don’t have enough room for detail – so in a nutshell…

A fantastic Startup Weekend with a full-house and several ideas that are likely to go to market, two that were already in the money by the end of the weekend.

A capacity cohort for Co.Starters, with 15 ambitious new businesses putting their ideas through the 9 week programme, culminating in our biggest ever pitch night crowd squeezing into Petri Dish’s snazzy new co-working space.

And finally, after a unanimous resident vote, we’ve got a new name for Startup Dunedin’s co-working space – The Distiller – gifted to us from Board Member Jason Leong who started the original Distiller some 9 years ago.

What key initiative/s have you got lined up at Startup Dunedin in half #2?

One initiative we’re excited about is a project that seeks to establish a community-accessible database of local startups, investors and stakeholders in the ecosystem.

For a start, this addresses some of the fragmentation we’re currently seeing in Dunedin by making it easier for us (and newcomers to Dunedin) to get in contact with one another using a public web directory.

Beyond this, we’ll also be able to better co-ordinate and track startup activity in Dunedin, as well as measure the health of our startup ecosystem.

Our city’s economic development strategy has a goal of 2.5% growth in GDP per annum. One of our responsibilities at Startup Dunedin is to ensure an alignment with this goal by understanding what initiatives yield the best results for economic growth.

www.startupdunedin.nz

Kelly Dare, Marketing Manager, Creative HQ

What’ve been the highlights for you at Creative HQ so far this year?

We’ve had a great six months so far with two accelerators completed and numerous other projects on the go.

Kiwibank Fintech Accelerator was the first of its kind in NZ and saw ventures presenting to a packed house on Demo Day. Designed to help companies compete on a global scale, the programme saw teams gain access to NZ’s largest network of financial experts and startup mentors. Ventures included Sharesies, which gives everyone the opportunity to have an investment portfolio; Flatfish which makes maintaining a rental property easier; AccountingPod which gives real financial experience required for working in business.

In the GovTech space, we have been selected as an All-of-Government partner which makes it easier for government departments to procure our services. We have been pioneering the use of startup innovation techniques in the public service and have put together a set of guidelines for innovation in public sector projects and are excited about putting these to use in the coming months.

Finally, we are delighted that Publons, one of the cohort from the very first Lightning Lab, have recently been acquired by Clarivate Analytics. The exit marks the first significant exit by a company from a NZ accelerator and we’re really proud of the hard work the Publons team have put in.

What key initiative/s have you got lined up at Creative HQ in half #2?

This week we have kicked off Lightning Lab Electric, which is the first accelerator aimed at the electricity industry in NZ.

With the purpose of sparking innovation, Lightning Lab Electric and Creative HQ will work with participating ventures focusing on the future of the NZ electric industry.

Along with this, we are working hard on our Lightning Lab planning for 2018, with programmes being announced soon.

www.creativehq.co.nz

Terry Shubkin, CEO, Young Enterprise Trust

What’ve been the highlights for you at Young Enterprise so far this year?

Our student and alumni success stories are constant highlights for our entire team at Young Enterprise. Just to list a few that we’ve had this year:

A YES company in Manakau are publishing a children’s book that explores cultural celebrations and discovers the amazing diversity of New Zealand. They have pre-sold over 70 copies before it’s even been published!

James Perham, the marketing director of our 2016 Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme National winner “Where’s Woolly” changed his plans of joining the Navy and is instead succeeding with his company full-time.

Ex-Macleans college & YES student Kerman Kohli was invited to intern at a multibillion-dollar company in Dubai after creating a homework tracking app through YES.

Youth in Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison are developing their business skills for positive use in the community upon release by participating in The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme.

Sharesie’s (who has two YES Alumni as part of the founding team) have just launched their Beta product and secured investment after completing the Kiwibank Fintech Accelerator.

What key initiative/s have you got lined up for YET in half #2?

The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme students are getting stuck into their companies with Dragon’s Den finals happening across the country over the coming month. Many of the students are beginning to launch their products and services which is always exciting to see.

We have been working with Te Puni Kōkiri and the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment to launch the He Kai Kei Aku Ringa Business Challenges which begin this week. We have brought on board to YES Alumni, Charlizza Harris and Ezekiel Raui to run the programmes in five North Island regions to inspire Rangatahi to engage in business and encourage entrepreneurship.

We’ve recently announced the first set of speakers for our “It’s Business Time” conference which is to be held in Wellington this December. We bring together incredible entrepreneurs and business leaders from game changing organisations to excite educators with real life business case studies and interactive workshops. Joining us this year is Lisa King from Eat My Lunch, Sam Stubbs from Simplicity and Nigel Little from Fonterra, and for the first time we will be opening up day two of the conference to our corporate audience.

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Suse Reynolds, Executive Director, Angel Association of NZ

What’ve been the highlights for you at Angel Association so far this year?

Announcing the 2016 metrics for angel investment – nearly $70m last year giving an average lift of $5m per annum for the last four years.

22 kiwis attended the US angel capital conference – including 5 ‘new Kiwis’ (Zino Ventures members) – a reflection of the vibrancy of our angel community, and keenness to make international connections and to learn how to do this well.

The launch of two new funds – Zino Ventures and First Cut Ventures.

Great deal flow/angel food out of the Fintech and Flux and Sprout Accelerators.

Publons exit – what a great validation of so much in the NZ startup space – accelerators, angel investment etc.

IRD ESOP (employee share schemes) tax treatment proposals. They are more startup friendly so here’s hoping the bill gets adopted!

What key initiative/s have you got lined up at AANZ in half #2?

Our second half showcases of course. Those being Ice Angels 21 September; AngelHQ 27 September; NZTE/AANZ summit showcase 1 November.

The new AANZ website is to be launched and it will be a whole lot more accessible and intuitive with lots of useful intel, templates etc.

The Marlborough angel network is to launch in August.

The 10th anniversary Angel Summit. It will be back where it started at Waiheke – so much to celebrate.

We’ll also be announcing this year’s Arch Angel.

We’ve got a road show on capital strategy for liquidity and portfolio management

We’re facilitating a trip with lead investors and angel backed companies to Australia in August.

And lastly we’ve go the Asian Business Angels Forum (which we hosted in 2015) happening in Sri Lanka from 11- 13 October.

www.angelassociation.co.nz

Jonah Merchant, CEO, BizDojo

What’ve been the highlight/s for you at BizDojo so far this year?

2017 has meant tremendous growth for us here at BizDojo. We now have communities in Christchurch, Wellington, Takapuna, Parnell and in Wynyard Quarter as part of the GridAKL innovation precinct. Our new site in Ponsonby will open soon, and we have also announced expansion plans in Christchurch and Wellington, alongside announcements of future sites in Queenstown and Auckland’s Sylvia Park.

We are also seeing growth in our resident businesses as they scale and expand which is a real highlight. We know first-hand the challenges that growing businesses bring, so when we see our community of startups, freelancers and entrepreneurs tackling those problems, landing new clients or taking someone from part-time to full-time because their workload is growing we cheer along with them.

What key initiative/s have you got lined up at BizDojo in half #2?

We started a conversation in March around the idea of better supporting Kiwi founders to success, which as founders who support founders is obviously a bit of a passion of ours. This spurred some deep thinking by us about how we could increase our impact and founder support.

At the beginning of June, we launched Founders Central – a rally cry to support founders right here and now. We have kicked off with a few experimental projects in play: investor education for founders; support for ZeroPoint Ventures with their early stage founders initiative; and we began a public conversation around founder mental health and wellness, where the feedback and research we are doing alongside this will form a critical piece of our founders support.

The second half of 2017 will see us take the next steps with Founders Central, working hands-on with founders to create solutions to the problems they face, and connecting them to the great work that is already being done in the community along with expanding out our wellness programme . It is one of those big issues that needs to be tackled to move the economic dial here in New Zealand, and we are excited to start building great outcomes into the end of 2017.

www.bizdojo.co.nz

Andy Hamilton, CEO, The Icehouse

What have been the highlights for you at Icehouse so far this year?

Updating and refreshing our Icehouse brand, after a bunch of insight and work by the team to take us through the next few years.

Launching our new accelerator, Flux with 6 awesome startups in February that culminated in demo day on the 29th of June at MOTAT in Auckland.

The launch of two new initiatives to support entrepreneurs, Zino Ventures which will invest in and help Kiwi firms enter the China Market and First Cut Ventures which will invest in entrepreneurs under 30.

What key initiatives have you got lined up at Icehouse in half #2?

Launching a new, clean and simplified web site for The Icehouse.

Reporting on the impact results for 2017, following our survey of growth for our customers over the last year.

Our Startup Showcase to be held at the ANZ Viaduct Events Centre on 21 September, which brings up to 12 startups from around New Zealand to raise investment.

Launch of the Icehouse 100 which is a new fund to invest alongside ICE Angels and our partners in the next 100 startups we back.

Securing our funding, support and partnership with Callaghan Innovation for the next two years.

Holding our 42nd Owner Manager Programme.

www.theicehouse.co.nz

Jackie Young, CEO, ecentre

What’ve been the highlights for you at ecentre so far this year?

For ecentre, the focus this year is on connecting players in the buzzing startup ecosystem and building entrepreneurial capabilities to encourage growth and economic development.

A few highlights so far:

We released research on the habits of Kiwi angel investors – a report that included some surprising discoveries related to New Zealand’s unique investment environment (“New Zealand Investor Criteria Report 2017”; report available upon request from [email protected]).

Based on our research findings, ecentre developed the Sprint Launch accelerator programme with the support of ATEED, EY and Hudson Gavin Martin. The first cohort of startup businesses commences this month (June 2017), and will focus on fast-tracking customer acquisition during the 12-week programme.

NZ Techweek (May 2017) provided a platform to showcase some of the many successful tech-focused global businesses operating in the Auckland North “Innovation Corridor” with the popular Startup Bus Tour. Entrepreneurs received insights on scaling for international markets from organisations featured on the tour included Integrated Control Technology, Smales Farm B:hive, Sealegs International, EROAD, and ecentre at Massey University.

Also during Techweek, ecentre hosted “Amplify and Collision” a forum for spirited discussion between a panel of investors and entrepreneurs sharing their perspectives on raising capital in New Zealand.

Startup Weekend winner and ecentre resident Squawk Squad recently completed a Kickstarter campaign that raised over $70,000 to develop their sensor-enabled predator traps as part of their mission to engage people in the protection of native birds.

Ecentre is working with Aspire2 to encourage entrepreneurship through experiential education. The hands-on programme is expanding throughout New Zealand, with the most recent programme rolled out in Tauranga.

Developing the next generation of entrepreneurs is part of ecentre’s mandate, and we actively engage with Massey University to support enterprise innovation through initiatives including the Go Innovate! ideas competition, and Starting Blocks, an intensive business validation workshop where participants are guided through tools and processes.

Last but not least I joined ecentre in the CEO role. My background is in technology, marketing and higher education – and a passion for supporting the entrepreneurs and students who are driving innovation and enterprise in New Zealand.

What key initiative/s have you got lined up at ecentre in half #2?

With the ongoing support of our network of business mentors and investors, the second half of the year will see us activating initiatives including:

New collaborations aimed at fostering innovation “north of the Harbour Bridge” with partners including Grow North and Northland Inc.

The student-focused Go Innovate! idea competition, with the final to be held 28 September.

ecentre Demo Day – a showcase of the work our founders have put in to their ventures with the support of ecentre.

www.ecentre.org.nz

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