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Re: A sorry state
Curragh makes a similar point to mine, only better and more concisely, and provokes a longer, more confused reply from jsgilm. One that attempts to refute the charge of jingoistic irrelevance with a fresh dose of, er, jingoistic irrelevance. According to which, literary recognition is but ''a sort of phantom strength'', a poor surrogate for ...
Posted to Culturebox by Nordolf on October 9, 2008
E-mailing Poetry With Another Copywriter
E-mailing Poetry With Another CopywriterAfter years of writing wordsFor those I've rarely met,Of shouting songs at wallsShelved high with books,Eva's words take spaceAmong my half-formed thoughts,Tossed like seeds on frozen dirt.I'll reply verse for verse:Proustian memories silencedFrom my own discarded past,Now verse shrinks life to image.What ...
Posted to Poems by elisabeth on October 1, 2007