A dear and lost friend wrote this about 20 years ago. He wrote series and series of parodies, from Villon to Pound to O'Hara to James to Stevens.
Caleb
I know a poet
As I sd to my
friend, because I am
always talking, - Caleb William Cluff, I
sd, which happened to be his real
name, all three of them, philistinism sur-
rounds us, what
can we do against
it, or else, shall we & but what if, um, how about, yes,
well, why not get a goddamn university education,
shut up, he sd and for
christ's sake watch
where yr stepping.
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From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and
poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Mark Weiss
Sent: Thursday, 30 March 2006 9:17 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Creeley poem
Or maybe an over-drive. Or a drive-shaft.
This is getting too political.
Mark
At 03:17 PM 3/29/2006, you wrote:
>But is it a life-drive or a death-drive? (Assuming the two can be
>distinguished...)
>
>Dominic
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