I have just glanced through DM Black's Collected Poems, 1964-1987. According
to the Prefatory Note 2 of the poems are in hendecasyllables. Is the poet
avant garde or not avant garde? Given that the work is striking in its use
of language, innovative, non mainstream and open in its meaning and
linguistic form.
I expect that many savants out there will now tell me about Appollinaire's
use of such and such
and such metre.
When I see a poet using metrical conventions I can feel inadequate.
David Menzies
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From: "david.bircumshaw" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: Laws of the Kingdom
> > ps what sort of queens do you refer to re: uq.
>
> that's an open question, I guess, which isn't much of an answer, tho' I
> think I'd keep quiet about it if for instance in the vicinity of the
British
> Lions touring rugby team 'and representing the U.Q....' - they might not
> appreciate it.
>
> best
>
> david b
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "helix" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 4:28 PM
> Subject: Re: Laws of the Kingdom
>
>
> > Don't forget that Scotland, as one of the British nations, has a poet
> > laureate: Edwin Morgan.
> > David Menzies
> >
> > ps what sort of queens do you refer to re: uq.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "david.bircumshaw" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 11:53 AM
> > Subject: Laws of the Kingdom
> >
> >
> > > Well, Nottingham, or rather Nottinghamshire, has one, but frankly I
> think
> > > the whole thing ridiculous.
> > > Glad though that it's got bums out onto seats, that at least is a
> starting
> > > point.
> > >
> > > best
> > >
> > > daviod b.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Claire Crowther
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 11:32 AM
> > > Subject: THE OTHER LAUREATES
> > >
> > >
> > > There are one or two other poet laureates in the UK as well as Andrew
> > > Motion.
> > > These aren't alternatives but rather extras doing, in effect, regional
> > > residencies, and one of them, Lorna Dowell, Poet Laureate for Mole
> Valley,
> > > has been very effective in raising the profile of poetry throughout
the
> > area
> > > of her Laureateship, the Mole Valley in Surrey.
> > >
> > > This development seems to go unnoticed but the result in Mole Valley
is
> > > hundreds of people attending events where poetry is used to connect
with
> > > everyday life (workplaces, libraries, waiting rooms) or other art
forms
> > such
> > > as sculpture.
> > >
> > > Lorna Dowell is launching her first book, Wasp's Nest in Woman's Head,
> > this
> > > Saturday. Her work is described by UA Fanthorpe as...'the poems of a
> > > magician; what Lorna Dowell sees she almost instantly transforms into
> > > something else. Magic is only one aspect however. Dowell is also the
> wit,
> > > the
> > > acute social observer, and - especially - the describer of the Mole
> Valley
> > > landscape where nothing passes her quick artist's eye. These poems are
> > like
> > > a
> > > combination of Greek myth and social worker's report. The result is
> > > altogether compelling - in fact, magical.'
> > >
> > >
> > > The launch is at 7.30 in the Masonic Hall of Dorking Halls, in
Dorking,
> > > Surrey on Saturday 2nd June. The book is available at £6.95 from Mole
> > Valley
> > > Arts Council - tel 01306 879 188 in office hours and ask for Charlotte
> > > Gardiner.
> > >
> > > It would be interesting to have any information about other officially
> > > appointed 'laureates' - there doesn't seem to be any register.
> > >
> > >
> > > CP Crowther
> > >
> >
>
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