's fine, wystan, humour does get lost in e-transit at times.
best
dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wystan Curnow (FOA ENG)" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 3:47 AM
Subject: Re: Apology & Warning
> dave,
> i'm sorry if i didn't communicate. i thought i was saying something,
> and i wasn't aware it was bollocks. should i try to say it some other way?
> but never mind.
> what would you like to know about who i am and where i come from?
> i'm a poet, i come from Auckland, New Zealand, i'm sixty two years old,
i'm
> a bit cold because its winter here. i am a teacher. i have a sense of
humour
> which has a way of getting lost in emails. i have a personal life which
used
> to enter my poetry but not much anymore. i am passionate about poetry. i
> think poetry changes the world.
>
> i am also interested in literary politics although i've not benefitted
much.
> This evening I'm going to listen to Leigh Davis, who gives the third in a
> series seven of lecture/readings we (Leigh and myself) who have
> organized,which we have called BAD LANGUAGE. Where Poetry Is. The first
was
> a wonderful reading by Juliana Spahr from Hawaii, and the second was by
Ian
> Wedde. will that do for now?
> wystan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: david.bircumshaw [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, 13 June 2001 1:19 p.m.
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Apology & Warning
>
>
> > I am onto you, boy
>
> Okay, that is it.
>
> You are on to what, Wystan?
>
> Tell me who you are, where you come from. All I look for in this or any
> other list is talk about something I care about passionately, that is
> poetry. I know nothing about literary politics and most definitely am not
> its beneficiary.
>
> What does get me annoyed is that because of bollocks like your latest the
> noise whiteouts communication. How about that for synaesthetic mixed
> metaphor?
>
> David
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wystan Curnow (FOA ENG)" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 2:04 AM
> Subject: Re: Apology & Warning
>
>
> > um,David,
> > there's no relevance to the Australian % quotient. Matters of
> Jordan
> > and subsub were raised and described by Candice and responded to by
Helen.
> I
> > think it's game over for you Kent, for David H, Carlo, Candice, Helen,
> > Robin, Peter, and you, too and all of you paranoidal androids, you and
> your
> > mates cunningly programmed by John Kinsella, as you know, a notorious
> > Australian, I am onto you, boy, as we all are--Carlo, David, Helen,
> Robin,
> > Peter, Candice, Doug, Kent, John--or at least most of us, Doug, Pete,
> > Lawrence,Elizabeth,Jordan, Jill, Tom, John at least those I am sure of,
> but
> > finally it won't matter since I've got the plot. i don't need the
article.
> > we're at that point in the storyline, we have gone from thinking this
> could
> > go anywhere excitement to knowing this had nowhere else to go, it's out
of
> > their hands there's nothing anybody can do about it. game over.
> > wystan, Peter, uncle tom cobberly, doug, Candice
> > Kent, Robin, carlo, Jordan, Jill, Pete, John, Molly, etcera
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: david.bircumshaw [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 13 June 2001 12:18 p.m.
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Apology & Warning
> >
> >
> > Er, Wystan
> >
> > I don't understand the relevance of Australian percentage quotients to
> this
> > issue, nor do I follow why matters of Jordan and subsub belong here,
> > remember, a lot of people won't know anything of what you're refering
to.
> >
> > But I do endorse, strongly, Candice's point about the infliction of
> > 'performance art'.
> >
> > And I hate people who play 'games' with others.
> >
> > Because such an attitude destroys trust, and without that, why bother to
> > write?
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Wystan Curnow (FOA ENG)" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 12:43 AM
> > Subject: Re: Apology & Warning
> >
> >
> > > come on, helen,
> > > 'trouble makers' that phrase rings alarm bells to me. i was on
> > > subsub before i joined poetryetc which was a long time ago. and while
> > there
> > > are many more australians on poetryetc than there were on subsub
> > > you've not noticed any trouble from me have you? please don't identify
> > > subsub poetics with Kent, its Jordan i miss, not to mention ...
> > > wystan
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Helen Hagemann [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, 13 June 2001 10:56 a.m.
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Re: Apology & Warning
> > >
> > >
> > > Candice:
> > > If some of the infiltraters from Subsubpoetics list, with the obtuse
> > jargon,
> > > were to suddenly appear could we please have a list? Personally, this
> kind
> > > of comedy company has me (& I think many others do) quickly deleting
in
> > > blocks of rows. You can tell the trouble makers they don't talk about
> > > poetry, poetics, or writing etc in any logical, intelligent way. Plus
> > > they're boring!
> > > We are glad that you will stay and I hope Peter does too. I always
enjoy
> > > going into his web site.
> > > Cheers
> > > Helen
> > >
> > > To Anthony: Absolutely loved 'In the Half Light' - so too, associates,
> > > writers and friends. Definitely language driven. I went down into your
> > book
> > > and read it in 4 nights and came up breathless. How is it going in the
> > East?
> > > Would make a good film, like the Monkey's Mask. Who says the artist
> > > doesn't want to reach the pinnacle?
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: Anthony Lawrence <[log in to unmask]>
> > > >Reply-To: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to
poetry
> > and
> > > > poetics <[log in to unmask]>
> > > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > > >Subject: Re: Apology & Warning
> > > >Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 07:40:00 +1100
> > > >
> > > >on 13/6/01 1:38 AM, Candice Ward at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > these too are part of the performance and
> > > > > will feature in the eventual publication he'll get out of it, no
> > doubt.
> > > >This
> > > > > is what he does, along with getting himself displayed in published
> > > > > interviews, for publication.
> > > >
> > > >Gee, I'll be nailing myself to the publisher's door, in anticipation
> > > >of reading this.
> > > >
> > > >Anthony
> > >
> > >
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