on 22/12/01 10:55 PM, david.bircumshaw at [log in to unmask]
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> Ah, that MacNeice poem:
>
> "The drunkenness of things being various."
>
> One of the lines of the last century, I often think.
Yep, I think so too. I felt a bit naughty because it had that word
'collateral' in it but maybe no-one will notice.
> I like your poem too, Jill, no carping about punctuation (!), in feel, or
> mood, rather than form, it reminds me a little of Kenneth White, or even
> Charles Tomlinson, actually in form too, I like it when people handle short
> lines deftly.
Thanks Dave,
I usually tend to write longer lines but lately have been going down this
path - something about space and breath, maybe, and also nice to do
alongside the prose poem stuff I've been writing this year as well. Chuffed
and humble to be in the same para as Tomlinson.
Off to book and bed now.
Cheers,
Jill
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