(re-sending this, as the original has disappeared into the ether. Sorry if
it turns up twice)
Pardon my lax grammar, Martin, it was not you I meant had been put in the
'right place' but rather friend Frederick, whose forwarded incitement to
race hatred was the worst thing I have ever seen on this list.
Oh yeah, I think his poems are naff too.
Best
Dave
David Bircumshaw
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin J. Walker" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: More poem
> Dear David, I'm not sure that the paragon of undifference you call "Ermie"
> (the apurplexed artist formerly known as Beatrice Alighieri) has
necessarily
> put me "in the right place", as you say; as poetry undistinguished (except
> for the typo "sure hat"), her lines misleadingly describe Frederick (whom
> you designate with scornful politeness as Mr Pollack, surely a novelty on
> this list) as a "lyric poet" and implies his poetry is shit without
> describing the shape, texture or odour of the same. I find his verse too
> sharp-profiled for that. I don't agree with some of his political views,
but
> I don't like Éluard's Stalinism either. (No comparison implied, Frederick,
> just an analogy.)
> Cheers
>
David Bircumshaw
Leicester, England
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