Well, Martin, maybe the Owl and the Pussycat +does+ take a look at the
worst. I'm not precluding humour, nor lightness of touch, I quite like
Herrick at times for instance, but what I'm on about is when we focus on
what poetry should go for, which is a function of lists, and when the screws
are turned to the tightest one looks at what can take it.
The saddest tales of all can be the funniest. To switch between genres, I
love the humour in Russian novels, Dostoevsky to my mind is one of the great
comic writers. E-mail being e-mail simplifications always occur in its short
spans.
Best
Dave
David Bircumshaw
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin John Walker" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 8:48 PM
Subject: Re: are we there?
You wrote: << just saying really that any poetry
worth the name has to take a look at the worst.>>
So "The Owl and the Pussycat" isn't really poetry, David? Oh rats, I'm so
disillusioned, another childhood ideal gone for a burton.
Cheers all the same
Martin
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