Hi Frank,
Hope the sun's hot down there - and the beer's cool...
I've read the posts about your poem with interest. It does seem to be one of
those poems that may stillneeds a lot of time at the bottom of the poetry
drawer.
What interests me, tho, is the way you, as writer - and me as reader - have
to move through the poem. It's got a slow walking pace.
Other walking poems that contemplate death (that I like) are Allen
Ginsberg's one about the death of William Carlos Williams and Frank O'Hara's
The Day Lady Died (about Billie Holliday). (They're both visible by google,
I'm sure).
Have a good New Year's Eve, and when y sleep - sleep late.
Bob
>From: Frank Faust <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: a shooting star in emergency - Colin
>Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 08:47:11 +1100
>
>Hi Colin, thanks for your emails on this and your suggestions.
>
>It's funny about the shooting star. As I was wandering home the night I
>heard the story and when my friend needed the comfort of friends gathered
>close in order to tell it, a vehicle was passing on the far side of the
>railway line and its lights reflected on the overhead cables that electrify
>the trains. For a moment it looked something like a shooting star - only a
>moment and I felt there was some resonance with the story still in my head.
>
>Much work to do on the piece if I can muster the energy and effort. If not,
>at least another snapshot is recorded, however inadequately.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Frank
>
>The Tales of Faust poetry page can be found at:
>http://www.hotkey.net.au/~flp/F_index.htm
>
>>
>>I liked the idea of you being a bookend in the other relationship in the
>>same way that the shooting star appears at beginning and end.
>>
>>
>>Colin
>>
>
>
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