the first two stanzas, Frank, are brilliant
especailly

>when he reads what I've written he feels somehow displaced
>by a man concocted from fiction

I find the last stanza less convincing. I want to swat this so-called
sensitive poet for blundering on, (it's ok, Mummy says so), for failing to
fully explore, in this latest story, his father's distress at being usurped
by his own ghost

P-P




>From: Frank Faust <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: sub - good faith and sources
>Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 07:01:06 +1100
>
>my father has threatened his silence
>for I cannot be trusted
>each time he speaks     he says     there is a chance
>I will take him at more than face value and elevate
>his memories into verse-sagas and tales
>when he reads what I've written he feels somehow displaced
>by a man concocted from fiction     penned in his first person
>it is a strange way to revisit the past
>and it makes him uncomfortable
>
>he is smiling when he says it
>so perhaps he is joking
>but there is an edge to the sound of his laughter
>he has repeated himself     it is three times now
>and he looks at me uncertainly
>as though he's no longer sure
>of just who I am or why
>this long ago history is worthy of writing
>when the stories are only of every day poverty
>and not so exciting
>to those that lived through them at the time
>so why would I bother with that after all of these years
>
>but my mother says that I should ignore him
>write whatever I want to and there is plenty of wall space
>so one more framed poem will not be too many
>and whatever it is I believe I am doing
>while they don't understand it at all
>she is sure it is worthy of good faith and pride
>
>~
>
>Frank
>
>
>The Tales of Faust poetry page can be found at:
>http://www.hotkey.net.au/~flp/F_index.htm
>
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