I suppose that depends on what "we" means here, Doug.
Some "terror" in the McCarthy years here in the US, I'd guess,
and certainly for black slaves forbidden to learn or be taught
reading and writing. A fair amount too for the native populations
watching the advance of the gun-toters.
Hal
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On Jun 22, 2005, at 10:50 AM, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> Which, for sure, we in North America never had to face -- that terror
> (nor do we now, though some would have us think so, & thereby are
> trying to create their own, more consumerist version).
>
> Those with the inner strength of an Akhmatova might find ways to do
> what she did were they in her situation.
>
> Doug
> On 22-Jun-05, at 8:22 AM, Peter Cudmore wrote:
>
>> Whispering: I rememember reading about Akhmatova that writing down
>> poems
>> during the Stalin Terror was a highly dangerous thing to do, so the
>> practice
>> of keeping them in the memory was in part conditioned by that.
>>
>> P
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to
>>> poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>>> Behalf Of Douglas Barbour
>>> Sent: 22 June 2005 15:08
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>>> Subject: Re: Reading vs reciting
>>>
>>> The other thing, which Yevtushenko reminds us of, is that
>>> Russian is a language given to high rhyme while English is
>>> not, & those of us who work the open form hard don't make
>>> work that is easy to memorize.
>>>
>>
>>
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