Thanks Alison.
The poetry reading is beginning to strike me as a very strange art form.
For years I didn't enjoy them but I went anyway. Then I heard Alan
Dugan. Now I'm interested but mostly more to see the behavior/approach
of the poet. Generally I can't really follow/hear the poetry that well.
It's a very strange art form: the poet is almost a sacred relic of the
poetry. That's the only excuse. Mercifully it's short. Also: the
poetry audience is unusual in that it's very heavy on poets, sometimes
exclusively
so. Sometimes readings give me time to think. Yet I love doing them
myself. Still I think they're hard enough to enjoy. I'm actually quite
afraid of the audience when I'm attending a reading, but not when I'm
reading myself.
Mairead
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On 6/3/05 3:08 AM, "Mairead Byrne" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Bob Perelman & Mairead Byrne read in Mike Gizzi & Mike Magee's
DownCity
> Series at Tazza, Westminster Street, on Tuesday March 8th at 7pm.
>
> The Poetry Reading -- I mean what *is* that about???
Have fun, Mairead - would love to be there.
And what _is_ it about? Any ideas?
Best
A
Alison Croggon
Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
Editor, Masthead: http://masthead.net.au
Home page: http://alisoncroggon.com
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