And OF is (are) a beautiful book as such, too.
I agree with you about what works best in his work, Jess...
Doug
On 20-Apr-05, at 6:10 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Argh! It looks like the copy paste function on my machine did a number
> on the Corman review--originally published in the mag. pf the American
> Haiku Soc. several years back--but I think enough of it comes through
> to
> give a gist of what I found to be the strengths and the weaknesses of
> the book. The poems that floored me were the blunt statements of
> belief
> and how to believe, and they were all too many in Nothing Doing. The
> poems I liked were examples of what Cid can do best. The former is Cid
> in the "I am seeking disciples" mode, the latter is the Cid I liked
> best, and that was Cid the fine poet.
>
> Anna, and everybody--the best selection of Cid's work is his OF, vols.
> 1
> and 2, which you buy from Bob Arnold's Longhouse or on E-Bay from time
> to time.
>
> Jess
>
>
Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta T6G 2E5 Canada
(780) 436 3320
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Hand and mind
and heart one
ground to walk on,
field to plough.
Robert Creeley
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