I do too, Rebecca. But, Dominic, I think the form has released a lot of
possibilities for you & always allows for tonal play that strikes home.
Doug
On 27-Jan-05, at 6:54 AM, Rebecca Seiferle wrote:
> I like this one in particular, Dominic, and just read the poem a
> couple of times
> before I even noticed the note about the headline; its sharpness is
> independent
> of its context!
>
> Best,
>
> Rebecca
> ---- Original message ----
>> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 10:20:42 +0000
>> From: Dominic Fox <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Half Cocks: I've Not Heard It Called That Before
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>> MAKE HISTORY COMPULSORY; drop science
>> at whim. Reschedule languages. Combine
>> music & P.E. with marching bands.
>>
>> Forbid auto-didactics, solitary
>> play, furtive conniving with the muses.
>> Is there something you'd like to share
>>
>> with the rest of us? Assuredly
>> not. Watch as I ply self-assurance
>> tenuously into labyrinthine rage.
>>
>> * * *
>>
>> Today's online BBC News has a headline: MAKE HISTORY COMPULSORY -
>> TORIES. I always rather liked studying history, but even so.
>>
>> I treat P.E. here as one word.
>>
>> Dominic
>>
>> --
>> // Alas, this comparison function can't be total:
>> // bottom is beyond comparison. - Oleg Kiselyov
>
>
Douglas Barbour
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University of Alberta
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