well that's certainly a facet I missed! quite clever, & a very nice
elegy. had I known this background I would have attended differently..
that's a hard question in poetics, I think¨Dshould a poem always be
able to stand alone, regardless of reference or intent? I would say
yes, but it wouldn't be prudent, for instance, to read "The birthday
letters" by Hughes & disregard the relationship that spurred the
poems.
thanks for the insight, makes me see (& appreciate!) the poem in a new
way¨Dstandalone questionability, in this draft, notwithstanding. :)
fine work.
KS
On 7/15/06, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks for all that Kasper
>
> it probably does have some clich¨¦ in it, but I cant do as much as I
> might want to about that. It was a snap, so done fairly quickly, but
> the real reason is it's a word/line acrostic; the first word of every
> line, if you read down, you will see is a line from 'Shine on You Crazy
> Diamond,' in fact perhaps the best line in the song (for me anyway). So
> the 'elegy' is for Syd Barrett, who died last week. I did try to bring
> in some aspects of his life as reported to the sort poem. So I can't
> change those words, & might be able, in future, if I think ti worth the
> try, make some other changes, & your comments will be useful in such a
> case.
>
> I didn't want to name him in the poem, though, it's true....
>
> Doug
> On 14-Jul-06, at 9:34 AM, KS wrote:
>
> > critique ahead.Douglas
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