I couldn't imagine putting that much thought onto paper.
I much prefer to do it in my head.
K S
On 07/08/06, Patrick Mc Manus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Knocked out by this
> Patrick old P
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and
> poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Halvard Johnson
> Sent: 07 August 2006 19:28
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> Subject: "New Dawn" an abstract
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> 1 EXPLOSION: SEQUENCE AND SIMULTANEITY Greenwich Time 11:16 P.M.
> August 5 1945... Hiroshima Time 6:16 P.M. " "... 2 GOODBYE TO TINIAN
> Now that all the"unauthorized items"are cleared from the bomber/...
> Colonel Tibbets, commander/... Addresses the crew, "just don't/Screw
> it up..." 3 TAKEOFF: TINIAN ISLAND ...Position taken... 4 MYSTIC
> NAME ...some name it"The Beast," and some... "Little Boy." 5 WHEN ...
> 6:30 A.M. Japanese Time, last lap to target... 6 IWO JIMA ...Advice
> bombing primary-i.e./Hiroshima... 7 SELF AND NON-SELF... /8 DAWN... 9
> THE APPROACH Speed 200 miles per hour... /On time. Color/Of the world
> changes. /...like a dream. 10 WHAT THAT IS The apocalyptic blaze...
> Bursts... Hiroshima Time:8:16 A.M., August 6, 1945. 12 MANIC
> ATMOSPHERE... /13 TRIUMPHAL BEAUTY... 14 HOME "We made it!"... The
> mutual salute. At last... 15 SLEEP Some men, no doubt, will, before
> sleep, consider/One thought: I am alone. But some, /in the mercy of
> God, or booze, do not Long stare at the dark ceiling.
>
> --Robert Penn Warren
>
> [Note: The above is an abstract of a poem called "New Dawn,"
> first published in the New Yorker issue dated Nov. 14, 1983]
>
> Hal
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> Halvard Johnson
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