Hal,
It was reading your poem that sent me looking for the news article, I just knew that it had to
be there. Brilliant piece.
Roger
----- Original Message -----
From: "Halvard Johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 5:03 AM
Subject: Re: "Maglev Sonnet"
> Quite right, Roger--though the poem was based on (drawn in part from)
> an apparently much earlier AP account in the online IHT.
>
> Hal
>
> "There is poetry in everything. That
> is the biggest argument against poetry."
> --Miroslav Holub
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> On Sep 22, 2006, at 11:03 PM, Roger Collett wrote:
>
>> Basically, Hal was picking up on the following:
>>
>> "Twenty-three people died and 10 were injured when an elevated magnetic train ploughed into
>> a maintenance vehicle in north-western Germany. "
>>
>> "In August, a fire broke out on a Transrapid elevated magnetic train in Shanghai, adding to
>> concerns about the safety of the technology."
>>
>> Roger
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "andrew burke" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 3:41 AM
>> Subject: Re: "Maglev Sonnet"
>>
>>
>>> The BBC is not welcome in China so I can't read it, Roger. Sorry.
>>>
>>> Andre de Linfen
>>>
>>>
>>> On 23/09/06, Roger Collett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>> Not too sure about fun Andrew,
>>>>
>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5370564.stm
>>>>
>>>> Roger
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "andrew burke" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 2:33 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: "Maglev Sonnet"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > bloody great fun, Hal - thanks for the entertainment. I loved the
>>>> > image of a 'fire' in a sonnet - there's one in this one! a
>>>> creative
>>>> > flame oft times missing from many 'serious' attempts.
>>>> >
>>>> > I put my vote Fred's way.
>>>> >
>>>> > Andrew
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > This is delightful, Hal, but I wish, no pun intended, it
>>>> ended with more
>>>> >> > of a bang -- "sonnet" reappearing as the last word seems
>>>> flat. Maybe
>>>> >> > something like "After last month's crash of the Shanghai
>>>> Vilannele, /
>>>> >> > This is another blow for magnetic levitation" [no hyphen]?
>>>> >>
>>>> >
>>>> >
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