Hi Barry
I had found the Creeley quote before watching the Tuesday night a small
documentary on CBC's The National on printmaker David Blackwood, in
which he said the quoted line about the Newfoundland village of his
birth. So it undoubtedly was in my mind. I actually thought I was
skimming near your poetic territory, but not really, as mine more
commented than just utilized (for comment perhaps, but always the
other's words - an ability I admire in your).
Perhaps Kasper is right to see it as a kind of collage, but I also hope
it makes it as a poem . . . .
Thanks for the thoughtful comments...
Doug
On 2-Feb-07, at 10:50 AM, Barry Alpert wrote:
> Doug,
>
> That opening line is quite striking and prompts me to investigate the
> relationship between visual and grammatical syntax in the poem.
> Quoting
> Creeley's poem at the end of your signature has an interesting bearing
> upon
> your new snap as well, though I had thought it was "intentional" until
> a
> bit of research showed that you shifted from the Wayne Clifford to the
> Robert Creeley quote two days earlier.
>
> Barry
>
>
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