The ivory tower has its pitfalls too, as you know Doug ... I worked in
factories, on a truck, in radio then advertising, theatre, then academia.
And the backroom of the uni was more bitchy than any ballet company! I have
a wonderful collection of knives which I have retrieved from my back over
the years. (Poetry? Tangentially ... 'How Poets Make A Living')
On 02/03/07, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> and i haven't felt anything like an order coming from anyone. and even
> the vampire thread got to poetry eventually. as to Chris Jones's last
> post, i confess i found it odd, funny, & way outside my experience, so
> read it but couldnt comment (& i wonder if that wasn't the case for a
> lot of others here). i can read it as a bit of satire, or political
> comment of sorts, & definitely another reason i'm glad i hid out in the
> ivory tower....
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> Doug
> On 28-Feb-07, at 2:00 PM, Joseph Duemer wrote:
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> Andrew
> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
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