Just FYI, my "Mad Cow Sonnets" are still
available in *The Sonnet Project*.
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Halvard Johnson
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On Apr 9, 2007, at 9:25 AM, Joanna Boulter wrote:
> The "mad cow" first appeared, I think, in 'Phrase Book', with more
> poems in 'My Life Asleep'; you can find these in 'Her Book',
> Selected Poems 1988 - 1998 (Faber 2000). I think that's all of them.
>
> Shapcott says this alter ego began as a sort of playful elaboration
> on the phrase "you mad cow", sometimes applied to women, and here
> linked to the symptoms of the cattle disease. She was my tutor at
> Newcastle University for an MA in Writing Poetry, 2000, and we
> found her brilliant at encouraging us to let our minds off the hook.
>
> Here's a link to one of the first mad cow poems.
>
> http://discovermagazine.com/blogs/discoblog/archive/2006/12/27/
> science-poem-of-the-week-8
>
> joanna
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ren Powell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 2:44 PM
> Subject: mad cows
>
>
>> A few years ago I heard Jo Shapcott read a couple of poems she
>> said was from
>> her "mad cow" series. Does anyone know which book they are
>> published in?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ren
>>
>> (I finally got my spell check in order, but it doesn't like Shapcott-
>> suggests sheepcote or snapshot.)
>> ______
>> Ren Powell
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>> www.renpowell.com
>> www.icorn.org
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