Wow, I liked the poem, yes, but I qalso like the enthusiasm shown by
other members. A great list of listeners!
Andrew
On 12/04/07, Stephen Vincent <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The spider is sudden, like a vowel.
>
> Maybe part of the 'frisson' here is that "vowels" normally do not speed
> things up (as in "sudden") but, more often than not, slow down and pace the
> stream of consonants. So there might be a lovely - sleight of hand -
> contradiction that you have managed to employ, Caleb. Thought the "e" in
> your name is pretty quick in comparison to the "a" - a "sudden" realization,
> I see!
>
> Stephen V
> http://stephenvincent.net/blog/
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> > Totally agree with Stephen Caleb: what an opening line.
> >
> > And the ongoing perceptual understanding...
> >
> > Doug
> > On 10-Apr-07, at 10:54 PM, Stephen Vincent wrote:
> >
> >> The spider is sudden, like a vowel.
> >>
> >> That alone is a great line, Caleb!
> >> I have met the spider and I have met the vowel
> >> but to get together at the same time
> >> Rips!
> >>
> >> Stephen V
> >> http://stephenvincent.net/blog/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >
> > lipsynching awe all the way to the grave of the unknown onus:
> > memory stutter; one smidgen, one scantling of thank.
> >
> > Dennis Lee
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