"The writing of a poem is like throwing a child into a mineshaft." And then
waiting for the reverberation.
jd
On 5/4/07, Christopher Walker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> <snip>
> I have no idea why my sometimes dyslexic brain immediately read this as:
> "The writing of a poem is like throwing a child into a mineshaft."
> <snip>
>
> Q's advice to 'murder your darlings' perhaps?
>
> CW
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> 'What's the point of having a language that everybody knows?'
> (Gypsy inhabitant of Barbaraville)
>
--
Joseph Duemer
Professor of Humanities
Clarkson University
[sharpsand.net]
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