... he'd consider IT less ...
On 23/08/07, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I think he'd consider less a retreat from life & more a delving,
> diving into life at its most metaphysical. no less 'real', he & some
> would feel, than any hunchback in the park
>
> KS
>
> On 22/08/07, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > I actually love the lyricism and the way he uses language. It sings to
> > me as no other poetry, and it's the archaism, the tone and his word
> > usage that does this to me, but I cannot hide from the fact that the
> > content is almost a full scale retreat from modernity, from life.
> > Which I suppose is one way of dealing with the violence of his time.
> >
> > Roger
> >
> > On 8/22/07, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > I don't mind the hint of archaism. it's still fresh & attacking &
> > > rumbling & wonderful to me. if being 'modern' means relinquishing the
> > > kind of tone possible with Dylan's type oflanguage, I don't think I
> > > care to be modern. at least not all the time
> > >
> > > KS
> > >
> > > On 21/08/07, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > > If you want to stay away from the 20th century, yeah, Dylan's yr man.
> > > >
> > > > Roger
> > > >
> > > > On 8/21/07, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > > > another utterly humbling place to go for language recycled & built
> > > > > into visions is Dylan Thomas
> > > > >
> > > > > KS
> > > > >
> > > > > On 20/08/07, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > > > > Intriguing take, Tad. bpNichol once made the same point, saying, if
> > > > > > your nouns & verbs need support, they're not doing the proper work, or
> > > > > > words to that effect.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I found the range of poets you've written about intriguing, wide, &
> > > > > > often opposing....
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Doug
> > > > > > On 19-Aug-07, at 12:06 PM, TheOldMole wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > And you may want to start rethinking if your poem starts to be
> > > > > > > modifier-driven. I've actually written something on this, which you
> > > > > > > may find totally useless, but it's on my website at
> > > > > > > http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/essays.html under "Tired Words -
> > > > > > > Working Words."
> > > > > > >
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