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:
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> 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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