Bravo!
Hal
"Look at any word long enough and you will see
it open up into a series of faults into a terrain of
particles each containing its own void."
--Robert Smithson
Halvard Johnson
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On Mar 3, 2008, at 7:03 PM, andrew burke wrote:
> *... When asked by the poet,
>
> they all agreed: the influence of Tate and Ashbery on
> younger poets was lamentable. Then sudden hail.
>
> Halvard Johnson
> *
>
>
> I am all for understanding,
> said the nouveau poete,
> but overstanding has its place.
>
> The mind is an iceberg
> steered by original cliche
>
> and when poets cluster
> at the fringe of festivals
> or everyday life
>
> their minds jump a cog
> and their understanding leap-
> frogs language tarriers.
>
> Hail is melting in the journalists' tent.
>
>
> --
> Andrew
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