Doug said, I wasnt sure at all,
Aren't they often the best poems, later? I often feel, if I'm comfortable
writing a poem and it just 'flows', that it is a pale wak affair, yet the
ones where I am unsure of them but have the courage to let it out, they seem
to be the better ones. Is this a common experience amongst poets?
Andrew the Inquisitor
2008/6/26 Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>:
> Thanks Nathan, Andrew, Barry, & Gerald.
>
> I wasnt sure at all, to tell the truth...
>
> Doug
>
> On 26-Jun-08, at 7:51 AM, Gerald Schwartz wrote:
>
> Doug,
>>
>> Great piece. Really get the sense of movement
>> from it... from its structure and its descriptions.
>>
>> Gerald S.
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 11:42 PM, Douglas Barbour <
>>> [log in to unmask]>
>>> wrote:
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>>> the cobblestones were hard
>>>> on horses' hooves
>>>> on carriages whose wheels
>>>> were just as hard
>>>>
>>>> now jouncing at varying speeds
>>>> sudden stops
>>>> for pedestrians
>>>> & other interferences
>>>> they remain historical
>>>> ly hard
>>>> tough
>>>> on foreign feet & bodies
>>>>
>>>> a sense of the past
>>>> present in every step & swerve
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Douglas Barbour
>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>
>>>> http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/
>>>>
>>>> Latest books:
>>>> Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy)
>>>> http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664
>>>> Wednesdays'
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html
>>>>
>>>> In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field
>>>> general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense
>>>> by
>>>> hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even
>>>> if he
>>>> has to use shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches
>>>> his
>>>> troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a
>>>> sustained
>>>> ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's
>>>> defensive line.
>>>>
>>>> In baseball the object is to go home!
>>>>
>>>> George Carlin, RIP
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> http://nathanhondros.blogspot.com
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> Douglas Barbour
> [log in to unmask]
>
> http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/
>
> Latest books:
> Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy)
> http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664
> Wednesdays'
>
> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html
>
> In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field
> general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by
> hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he
> has to use shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his
> troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained
> ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's
> defensive line.
>
> In baseball the object is to go home!
>
> George Carlin, RIP
>
--
Andrew
http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
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