Dear Andrew the Inq,
Yours truly actually finds that the poems that write themselves are better
than those I force. That's based upon the responses I receive, in addition
to my own liking of the pieces as they have emerged.
Sometimes (not often), a rather difficult, labored endeavor MAY yield a
moment or so of worth (according to me), but for me, that is rare.
My solution to all of this? I write, so that I am ready for the real
writing. Sometimes it isn't there, but I'd have missed it if I had no
writing muscles. I don't release all that I do. In fact, much of it is never
seen, will never be seen. I also note that I write less these days than I
used to.
Sheila
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 5:04 PM, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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:
> >>>
> >>> 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/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/
>
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