I think Judy got it right, Doug, in that such writing goes into the
territory of the novel, a la Proust, I'm very interested in both that
mode, and the very fine captures that lyric poetry can do, so I
simultaneously want to go grosser, deeper into it all, and too finer,
more exquisite.
One of these days I'll get my compass readings right! ( I can
map-read, Doug, and can also get lost walking to a corner shop, oh my
oh my)
I'm very interested in psychology, and feel that much modern poetry
isn't adequate in that respect.
2008/7/1 Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>:
> This is powerful memory, Dave. And, as such, it can go on, or stop there.
> How do we invent/recall such moments? How then make them live? You catch a
> few here with a particular detail, & it catches us (or me).
>
> Doug
> On 30-Jun-08, at 7:46 PM, David Bircumshaw wrote:
>
>> From My Home Encyclopaedia:
>
> 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
>
> It's the first lesson, loss.
> Who hasn't tried to learn it
> at the hands of wind or thieves?
>
> Jan Zwicky
>
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David Bircumshaw
Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
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