Actually, I have to sort of eat humble pie, I've just realised that
what Patrick and others are referring to are the coursing bricks that
alternate with the masonry, they are certainly there, the bricks I've
been thinking about are fascia-work, those that survive I consider
semi-slabic, as it were..
Best
dave
2008/8/28 Judy Prince <[log in to unmask]>:
> Oh dear. _Now_ what will be the responses from petc architects?
> "Battered face"---even better!
>
> No-Name Yet me
>
> 2008/8/28 David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
>
>> As long as it doesn't involve Roman bricks, Judy. I ended up going
>> down to the Jewry Wall and St Nicks to check the evidence of my own
>> senses last night ( I told Lydia about that conversation and +she+
>> started insisting there were Roman bricks there too: there aren't any,
>> definitely definitely not, it seems to be a kind of spreading
>> hallucination)
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Battered Face
>>
>>
>> (I'd like a new name too: how about Sublime Chicken Manicurist of the
>> Sevenfold Way, well, it's no more daft than calling oneself a poet!)
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> 2008/8/28 Judy Prince <[log in to unmask]>:
>> > I DO like that name: "Weather-beaten exterior"!!!! [though not or my
>> > lovely self] <g>]
>> > Not-yet-newly-named me
>> >
>> > 2008/8/28 David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
>> >
>> >> Thank you, Patrick, I think ?!
>> >>
>> >> I like your move into Klingon, or is it Croatian, hrash indeed.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Best
>> >>
>> >> Weather-beaten exterior
>> >>
>> >> 2008/8/28 Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>:
>> >> > And I don't want dear old bircumshawe kicked off even if he has his
>> >> numerous
>> >> > faults deep deep down inside that hrash? Harsh exterior lurks a heart
>> of
>> >> > gold -and I am proud to be on the same list as him and he has not been
>> >> > kicked off lately
>> >> > Roger I love you pointing out the etc of poetry etc
>> >> > I think the list is great and it's about all things to do with poets
>> we
>> >> do
>> >> > not live in boxes (although VB ought to -got my ankle this morning!)
>> and
>> >> we
>> >> > get involved healthily in all sorts of things like writing painting
>> >> life's
>> >> > events and Joodles changing her name to NYNN
>> >> > Anyway poetry can be a bit boring :-)
>> >> > P the waffler
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > -----Original Message-----
>> >> > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On
>> >> > Behalf Of David Bircumshaw
>> >> > Sent: 28 August 2008 08:05
>> >> > To: [log in to unmask]
>> >> > Subject: Re: self promotion
>> >> >
>> >> > Roger, I most definitely do not want to get you kicked off this list
>> >> > nor do I go about making complaints to moderators.
>> >> >
>> >> > Best
>> >> >
>> >> > Dave
>> >> >
>> >> > 2008/8/28 Roger Day <[log in to unmask]>:
>> >> >> Pace our moderators attempts to limit the discussion to poetry and
>> >> >> only poetry, the title of the list has always been "poetryetc". See
>> >> >> that little etc at the end there? So, although poetry may not be
>> >> >> discussed in a way you like, I wasn't under the impression that
>> poetry
>> >> >> was avoided. From my POV, most of the conversation centers around
>> >> >> poetry, looping, elliptical maybe, but still going around and around.
>> >> >> Maybe it's my vision of the list that differs from yours. There are
>> >> >> plenty of lists which concentrate *solely* on Poetry - new-poetry,
>> >> >> british and irish poets etc etc. The uniqueness of this list is that
>> >> >> it could cover everything, and does sometimes, but the center holding
>> >> >> is poetry. I've not seen many people posting snaps recently and
>> that's
>> >> >> always been a major feature of these lists. Indeed, you've
>> contributed
>> >> >> poetry and it's been discussed, so I hardly see how that's avoiding
>> >> >> poetry.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> There's nothing to stop you from discussing villanelles if that's
>> what
>> >> >> you want. And I was under the impression that was what you were doing
>> >> >> so with Alison. For me, the world, for me, does not spin on a poetic
>> >> >> axis alone, and the broad wash of genres should mix and collide. No
>> >> >> boundaries. I realise I'm probably the main culprit here, so hey, if
>> >> >> you want me kicked off, complain to the moderators. I'm sure they'd
>> be
>> >> >> happy to oblige, pace their attempts to fit this list into a neat
>> >> >> little box.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Regards
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Roger
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 8:53 PM, David Bircumshaw
>> >> >> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >> >>> It's fascinating to be on a poetry discussion list where the main
>> >> >>> thing that is avoided in conversation is poetry.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> 2008/8/27 Stephen Vincent <[log in to unmask]>:
>> >> >>>> Agree with Doug, here, Roger. I like the sense of texture in these
>> >> > pieces.
>> >> >>>> The work does not seem much about 'self' in that narcisstic way,
>> so I
>> >> > don't reason to be concerned about put your stuff out into the world.
>> I
>> >> see
>> >> > these things as kinds of gifts - not that you want them to be free of
>> >> > critique (another kind of reciprocal gift, if well given).
>> >> >>>> I mean you are not confusing your 'self' with Paris Hilton - I
>> >> suspect!
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> Stephen V
>> >> >>>> http://stephenvincent.net/blog/
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote: And definitely
>> >> > something there to promote, Roger. I especially like
>> >> >>>> the abstracts & the merz stuff....
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> Doug
>> >> >>>> On 26-Aug-08, at 1:33 PM, Roger Day wrote:
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>>> http://picasaweb.google.com/rog3r.day/Portfolio2008
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> --
>> >> >>>>> My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/
>> >> >>>>> "I began to warm and chill
>> >> >>>>> to objects and their fields"
>> >> >>>>> Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> 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.h
>> >> > tml
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> A little planet blues, for the
>> >> >>>> deathwatch.
>> >> >>>> A season of rictus riffs.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> Dennis Lee
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> --
>> >> >>> David Bircumshaw
>> >> >>> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
>> >> > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
>> >> >>> The Animal Subsides
>> http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
>> >> >>> Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/
>> >> >> "I began to warm and chill
>> >> >> to objects and their fields"
>> >> >> Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > David Bircumshaw
>> >> > Website and A Chide's Alphabet
>> >> > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
>> >> > The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
>> >> > Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> David Bircumshaw
>> >> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
>> >> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
>> >> The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
>> >> Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> David Bircumshaw
>> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
>> The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
>> Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
>>
>
--
David Bircumshaw
Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
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