Influenced by sufi [as well as Christian] mystic poets, Rumi, in particular,
in the last couple days, the form, ghazal, that Rumi creatively, playfully
advanced. The form itself fragmented and not thematically
unified---according to experts---tho I find Rumi's work thematically
unified.
This poem is thematically unified, but, I suspect, as is often the case in
my poems, it's an unintended mystery/secret. Let me know what you think
after stretching for the revelation [necessitates levitation, whirling
dervishly and prolly a pint o' ale---Old Red Hen, preferably].
Best, and thanks, Doug
Judy
On 02/10/2008, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> finely tuned lyric, jb
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> but while i really liked the final image, I wasn't sure how you got there
> from that saw...
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> Doug
> On 2-Oct-08, at 9:16 AM, Judy Prince wrote:
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> Sidelined
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> Douglas Barbour
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> http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/
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> Latest books:
> Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy)
> http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664
> Wednesdays'
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> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html
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> bleary with hashish at a ghazal dud show
> in Kurdistan, soaring Muslim melodies
> over a smoked-out Jamaican one drop
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> Brian Francis Slattery
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