Dante...no matter...very tight indeed...the future recalls the past...did
you ever see any of these 'nightmare' places...?
On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 1:33 PM, Frederick Pollack <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Malcolm, I'm glad you like that one --- but I wasn't thinking of any *real
> institution, a "snake pit" or "back ward." Though I can see how it does
> resemble those, the poem is an ambiguous revenge fantasy set in a strange
> afterlife.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Malcolm Robinson" <
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> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 3:35 PM
> Subject: Re: 2 poems
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> Particularly like "Slipstream"...this is seriously interesting subject
>> matter...it is too easy to forget how close we are to the old Z Wards that
>> marked every major city across the western world and are still in
>> existence
>> in so many other countries...and am interested in casting such 'tough'
>> into
>> poetic form
>> On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Frederick Pollack <[log in to unmask]
>> >wrote:
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Barbour" <
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>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 11:25 AM
>>> Subject: Re: 2 poems
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>>>
>>> Two very different versions of 'tough,' Fred, cutting deep.
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>>> Glad you like these --- took some odd risks.
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>>
>> --
>> Malcolm
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>>
--
Malcolm
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