On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dominic,
> this resounds with its burden, yet leaves me with more questions than I can
> guess answers for.
> Is it all here yet?
That's a good question, one of the basic ones. I think that in terms
of the weight and position of elements, the poem is finished: it makes
a whole for me. It was written quite quickly this morning, starting
with the phrase that forms the first line and spun out of that.
A bit of context. Over the past fortnight, I've been receiving news
from friends who've been involved in student protests, occupations and
other actions in response to the recent horrors in Gaza. The
protestors have demanded that their universities speak and act in an
ethically and politically committed way, that they take sides in the
conflict. Some have been quite successful in getting their demands
heard, and have won significant concessions; others have met with a
dismissive and intransigent response. An occupation in Nottingham was
broken up a couple of days ago when the students were thrown out of
the lecture theatre they were occupying by security, an action which
made me furiously angry. A little negotiation would have gone a long
way - no-one so far has insisted on staying put until every last one
of their demands was met in full. The more such confrontations
escalate, the nearer one draws to the moment when some splinter group
decides that the Baader-Meinhof approach is the only way forward.
So, that fond dream's dashed, but its dashed insolence is still making
news - fresh occupations have started since, in Manchester and
Strathclyde...
Best wishes,
Dominic
> best from Max
>
> Quoting Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>> ah, 'good/copy' indeed. and for whom?
>>
>> neat.
>>
>> Doug
>> On 6-Feb-09, at 1:35 AM, Dominic Fox wrote:
>>
>> > that fond dream's dashed
>> > insolence makes good
>> > copy in this morning's
>> > round-up to not quite
>> >
>> > not yet but soon
>> > remastered with aplomb
>> > a hunched ongoing
>> > catastrophe in slow
>> >
>> > sleeting agon
>> > slicked off again
>> > in durable mettle
>> > with sighs spanning
>> >
>
>
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Shall we be pure or impure? Today
we shall be very pure. It must always
be possible to contain
impurities in a pure way.
--Tarmo Uustalu and Varmo Vene
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