Ah, well, one must have some Tuesday laffs.  And, apparently, we must have
beauty, namely, your "iridescent colours of pollutants on the canal-skim
surfaces", poetic; I immediately 'saw' myself staring at oil coatings in
puddles, all the child-time magic when we didnae know about 'pollutants'.

I often remember your beginning of a book [or, rather, my desire for a
book-length poem] about you and your parents.  My lifelong dislike of
reading novels skipped a bit when friends insisted I read McCourt's
_Angela's Ashes_.  It came today, and I hoped that you'd gotten on with your
'family' poem.  Indeed, today, then, you mentioned your parents.

[Total Aside:  Because of a remarkable ongoing debate about the
interpretation of 'Loveliest of Trees' [AEHousman] on New Poetry, a rodent
came across the fact of his B'Ham upbringing.  I kept figuring that a clue
to his background might settle our interp debate.]

Just a few lines more, dear Dave, on the 'family' poem, eh?

BTW, maybe we ontologically dump on God bcuz the name itself is a tough
unmeaning lump.  "Good", at least, would soften and morph it up a bit.  Is
this where Anglo-Saxon fails us?  I'd hope not.

Judy

2009/2/3 David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>

> Joodles
>
> I have also been reminded recently of the notion of 'It' being the
> target of 'ontological dumping' in that we turn 'It' into Something
> Other Than It, God is a Good Example of That.
>
> Best
>
> (Smiles, glad I give you a laff. I've discovered that many people have
> been brought up in Birmingham, the poor sods, I must admit though that
> the iridescent colours of pollutants on the canal-skim surfaces did
> represent a kind of optical gorgeousness to me as a kid)
>
> Best
>
> Dave
>
> 2009/2/3 Judy Prince <[log in to unmask]>:
> > There must be a message in this, Dave.  What does 'It' represent:
> watching
> > the film, being with your first prolonged love, or HOLDING HANDS?  Are
> you
> > sure that you didnae climb into your bed at age 3 as a self-initiating
> > Contraceptive Device, you precocious divvil.
> > BTW, we have discovered that AE Housman was brought up in Birmingham.
>  !!!!!
> >
> > Best, and thanks for the laffs,
> >
> > Judy
> >
> > 2009/2/3 David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> >> I remember one evening when I was eighteen, several centuries ago,
> >> sitting with my first +serious+ girlfriend and my then i.e. deceased
> >> mom and dad on the same settee watching that film and said distant
> >> parents, who barely spoke, and hadn't slept in the same bed alone
> >> together since before my conscious memories (I do recall them being in
> >> the same bed when I was about three but they put me in the middle as a
> >> contraceptive device) watching that film, with me and my first
> >> prolonged love, and HOLDING HANDS.
> >>
> >> It was a shock to me, and probably to my dad, as he dropped dead a few
> >> weeks after.
> >>
> >> Best
> >>
> >> Dave
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 2009/2/3 Jeffrey Side <[log in to unmask]>:
> >> > New blog post:
> >> > "Looking at the barrage of overrated and over-produced contemporary
> films
> >> it is easy to forget that film once aspired to be an art form. One such
> film
> >> is William Wyler's 1939 underrated version of Emily Bronte's novel
> Wuthering
> >> Heights which ..."
> >> > http://jeffreyside.tripod.com/
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> 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
>