Very Sage, Reverend Sir Patrick.
2009/6/29 Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
> Davvy obviously the last lines should read
> 'build our White House[i]
> for the common mouse.'
> Cheers P
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of David Bircumshaw
> Sent: 28 June 2009 21:18
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Apology for swords
>
> Waal, ok, then, joodle-slump. This came in my inbox the other day,
> considering a discussion that's been circulating hereabouts I had grin
> (till
> my teeth bled). I think Tim Allen might permit himself a wry smile:
>
> The Leicester Workshop
>
> Don't talk of content when I want technique
> or treat my words as if I'm not allowed
> to string them along the line, or make a break;
> what I want to say, I know;
> I might need help with how.
>
> It's craft I crave, not criticism.
> I wish to make a table and four chairs
> at least honestly, aspire to Ernest Gimson,
> and, if my art is good,
> from solid native wood.
>
> Examine the precision of my joints
> show how to make them clean and tighter
> I am not here for scoring points
> but to marry grain with grain
> using a smoothing plane
>
> or a sharp chisel and a well oiled maul.
> You see, the timber's mine, from my green woods
> where some are stunted others tall
> but where I chose my balks,
> strip off their pungent barks.
>
> Let's make a unity of craft and art,
> dear grafters, help to a common purpose,
> engineer the precision part,
> build our White House[i]
> for the common muse.
>
> 2009/6/28 Judy Prince <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > I think me n you founded it, P. 'Twould be even more stimulating, tho,
> if
> > David would gie us a FPN-CMS poem.
> > Best,
> >
> > joodles a mental slump
> >
> > 2009/6/28 Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> > > Daavey------faux populist neo-con mental slum
> > > where can I join?sounds stimulating
> > > cheeippos P
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On
> > > Behalf Of David Bircumshaw
> > > Sent: 28 June 2009 17:38
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Re: Apology for swords
> > >
> > > Well Doug with the things I'm having to attempt to negotiate with
> certain
> > > parties in a local writers' group, who want to turn it into a faux
> > populist
> > > neo-con mental slum, I can sympathise with Desmond.
> > > Glad the page was better on yr eyes, I found it so too.
> > >
> > > 2009/6/28 Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
> > >
> > > > Ta, David, this (the English) reads more supplely than the other
> > version,
> > > > to my eyes & ears.
> > > >
> > > > Gosh, I know we have our little trials of taste etc, but nothing I
> feel
> > > as
> > > > harsh as Desmond's sense of football mates slagging each other.
> > > >
> > > > But, each of us does choose to read & to learn from poetry that
> speaks
> > > > deeply to us.
> > > >
> > > > Doug
> > > >
> > > > On 27-Jun-09, at 10:46 PM, David Bircumshaw wrote:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.seanet.com/~inisglas/cop1.html
> > > >>
> > > >> has the Irish text plus the translation set out in a readable way.
> No
> > > >> commentary. The wonderful sound-dances and rhythms of the Irish can,
> I
> > > >> think, show through the worlds of difference.
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >> David Bircumshaw
> > > >> "Nothing can be done in the face
> > > >> of ordinary unhappiness" - PP
> > > >> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> > > >> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
> > > >> The Animal Subsides
> http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> > > >> Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > > 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
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> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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> > > tml
> > > >
> > > > What in the world we see
> > > > is what's important.
> > > >
> > > > Richard Caddel
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > David Bircumshaw
> > > "Nothing can be done in the face
> > > of ordinary unhappiness" - PP
> > > Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> > > http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
> > > The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> > > Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
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> --
> David Bircumshaw
> "Nothing can be done in the face
> of ordinary unhappiness" - PP
> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
> The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
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--
David Bircumshaw
"Nothing can be done in the face
of ordinary unhappiness" - PP
Website and A Chide's Alphabet
http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
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