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
> > > Wednesdays'
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.h
> > 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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> 06/27/09
> > 17:55:00
> >
>
--
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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