It's more the fact of remembering fifty years' results and details as a
sign of intelligence which I question
L
On Tue, June 22, 2010 21:49, Patrick McManus wrote:
> Good point are some poets idiots not superbeings??
> P:-)
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> Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
> Sent: 22 June 2010 11:00
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> Subject: Re: Next door: The careerist
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> So they were idiots?
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> As to Hay, I never yet went
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> Rolled in it on occasion...
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> L
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> On Tue, June 22, 2010 10:49, Patrick McManus wrote:
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>> Sounds like the Hay festival??
>> Patrick grunts and pre-verbals for ever those pre verbal cave paintings
>> were pretty hot stuff Ps I like the story where in New York ? guy went
> into
>> bar heard the conversation said these guys are idiots then discovered
>> they knew each ball game who played for the last fifty years
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
>> Sent: 22 June 2010 10:28
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>> Subject: Next door: The careerist
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>> If I went on stage and tried to tell them
>> what I think is the use of Poetry, they would not laugh, would not find
>> that funny and they would not agree with my theses - although they
>> might hear another word there.
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>> As do I.
>> Think "shit". I, too, am childish.
>> Few could give a response more than "Get off".
>> They do not understand logical thought.
>> They do not respect people who debate.
>> Which is not to say that they are stupid.
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>> It is, though, better not to speak anything.
>> Words do not last long in a mob before
>> they turn back into grunts and pre-verbal experiments in threatening and
>> fear. If they asked, I would say "Poetry's fun";
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>> but that's because I enjoy being liked more than I want to make our
>> lives worthwhile. It is my cowardice, not their bravery, which undermines
>> attempts to be truthful and ensures that idiots are heard the most.
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>> --
>> Bartender: You really think the world's gonna end?
>> Ford: Yes.
>> Bartender: Shouldn't we lie down? Put paper bags over our heads or
>> something? Ford: If you like. Bartender: Would it help?
>> Ford: Not at all.
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>> Lawrence Upton
>> AHRC Creative Research Fellow
>> Dept of Music
>> Goldsmiths, University of London
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> Bartender: You really think the world's gonna end?
> Ford: Yes.
> Bartender: Shouldn't we lie down? Put paper bags over our heads or
> something? Ford: If you like.
> Bartender: Would it help?
> Ford: Not at all.
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> Lawrence Upton
> AHRC Creative Research Fellow
> Dept of Music
> Goldsmiths, University of London
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Bartender: You really think the world's gonna end?
Ford: Yes.
Bartender: Shouldn't we lie down? Put paper bags over our heads or something?
Ford: If you like.
Bartender: Would it help?
Ford: Not at all.
Lawrence Upton
AHRC Creative Research Fellow
Dept of Music
Goldsmiths, University of London
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