Aha those sort of snap dragons not the fire breathing ones!they can have
dirty roots too!
Cheers P
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Sent: 29 September 2010 09:36
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Subject: Re: snap: MS dragons
Someone asked where the Olson quote came from. It's in his poems, thus:
"Whatever you have to say, leave
the roots on, let them
dangle
And the dirt
just to make clear
where they come from. "
Charles Olson
On 29 September 2010 09:02, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> curtains drawn
> against spring sunlight
> I manipulate my manuscript
> moving snap dragons around
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> got to keep dirt on their roots, as Olson says
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> Andrew
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Andrew
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