How about an exam before the plebs may vote?
On 8 November 2010 16:06, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> That's a really good idea Patrick - you should tell Mr Biscuit the
> Chancellor.
>
> On 8 November 2010 07:55, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]
> >wrote:
>
> > Well they will stop future elections as a cost saving
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf Of Mark Weiss
> > Sent: 08 November 2010 03:10
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: It's Henery the Eighth Agen Agen
> >
> > All part of the Tory plan never to be elected again.
> >
> > At 06:11 PM 11/7/2010, you wrote:
> > >Actually I believe the new Jobseekers joint will specialise in teaching
> > >basic numeracy and, guess what word, yup, literacy. The librarians
> should
> > >really appreciate that. As well as the four week streetcleaning holidays
> > now
> > >planned.
> > >
> > >On 7 November 2010 23:03, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Who can bring books with them to read while they wait.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > At 05:51 PM 11/7/2010, you wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Here in Leicester the former Central Library is going to become a
> > > >> Jobseeker's Centre, which will be very useful for the redundant
> > > >> librarians.
> > > >>
> > > >> On 7 November 2010 17:59, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> > And all of those lovely buildings waiting for other uses! Imagine
> > how
> > > >> many
> > > >> > skateboard courses would fit in the British Library.
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > At 12:22 PM 11/7/2010, you wrote:
> > > >> >
> > > >> >> Library sales are brilliant but you very soon come up against the
> > > >> reason
> > > >> >> why
> > > >> >> public libraries are needed in the first place. While every time
> I
> > go
> > > >> into
> > > >> >> our local vanishing asset I am reminded of old ladies who amass
> > stray
> > > >> >> cats.
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> On 7 November 2010 14:53, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> > On a seriuous note (when am I not serious?), there are going to
> > be
> > > >> some
> > > >> >> > great library sales.
> > > >> >> >
> > > >> >> >
> > > >> >> > At 03:25 AM 11/7/2010, you wrote:
> > > >> >> >
> > > >> >> >> It sounds to me like a lot of interests see money is
> dismantling
> > > >> >> libraries
> > > >> >> >> and are determined to make it an 'inevitable process'. There
> > will,
> > > >> of
> > > >> >> >> course, be no end of 'writers' after their slice of the
> action.
> > As
> > > >> the
> > > >> >> >> books
> > > >> >> >> disappear so the local laureates, book doctors and language
> > workers
> > > >> >> >> thrive.
> > > >> >> >> I'm expecting the advent of Writers-in-Residence in
> Jobcentres.
> > > >> >> >> I suppose on the bonus side to all this in the long run there
> > won't
> > > >> be
> > > >> >> an
> > > >> >> >> obligation for all poets to pretend to be left-wing so the
> > natural
> > > >> >> animals
> > > >> >> >> can revert to their true colours. It must be such a strain on
> > them,
> > > >> all
> > > >> >> >> the
> > > >> >> >> pretence, the poor things.
> > > >> >> >>
> > > >> >> >> On 6 November 2010 11:39, Roger Collett <
> > > >> [log in to unmask]>
> > > >> >> >> wrote:
> > > >> >> >>
> > > >> >> >> > Thanks Dave.
> > > >> >> >> > Sounds like the prelude to Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451"
> > > >> >> >> >
> > > >> >> >> >
> > > >> >> >> > Roger Collett
> > > >> >> >> > Arrowhead Press
> > > >> >> >> > http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/
> > > >> >> >> >
> > > >> >> >> >
> > > >> >> >>
> > > >> >>
> > > >>
> > >
> >
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ---
> > > >> >> >> > "Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality."
> > > >> >> >> > Jules de Gaultier
> > > >> >> >> >
> > > >> >> >> >
> > > >> >> >> >
> > > >> >> >> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Bircumshaw" <
> > > >> >> >> > [log in to unmask]>
> > > >> >> >> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > >> >> >> > Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 11:26 AM
> > > >> >> >> >
> > > >> >> >> > Subject: Re: It's Henery the Eighth Agen Agen
> > > >> >> >> >
> > > >> >> >> >
> > > >> >> >> > Drat. It works in Facebook and I tried it out in the mail
> > before
> > > >> >> >> posting -
> > > >> >> >> >> try this:
> > > >> >> >> >>
> > > >> >> >> >>
> > > >> >> >> >>
> > > >> >> >>
> > > >> >>
> > > >>
> > >
> >
> >
> http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=414
> > 052&c=1<
> http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=414%0A052&c=1
> >
> > > >> >> >> >>
> > > >> >> >> >> or if not go to http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/click
> > > >> 'more
> > > >> >> >> news'
> > > >> >> >> >> and
> > > >> >> >> >> look for a story dated 4th November called 'Time to shelve
> > the
> > > >> book
> > > >> >> >> habit'
> > > >> >> >> >>
> > > >> >> >> >> On 6 November 2010 11:12, Roger Collett <
> > > >> >> [log in to unmask]>
> > > >> >> >> >> wrote:
> > > >> >> >> >>
> > > >> >> >> >> Yeah, but it's been imprisoned. I can't open the link
> > anyway.
> > > >> >> >> >>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>
> > > >> >> >> >>> Roger Collett
> > > >> >> >> >>> Arrowhead Press
> > > >> >> >> >>> http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/
> > > >> >> >> >>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>
> > > >> >> >>
> > > >> >>
> > > >>
> > >
> >
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ---
> > > >> >> >> >>> "Imagination is the one weapon in the war against
> reality."
> > > >> >> >> >>> Jules de Gaultier
> > > >> >> >> >>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>
> > > >> >> >> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Bircumshaw" <
> > > >> >> >> >>> [log in to unmask]>
> > > >> >> >> >>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > >> >> >> >>> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 11:09 AM
> > > >> >> >> >>> Subject: Re: It's Henery the Eighth Agen Agen
> > > >> >> >> >>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>
> > > >> >> >> >>> Hmmm ...
> > > >> >> >> >>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>> historically inapt.
> > > >> >> >> >>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>> On 6 November 2010 10:35, Roger Collett <
> > > >> >> [log in to unmask]
> > > >> >> >> >
> > > >> >> >> >>>> wrote:
> > > >> >> >> >>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>> Hmmm....
> > > >> >> >> >>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>>> I think this could do with a dose of The Spanish
> > Inquisition.
> > > >> >> >> >>>>> "You never expect The Spanish Inquisition!!!"
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>>> Roger Collett
> > > >> >> >> >>>>> Arrowhead Press
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>>> http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>
> > > >> >> >>
> > > >> >>
> > > >>
> > >
> >
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ---
> > > >> >> >> >>>>> "Imagination is the one weapon in the war against
> > reality."
> > > >> >> >> >>>>> Jules de Gaultier
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Bircumshaw" <
> > > >> >> >> >>>>> [log in to unmask]>
> > > >> >> >> >>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > >> >> >> >>>>> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 8:36 AM
> > > >> >> >> >>>>> Subject: It's Henery the Eighth Agen Agen
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>>> Scene: A Monty Python launderette which is also a
> > domestic
> > > >> >> living
> > > >> >> >> >>>>> room.
> > > >> >> >> >>>>> On
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>>> a
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>> sofa sit Terry Jones and Eric Idle in drag as
> > hair-piled-high
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>> housewives
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>> with aprons, egg-stained cardigans and rolling pins.
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>> Housewife One (con falsetto) : 'I'm sick of all this
> > > >> Jean-Paul
> > > >> >> >> Sartre,
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>> what's on the box?' (looking at a washing machine)
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>> Housewife Two (tweaking moustache, basso profundo) : '
> > Just
> > > >> >> Bloody
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>> Repeats.
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>> As Joyce said ' (voice changing to falsetto) 'History
> is
> > the
> > > >> >> >> nightmare
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>> from
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>> which I am trying to awake. Or ...'
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>> (both in unison): 'It's - Yet Again - The Dissolution
> of
> > The
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>> Monasteries
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>> Show' :
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>>
> > http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=41
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>> --
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>> (David Joseph) The Brothers Bircumshaw
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>> "Every old house was scaffolding once/And workmen
> > whistling"
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>> The Animal Subsides
> > > >> >> >> http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>> twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>> blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>> --
> > > >> >> >> >>>> (David Joseph) The Brothers Bircumshaw
> > > >> >> >> >>>> "Every old house was scaffolding once/And workmen
> > whistling"
> > > >> >> >> >>>> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> > > >> >> >> >>>> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
> > > >> >> >> >>>> The Animal Subsides
> > > >> >> >> http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> > > >> >> >> >>>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
> > > >> >> >> >>>> twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
> > > >> >> >> >>>> blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
> > > >> >> >> >>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>>>
> > > >> >> >> >>
> > > >> >> >> >> --
> > > >> >> >> >> (David Joseph) The Brothers Bircumshaw
> > > >> >> >> >> "Every old house was scaffolding once/And workmen
> whistling"
> > > >> >> >> >> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> > > >> >> >> >> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
> > > >> >> >> >> The Animal Subsides
> > > >> >> http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> > > >> >> >> >> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
> > > >> >> >> >> twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
> > > >> >> >> >> blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
> > > >> >> >> >>
> > > >> >> >> >>
> > > >> >> >>
> > > >> >> >>
> > > >> >> >> --
> > > >> >> >> (David Joseph) The Brothers Bircumshaw
> > > >> >> >> "Every old house was scaffolding once/And workmen whistling"
> > > >> >> >> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> > > >> >> >> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
> > > >> >> >> The Animal Subsides
> > > >> http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> > > >> >> >> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
> > > >> >> >> twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
> > > >> >> >> blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
> > > >> >> >>
> > > >> >> >
> > > >> >> >
> > > >> >> >
> > > >> >> > New from Chax Press: Mark Weiss, As Landscape.
> > > >> >> > $16. Order from http://www.chax.org/poets/weiss.htm
> > > >> >> >
> > > >> >> >
> > > >> >> > "What a beautiful set of circumstances! What a lovely
> > concatenation
> > > >> of
> > > >> >> > particulars. Here is the poet alive in every sense of the word,
> > and
> > > >> >> through
> > > >> >> > every one of his senses. Instead of missing a beat or a part,
> > Weiss'
> > > >> >> > fragments are like Chekhov's short stories-the more that gets
> > left
> > > >> out,
> > > >> >> the
> > > >> >> > more they seem to contain. One can hear echoes from all the
> > various
> > > >> >> > ancestors...[but] the voice, at its center, its core, is pure
> > Mark
> > > >> >> Weiss.
> > > >> >> > His use of the fragment is both elegant and bafflingly clear, a
> > pure
> > > >> >> musical
> > > >> >> > threnody.[it] opens a window, not only into a mind, but a
> person,
> > a
> > > >> >> > personality, this human figure at the emotional center of the
> > poem."
> > > >> >> >
> > > >> >> > M.G. Stephens, in Jacket.
> > > >> >> > http://jacketmagazine.com/40/r-weiss-rb-stephens.shtml
> > > >> >> >
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> --
> > > >> >> (David Joseph) The Brothers Bircumshaw
> > > >> >> "Every old house was scaffolding once/And workmen whistling"
> > > >> >> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> > > >> >> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
> > > >> >> The Animal Subsides
> > http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> > > >> >> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
> > > >> >> twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
> > > >> >> blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > New from Chax Press: Mark Weiss, As Landscape.
> > > >> > $16. Order from http://www.chax.org/poets/weiss.htm
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > "What a beautiful set of circumstances! What a lovely
> concatenation
> > of
> > > >> > particulars. Here is the poet alive in every sense of the word,
> and
> > > >> through
> > > >> > every one of his senses. Instead of missing a beat or a part,
> Weiss'
> > > >> > fragments are like Chekhov's short stories-the more that gets left
> > out,
> > > >> the
> > > >> > more they seem to contain. One can hear echoes from all the
> various
> > > >> > ancestors...[but] the voice, at its center, its core, is pure Mark
> > > >> Weiss.
> > > >> > His use of the fragment is both elegant and bafflingly clear, a
> pure
> > > >> musical
> > > >> > threnody.[it] opens a window, not only into a mind, but a person,
> a
> > > >> > personality, this human figure at the emotional center of the
> poem."
> > > >> >
> > > >> > M.G. Stephens, in Jacket.
> > > >> > http://jacketmagazine.com/40/r-weiss-rb-stephens.shtml
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >> (David Joseph) The Brothers Bircumshaw
> > > >> "Every old house was scaffolding once/And workmen whistling"
> > > >> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> > > >> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
> > > >> The Animal Subsides
> http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> > > >> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
> > > >> twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
> > > >> blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > New from Chax Press: Mark Weiss, As Landscape.
> > > > $16. Order from http://www.chax.org/poets/weiss.htm
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "What a beautiful set of circumstances! What a lovely concatenation
> of
> > > > particulars. Here is the poet alive in every sense of the word, and
> > through
> > > > every one of his senses. Instead of missing a beat or a part, Weiss'
> > > > fragments are like Chekhov's short stories-the more that gets left
> out,
> > the
> > > > more they seem to contain. One can hear echoes from all the various
> > > > ancestors...[but] the voice, at its center, its core, is pure Mark
> > Weiss.
> > > > His use of the fragment is both elegant and
> > > bafflingly clear, a pure musical
> > > > threnody.[it] opens a window, not only into a mind, but a person, a
> > > > personality, this human figure at the emotional center of the poem."
> > > >
> > > > M.G. Stephens, in Jacket.
> > > > http://jacketmagazine.com/40/r-weiss-rb-stephens.shtml
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >--
> > >(David Joseph) The Brothers Bircumshaw
> > >"Every old house was scaffolding once/And workmen whistling"
> > >Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> > >http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
> > >The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> > >Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
> > >twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
> > >blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> >
> > New from Chax Press: Mark Weiss, As Landscape.
> > $16. Order from http://www.chax.org/poets/weiss.htm
> >
> >
> > "What a beautiful set of circumstances! What a
> > lovely concatenation of particulars. Here is the
> > poet alive in every sense of the word, and
> > through every one of his senses. Instead of
> > missing a beat or a part, Weiss' fragments are
> > like Chekhov's short stories-the more that gets
> > left out, the more they seem to contain. One can
> > hear echoes from all the various
> > ancestors...[but] the voice, at its center, its
> > core, is pure Mark Weiss. His use of the fragment
> > is both elegant and bafflingly clear, a pure
> > musical threnody.[it] opens a window, not only
> > into a mind, but a person, a personality, this
> > human figure at the emotional center of the poem."
> >
> > M.G. Stephens, in Jacket.
> > http://jacketmagazine.com/40/r-weiss-rb-stephens.shtml
> >
>
>
>
> --
> (David Joseph) The Brothers Bircumshaw
> "Every old house was scaffolding once/And workmen whistling"
> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
> The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
> twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
> blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
>
--
Andrew
http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
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