It scares me a bit, Doug. Not that I didn't mean it. Not that I didn't
intend to write it.
But I hesitated before sending it this morning. Anyway, ouch is a good
response.
Ta for that.
L
On Wed, July 20, 2011 15:57, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> Ouch.
>
>
> That *sees*, Lawrence, hard.
>
>
> Doug
> On 2011-07-20, at 3:46 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
>
>
>> They seem to have been gouged from air,
>> from a space, that is, thought empty; and then, as if by explosion, bits
>> of them go out everywhere to a loud sudden noise, leaving slats of flesh
>> and tattery clothing; an imitation of a man or woman, of sorts. It’s
>> wrecked; or a vandalized beginning, if one hadn’t seen it break up;
>> something started and unfinished; an attempt by a builder idiot.
>>
>>
>> -----
>> solo poems
>> http://www.landscapeandlanguagecentre.au.com/current_journal.html
>> http://www.landscapeandlanguagecentre.au.com/Peripatetica/Peripatetica_U
>> pton_Try%20Valley.pdf
>> http://www.landscapeandlanguagecentre.au.com/Peripatetica/Peripatetica_
>> Upton_Walking.pdf
>> -----
>> collaborative visual work:-
>> http://www.poetrybeyondtext.org/upton-begbie.html
>> http://www.poetrybeyondtext.org/begbie-upton.html
>> ----
>> Lawrence Upton
>> AHRC Creative Research Fellow
>> Dept of Music
>> Goldsmiths, University of London
>>
>>
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> It is natural to speak of your own weaknesses so winsomely they will seem
> strengths, as if everyone else is inadequate if they do not have your
> inadequacies.
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solo poems
http://www.landscapeandlanguagecentre.au.com/current_journal.html
http://www.landscapeandlanguagecentre.au.com/Peripatetica/Peripatetica_Upton_Try%20Valley.pdf
http://www.landscapeandlanguagecentre.au.com/Peripatetica/Peripatetica_Upton_Walking.pdf
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collaborative visual work:-
http://www.poetrybeyondtext.org/upton-begbie.html
http://www.poetrybeyondtext.org/begbie-upton.html
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Lawrence Upton
AHRC Creative Research Fellow
Dept of Music
Goldsmiths, University of London
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