Dave it was just that you said talking helped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!and
performing poetry comes under talking heading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!usually
P P over and out
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From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of David Bircumshaw
Sent: 25 August 2011 08:20
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Subject: Re: Cough it up Snap
I'm more interested, Patrick, in thoughts on whether in the wee poem I
should write 'I'm' or 'I am' or even 'I' with a liaison sign to the 'am' as
that is the kind of sound value I intend, like an 'ahm' in between an 'I'm'
and a full 'I am'.
On 25 August 2011 07:50, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> ?
>
>
> On 25 August 2011 07:48, Patrick McManus
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>> Dave-Sounds like performing poetry on a never ending tour might help
>> Cheers Patrick the red herring king
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> Behalf Of Barry Alpert
>> Sent: 24 August 2011 22:37
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Cough it up Snap
>>
>> Intriguing. Everyday my damaged lungs cleanse themselves of what I
>> visualize as a covering of phlegm, on 3-5 occasions, often with my
>> conscious
>> assistance but also unexpectedly, prompted by an intake of fluids or a
>> bout
>> of talking. I'm told it sounds deadly serious, but I'm used to the
>> process.
>> Early on, hospital burn unit nurses and doctors emphasized its value. I
>> hadn't thought of that activity as the subject for a poem, however, and I
>> thank you for providing three precedents.
>>
>> Barry
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:05:18 +0100, David Bircumshaw
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> >*Vespasian Cough*
>> >
>> >*(after Shiki)*
>> >
>> >
>> > The snake has grappled
>> >
>> >my throat. I think I'm about
>> >
>> >to re-enter stone.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > As well my own respiratory illness and the Emperor Vespasian's last
>> joke,
>> >this piece is loosely suggested by a famous poem, written shortly before
>> his
>> >death from tuberculosis, by Masoaka Shiki (1867-1902):
>> >
>> >
>> > hechima saite tan no tsumarishi hotoke kana
>> >
>> >
>> > The snake gourd blossoms.
>> >
>> >My throat is blocked with phelgm.
>> >
>> >I am already a Buddha.
>> >
>> >
>> >--
>> >David Joseph Bircumshaw
>> >Website and A Chide's Alphabet
>> >http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
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>
>
> --
> David Joseph Bircumshaw
> 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/
>
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David Joseph Bircumshaw
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/
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