No, Patrick, performing poetry isn't talking.
On 25 August 2011 09:32, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Dave it was just that you said talking helped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!and
> performing poetry comes under talking heading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!usually
> P P over and out
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of David Bircumshaw
> Sent: 25 August 2011 08:20
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 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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> >> >Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
> >> >twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
> >> >blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > 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/
> >
>
>
>
> --
> 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/
>
--
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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