I am bic
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From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of David Bircumshaw
Sent: 25 August 2011 08:48
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Subject: Re: Cough it up Snap
Thank - you :)
On 25 August 2011 08:30, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> "I am" gets my vote. I'd be interested too in how to lend more weight (and
> hence more wait) to 'about'. An - drew
>
> On 25 August 2011 15:20, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > 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
> > >> >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/
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Andrew
> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> 'Mother Waits for Father Late' republished available at
> http://www.picaropress.com/
> http://www.qlrs.com/poem.asp?id=766
> http://frankshome.org/AndrewBurke.html
>
--
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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