There is a problem there, potentially. I have it more clearly with
anachronisms. I was writing an Elidius poem some time back and needed an
example of something really trivial that got him angry. & he has nothing
except his clothes. Zips are out. Buttons, I believe, although I know
little about the history of clothing. (I add a note to all the others, this
one to go to the Victoria and Albert Museum and study) And so on.
You *can ignore it. One's been to productions of Shakespeare where
characters come on with machine guns and so on. It's a similar problem. In
this poem, the problem is that the reader may just not get it; but I am
hoping that "book" will be understood given the figurative nature of so
much that's going on. I can hardly add a footnote -though there is a chap
at the wf workshop who was constructing a poem out of footnotes, and
footnotes to footnotes. I'm still a 1950s brain and stuck with it.
best
L
On 11 September 2013 17:27, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I get books Lawrence, but for many today it would all be read on phones or
> pads I suspect…
>
> Wherever seen or read, the same, as you imply…
>
> Doug
> On 2013-09-11, at 9:07 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I think perhaps your domestic life is quieter than some. As to your
> > question, I am nonplussed. What is there in the world that books do
> > not relate to; and do note "in violent deception"
> >
> >
> >
> > On 11/09/2013, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >> Lawrence this seems to me to be about warzones/reporting not sure where
> >> books come in? P asking:-)
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On
> >> Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
> >> Sent: 11 September 2013 09:45
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Domestic snap
> >>
> >> The utterance of victims,
> >> perpetrating audience conflict,
> >> all reconstituted;
> >> high street take outs, edited
> >>
> >> by and for news agencies;
> >> torn stuck apart together;
> >> cosmetically-enhanced patched up;
> >> dissected; written; writing.
> >>
> >> The dead heap, pieces and bits
> >> mixing, voices merging,
> >> dead among living.
> >> Phrases constitute.
> >>
> >> Books guide through traps, and hurts
> >> that all must negotiate
> >> in violent deception
> >> from birth beyond breath.
> >>
> >
>
> Douglas Barbour
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2
> (UofAPress).
> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>
> Something else is out there
> godamnit
>
> And I want to hear it
>
> C.D.Wright
>
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