Um. I dunno Tim. I thought the point of the Gavin Ewart piece resided in
its title combined with the one word. Otherwise we might be close to
A.Saroyan territory. I'll give it a try - so no title this - and lower case
only - and best in the middle of an A5 page:
bullshit
On 8 November 2013 10:39, Tim Allen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Any word placed on its tod in the middle (or indeed not in the middle) of
> the page is going to behave as if it were a poem. Thanks poetryetc folks,
> you've given me an idea.
>
> Cheers
>
> Tim A.
>
> On 8 Nov 2013, at 09:03, Patrick McManus wrote:
>
> > 'mcmanus'
> > Great one word poem if the mc is welded on to the manus- inspiring!!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf Of Max Richards
> > Sent: 07 November 2013 22:08
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: one-word poems
> >
> > 'Gavin Ewart once wrote a one-word love poem: "You!". Lawrence's one-word
> > poem would be: "It!".'*
> >
> > I claim: "Me!"
> > Max in Melbourne
> >
> > *Seamus Perry, in the TLS online, reviewing the new edition of Lawrence's
> > poems - CUP, two volumes, 1,440pp. US $250.
>
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