I'd go with that Michael, both for what I do and a lot of the stuff I like but I'm not sure how far it could be taken unless all language, whatever its original setting, contains this light and dark, right down to light and dark letters etc. Bloody hell - its given me an idea for a, wait for it...... Poetry Experiment.
Cheers
Tim
PS How's your reading getting on?
On 21 Nov 2014, at 16:06, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Perhaps lyrical/unlyrical are really like light and shade. On this analogy any poem, whether overall it's as frothy as a Shakespeare song or as harsh as Jonas Jönsson, would nevertheless contain within itself an interplay of elements that are experienced as comparatively lyrical and comparatively unlyrical.
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