I do
not always but when I can
I may revise upon the machine
I am rewriting now straight into a wp file; but I have a notepad too for
when I want to "feel" a phrase
I find, intter alia, I write homonyms
sorry
i right homonyms
and I think that points to the - for me - aural nature of the craft
L
On 26 November 2014 at 16:09, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Mine is at the moment without ink, & probably complaining just as much...
>
> Only a few of us left who write first & then type, Patrick (I believe)....
>
> Doug
> On Nov 26, 2014, at 2:08 AM, Patrick McManus <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Cheers Bill keep a look out for the lonelybpen maybe at a poetry event
> !!!
> > Yes ink/biro first for me am too slow a typist for keyboarding:-)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf Of Bill Wootton
> > Sent: 26 November 2014 08:41
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: pat snap yes another one! 655 _"^*+-_ "^*+-_ "^*+-_
> >
> > Ah, so, Pat, can we presume that your works are transcribed from pen and
> ink
> > to keyboard characters? Looking forward to Poet's Pen's Revenge.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
> >> On 26 Nov 2014, at 7:11 pm, Patrick McManus
> > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>
> >> POET'S PEN
> >>
> >> I am his pen
> >> a fine old
> >> trusty stainless
> >> steel nibbed
> >> faithful workhorse
> >> I write all his poems
> >> but does he care?
> >> do I get a thanks?
> >> no he let's me run out!
> >> then gets in a state
> >> never cleans my nib
> >> never cares for me
> >> I try to correct
> >> his worse failings
> >> don't talk to me
> >> about his grammar
> >> appalling spelling
> >> and all the rest
> >> I never blot
> >> have never blotted
> >> even when shaken
> >> in his vile temper
> >> I've had enough!
> >> I just feel like
> >> leaving myself
> >> behind at one of
> >> his interminable
> >> boring tedious
> >> poetry workshops
> >> someone might
> >> pick me up!
> >> take me home!
> >> appreciate!
> >> cherish!
> >> love me!
> >>
> >>
> >> pmcmanus
> >> r637
> >>
> >
>
> Douglas Barbour
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2
> (UofAPress).
> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>
> that we are only
> as we find out we are
>
> Charles Olson
>
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