Well, I’m partly with Laurie Duggan.
And don’t quite get that 8th one as he parches it.
& then he praises Bök…
Where would he put, oh say, Adamson? Let alone some of the younger ones I don’t know about…?
It’s an old argument, & will continue…
Doug
On Feb 5, 2015, at 11:56 AM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks for the fresh detail, Andrew.
>
> Has Geoff seen it?
>
> Amused by nice Geoff getting himself in trouble -
>
> http://southerlyjournal.com.au/2014/11/12/obscurity-in-poetry-a-spectrum/
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> as detailed by -
>
>
> http://www.sydneyreviewofbooks.com/australian-poetry-reviewing/
>
> best from Max
>
> On Feb 3, 2015, at 23:36, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> He sits, eyes closed,
>> by the bandstand.
>> All about are watching
>> each move of singer
>> and horn men, bass player
>> in back like a tree swaying.
>> Now, the volume rises,
>> melody tighter and tighter,
>> and his left arm jolts up,
>> hand waving a figure in the air.
>> The drummer is his puppeteer,
>> stringing him along, then
>> dropping his left hand to
>> join his right, patting a fast
>> drum roll on his knee.
>> The diner beside him turns
>> and, seeing his eyes closed,
>> smiles and looks back
>> at the band.
>>
>>
>>
>> Andrew
>> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>> 'Undercover of Lightness'
>> http://walleahpress.com.au/recent-publications.html
>> 'Shikibu Shuffle'
>> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-press-shikibu.html
>
Douglas Barbour
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