Maybe slightly crafty, Bill, but to the point. For sure.
Doug
> On Mar 26, 2019, at 8:30 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Stunning essay, Millicent. Thanks for alerting me to it.
>
> https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3824&context=iowareview
>
> I liked, among much else, the notion of poetry being ‘a loud stage whisper’
> but also (paradixically?) the George Oppen fragment she quotes, that
> writing should seek ‘not to make a noise: to keep one’s attention outward
> towards silence.’
>
> Not at all sure that my drafty sonnet moves anywhere near Boruch, nor
> anything she examines. But I will re-read for much of that discussion of
> poetic impetus and the role of memory.
>
> Bill
>
> On Wed, 27 Mar 2019 at 9:16 am, Millicent Borges Accardi <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> What about from the Marianne Boruch essay "Poetry's Old Air"?
>>
>>
>> New Poetry Collection: Only More So @ Amazon
>>
>> http://www.MillicentBorgesAccardi.com
>> @TopangaHippie on TwitterÁgua mole em pedra dura tanto dá até que fura
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: POETRYETC <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tue, Mar 26, 2019 3:11 pm
>> Subject: Sonnet needing a title
>>
>> What has become of the careful posted word?
>>
>> Once blood drove ink and often paused for thought.
>>
>> Now keys are grazed and to the Web referred -
>>
>> e-mail will do if all you want is blurt.
>>
>>
>> What now the role of banter face-to face?
>>
>> How much are eyes and ears and touch required?
>>
>> At one remove, print words leave their clear trace,
>>
>> Evidence engraved, unvocally mired.
>>
>>
>> On-page words in a sentence invented
>>
>> penetrate deeper than those wagged by chin.
>>
>> Something there clings to a message cemented,
>>
>> the uttered word more of a bulletin.
>>
>>
>> Best of all, poems are rarely outdone,
>>
>> tap dancing on screens, on paper and tongue.
>>
>>
>> bw
>>
>> 27.3.19
>>
Douglas Barbour
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