And a bountiful gift you give with this rich perspective, Andrew! You bring
joy to the process. I hear the dream analogy. Long live springtime in
Western Australia!
Sheila
On Tue, Nov 17, 2020, 9:36 PM Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Yes, 'all of the above', as Sheila says. A quality of Sheila's poetics
> which I applaud is in inviting the reader into the creative process. (Maybe
> like The Death of the Author by Barthes.) I read so many metaphors within
> metaphors and cross-reference by many images in her poems. I don't play
> 'pin the tail on the donkey' with poetry. A close reading, line by line and
> word by word, can kill a poem I find I lose the same multilayered
> perspective when I try to write down a dream.
>
> Just shootin' the breeze in springtime in Western Australia 🦁
>
> Andrew
>
>
>
> On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 at 07:04, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Mill,
> >
> > Your readings always capture so much! I deeply appreciate how you dive in
> > and experience the poem. Thank you for emphasizing passages that draw
> you.
> >
> > Believe it or not, this is not a direct single experience, but one of
> > emergence. I allowed passages to join together from a range of thought
> and
> > experience, and this is what I finally determined was "it."
> >
> > So my simple answer to what you asked would be "all of the above."
> >
> > The title is "Erase (Sure)" - so not an erasure effort.
> >
> > Really appreciate what you say, Mill!
> >
> > Sheila
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 1:03 PM Millicent Borges Accardi <
> > [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > I love this passage, draws me right into the scene that is displayed
> > > before the readers
> > >
> > > wine lifts from
> > > the fabric, as if
> > > nothing happened.
> > > Second passage I like also
> > > Thus we wine and dine again
> > > first lullabies.
> > > It seems a romantic encounter of some sort, where sex is over-flowing
> but
> > > conversation is not. Perhaps an argument? Perhaps a lost love? A
> woman
> > > erased from a relationship, leaving only a stain?
> > > I am curious-- what is the original text for this erasure poem? Or is
> > > "Erase(Sure)" the title of the poem?
> > > Millicent
> > > Salmon 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: Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Sent: Mon, Nov 16, 2020 8:55 pm
> > > Subject: Erase (Sure)
> > >
> > > Blondly, wine lifts from
> > > the fabric, as if
> > > nothing happened.
> > >
> > > Speech turns simple shrill
> > > me-centered, flat,
> > > and finished once
> > >
> > > desire has been fulfilled.
> > > Tiny, smothery attention tamps down
> > > tones of thought.
> > >
> > > Maybe focus has at last dried.
> > > Thus we wine and dine again
> > > first lullabies. Perhaps
> > >
> > > the sky needs to be cleansed
> > > just like I need to cry
> > > over the spilled wine once, for all.
> > >
> > > Sheila E. Murphy
> > >
> > >
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