Finally I'm able to compose myself sufficiently to compose
Where to start
I made it to the SV colloquium and found it a rewarding day - highlights
for me were Adrian's paper - tho lack of a pub lunch i feel took the edge
off his heckles - Maggie, Lawrence, Jennifer, Bob. Not to say that I didn't
enjoy or find something interesting in other contributions but I liked the
show and tell aspect of Maggie and Lawrence particularly.
I guess perhaps this kind of event could happen more often and thus
generate a practice effect for both readers and audience - and perhaps
an interspersal of the paper format with performances might also enliven
the proceedings. This kind of meeting I'm sure can have a positive
function for all those involved - but we have to discover and explore and
develop that function to get the most out of the concept.
I should share what I'm up to in liverpool - I'm beginning a project in which
I'm to research and develop my reading in American and British poetics
of recent years with a view to contextualizing my own practice and
developing my own statements on the kind of poetry I want. That's it in
an extremly bare outline form. I'm also considering producing a series of
interview questions - possibly to be aired on this list if folks are
interested - with a view to producing a body of material that could well
find its way beyond the screen so to speak.
On a different tack - trying to engage with more specific aspects of
recent discussion - its good to be able to read some poems on this thing -
even if it is a bit rough to taste off the screen - short pieces travel best. I
think if there's somehow an exchange of work it can only open up
different possibilities for talk. Following thus is this morning's train poem
on the way to work - directed at Keston as he's been posting poems I dig
recently - been reading your So sung Visitor soh recently which is
intriguing and cunning - any pointers?
approaching discoloured bum rise
one said what one allows on
cunning performance kind
I want bringing off to the fore
unlikely patterns renegade
winsome stoning aftershave
Just reading as I typed it - this seems almost like a potential statement of
poetics - any comments?
Sorry this is rather oblique to various other concerns - just starting to
feel how this could work...
all the best to y'all
Scott
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