Dear Richard,
I had not read your posting when I replied to James (I work backwards and I
don't log on often enough to be truly systematic) and then WHEN i DID I do
not seem to have been doing joined-up thinking . . .
Of course I should know that the 'cut out every word you dare' leaflet
emanates from Bunting via yrself (it is the original one I refer to).
I cld also make the point here that such rules hopefully engender a freshly
thoughtful attitude towards the poem and this should school the poet (and
perhaps the poem)to a new awareness of itself.
I also find getting a poem ready for sending out or for reading immensely
helpful in getting it to shed excess wordage and I (try to) intersperse my
practice with these 'deadline' events in order for this to happen.
Poets of London's inexorable weekly schedule is also designed, although less
overtly, for this purpose.
Best, Sally (w. apologies for my earlier lines crossing)
>From: [log in to unmask] (Richard Caddel)
>To: "s.c. crawford" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Top Tips (to Richard Caddel)
>Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 20:37:53 GMT
>
>On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 04:41:48 PDT, you wrote:
>
> >- yes: the terse hints (available in leaflet form from the Poetry
>Library)
> >should be blutacked to every poet's wall.
>
>- didn't know about the leaflet from the PoLib - is this the "Cut Out
>Every Word You Dare" thing I produced for an exhibition there five
>years ago? Or have they produced something else along the same lines?
>
>RC
>
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