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Ah, I see, Jeff your talking then about a much more Claudel-like Reverdy I think. I confess I know nothing about his biography, but the fact that he lived with his wife in the grounds of a monastery seems to coincide with the image of sexuality and God-longing that his poems impress on me. I know nowt about Caws and what she did to him in presentation, but I can see why you take such an exception. I try full-blown religion myself, every so often, btw, but never feel as though I belong there. But I love lighting candles in darklit churches, with a breath, a thought, and a silent prayer. One can but try! Best Dave David Bircumshaw Leicester, England Home Page A Chide's Alphabet Painting Without Numbers www.paintstuff.20m.com/index.htm http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/index.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Jullich" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 11:02 PM Subject: Re: Poetry Etc Interview: ROSMARIE WALDROP > "david.bircumshaw" wrote: > > > I always thought that Reverdy was . . . poet with metaphysical longings > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > How right you are, David! No wonder you're such a good editor. (. . . except > the metaphysical in Pierre may have been full-blown ~religion~ in him.) Reverdy > lived in a Benedictine monastery for a while, thereafter he and his wife lived > on the grounds of the monastery, and he was an oblate in that religious order. > > It's that profile, Hail Mary's and all, that I object to Caws' selections as so > studiously and effectively leaving outside the more aesthetical P.R. image she > fabricated. >