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Which, for sure, we in North America never had to face -- that terror (nor do we now, though some would have us think so, & thereby are trying to create their own, more consumerist version). Those with the inner strength of an Akhmatova might find ways to do what she did were they in her situation. Doug On 22-Jun-05, at 8:22 AM, Peter Cudmore wrote: > Whispering: I rememember reading about Akhmatova that writing down > poems > during the Stalin Terror was a highly dangerous thing to do, so the > practice > of keeping them in the memory was in part conditioned by that. > > P > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to >> poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On >> Behalf Of Douglas Barbour >> Sent: 22 June 2005 15:08 >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: Reading vs reciting >> >> The other thing, which Yevtushenko reminds us of, is that >> Russian is a language given to high rhyme while English is >> not, & those of us who work the open form hard don't make >> work that is easy to memorize. >> > > Douglas Barbour 11655 - 72 Avenue NW Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9 (780) 436 3320 -- bring lust into the library or it is hell. Lisa Robertson