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Simultaneous writing/reading of both ways? Doug On 29-Mar-06, at 7:17 AM, Mark Weiss wrote: > I Know a Man > > As I sd to my > friend, because I am > always talking, -- John, I > > sd, which was not his > name, the darkness sur- > rounds us, what > > can we do against > it, or else, shall we & > why not, buy a goddamn big car, > > drive, he sd, for > christ's sake, look > out where yr going. > > > > Note: Creeley found it amusing that his one poem that made it beyond > the realm of poetry readers and students into the realm of pop culture > is usually misread, as in the film title. He claimed that the I of the > poem says the word "drive," the rest is John's. Makes it a more > interesting poem (tho far from my favorite of Creeley's), but hard to > imagine how even a pretty good reader would get this. > > Douglas Barbour 11655 - 72 Avenue NW Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9 (780) 436 3320 Even- ing will come They will sew the Blue Sail Ian Hamilton Finlay