another utterly humbling place to go for language recycled & built into visions is Dylan Thomas KS On 20/08/07, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Intriguing take, Tad. bpNichol once made the same point, saying, if > your nouns & verbs need support, they're not doing the proper work, or > words to that effect. > > I found the range of poets you've written about intriguing, wide, & > often opposing.... > > Doug > On 19-Aug-07, at 12:06 PM, TheOldMole wrote: > > > > > > > And you may want to start rethinking if your poem starts to be > > modifier-driven. I've actually written something on this, which you > > may find totally useless, but it's on my website at > > http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/essays.html under "Tired Words - > > Working Words." > > > Douglas Barbour > 11655 - 72 Avenue NW > Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9 > (780) 436 3320 > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ > > Latest book: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 > > > Every time Dick Cheney smiles > an angel in heaven > gets waterboarded. > > Jon Stewart >