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2008/11/11 Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> > I liked it somewhat Janet, but wanted not just the fragments, but more of > the broken words like txts.... I assume you were thinking of how 'texting' > (something I without a cell phone dont do) affects how we think, react? (on > the other hand, I tend to mistype a lot when e-mailing too, leaving out > letters). no, I'd been reading one of the L=A=N=G=UA=G=E poets, Bob Perelman (I think that's his name -- it was a while ago & right now I can't be bothered to look it up). A poem made of cut-off sentences. (James Joyce does it in Ulysses, too, so it's not a new thing.) And it was a boring, self-indulgent little story. So I moodily savaged it by deleting half the words, quickly and randomly, and I kind of liked the effect. Make the reader work for their. I suppose I *could* put the text messages in, see what that does to it. Janet > > > Doug > On 8-Nov-08, at 10:39 PM, Janet Jackson wrote: > > Thanks Judy. >> I find it interesting that you never doubt. >> I wonder how others interpret the poem or respond to it. >> > > Douglas Barbour > [log in to unmask] > > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ <http://www.ualberta.ca/%7Edbarbour/> > > Latest books: > Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 > Wednesdays' > > http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html > > We now know that 95 per cent of the universe is made of the something other > than those 12 particles. And we have very little idea what the other 95 per > cent is, which is kind of embarrassing. > > Brian Cox > -- I'm looking for writing-related paid work! Performance (my poetry, yours or someone else's); any kind of writing including technical or corporate; ghostwriting; editing; teaching creative writing, poetry or performance; selling books; literary administration... whatever. All leads appreciated. Janet Jackson <[log in to unmask]> www.proximitypoetry.com (Poetry) www.myspace.com/poetjj (Includes occasional arts & culture blog) The Line Mine, bulletin board for Perth poetry & spoken word: [log in to unmask] groups.yahoo.com/group/thelinemine Breastfeeding info & help: www.breastfeeding.asn.au