Auden, I've heard/read, used to say he was a civil engineer,
just to keep the conversation unblocked.
As to the MacNeice, E. B. White might have said, "Block
that metaphor."
Hal
"Anything is art if an artist says it is."
--Marcel Duchamp
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On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 5:53 AM, Martin Walker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> In the Observer today -
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/may/03/poetry-luke-wright-dockers-mc
> There's one good idea for poets here (joining up statements by two of the
> interviewees) - when asked what you do, say "Hi, I'm a wanker", then add "I
> lay my life on the line." Nice pun.
> mj
> And the globe keeps rolling towards a pocket without a bottom although on
> the way the green cloth field is smooth. - Louis MacNeice
>
