Which leads one to think of David Antin, but his 'talk poems' are very are from traditional verse; they are, when printed, though, precisely taken from the recording he makes when he speaks them. Doug (who may be behind others with this) On 29-Jun-09, at 3:21 PM, Robin Hamilton wrote: > One problem is that it's ephemeral -- if you extemporise a poem, > unless it's promptly written down afterwards (or tape-recorded), > it's lost. Douglas Barbour [log in to unmask] http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ 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 What in the world we see is what's important. Richard Caddel