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Yo, tell Carlos I gave you and Judy permission to correct his table manners. God I wish I was there. Ask him about the fox. Mark At 10:28 AM 10/22/2009, you wrote: >OK, I realise my natural cynicism is causing me to misread the poem, >and that what he is actually doing is (as Desmond suggests) creating >a subversive po=mo anti-text, by denying any poetic ability (it's as >likely that he'll be capable of writing her praises as an owl is of >looking at the sun) at the same time that he manifests this ability >in the text which he is creating. Clever bugger, i'n't he? K, now to >wait for the son of another listmember to turn up at the hotel >(Glasgow) to meet for a coffee. Might try and digitally record >Carlos -- got maybe an hour of me and Tom Leonard chatting in the >cafe opposite the Glasgow University Library yesterday. Jeezus, all >this personal stuff is worse than a blog. Like this >one: >http://drraghnall.blogspot.com/2009/10/morning-tea-in-george-square.html >Robin --- On Thu, 22/10/09, ROBIN HAMILTON ><[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: ROBIN HAMILTON ><[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Missing Heyrick > >To: [log in to unmask] > Date: Thursday, 22 October, 2009, >3:12 PM > OK already,I read it. I suppose > for the Leicester >connection. Actually, it read quite > well, A reasonably competent >piece of work, except it seemed > a little ... impolite. > > I mean, >unless I'm misreading it, he's saying that his > ladylove will be >able to make him write in her praises when > she manages to get an >owl to look straight at the sun. > D'uh! > > Robin Announcing The Whole Island: Six Decades of Cuban Poetry (University of California Press). Forthcoming in November 2009. http://go.ucpress.edu/WholeIsland