Thanks, Doug. An intriguing word, "slippage", especially after I decided to look for definitions. Definitely applicable to the relation between lines, and between stanzas, in my poems. Barry On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:40:54 -0600, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >The process continues to work, Barry. > >Love the slippage between stanzas, lines.... > >Doug >On 16-Jun-10, at 1:34 PM, Barry Alpert wrote: > >> Le combat dans l�ile >> >> via Alain Cavalier et Louis Malle >> >> >> You must come. Bring the device. >> You were plotting from the balcony. >> >> An elephant gave birth to a beautiful baby. >> Why did you choose to come back today? >> >> >> Barry Alpert / Silver Spring MD US / 6-16-10 (3:24 PM) >> >> Initially drafted during my first viewing of this 1962 b&w feature >> starring Romy Schneider, Jean-Louis Trintignant, & Henri Serre (best >> known for his role of Jim in Truffaut's "Jules et Jim"), this work >> became presentable as a first take once I eliminated a line which >> didn't function between the two stanzas. Never previously >> distributed in the US, >> "Le combat dans l'ile" will apparently be released as a dvd by >> Zeitgeist Films in 6 days and the package includes a new short film >> by Cavalier about the 1962 feature and its nouvelle vague context. >> I look forward to witnessing it again and continuing my writing >> process. >> > >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 > >because I want to die > >writing Haiku > >or, better, > >long lines, clean and syllabic as knotted bamboo. Yes! > > Phyllis Webb