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doh! L On Fri, March 11, 2011 17:13, Patrick McManus wrote: > Tongue in cheek !cheers P > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Lawrence Upton > Sent: 11 March 2011 16:55 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: a meditation upon the tongue > > > the quick swinging hammer inside a bell; the tongue of an animal; a > language or dialect; a strip that protrudes along the edge of a wooden > board; somebody's talking manner; something shaped or moving to touch or > lick; to kiss another with the lips open; the middle flap in the opening of > a boot or shoe; a narrow strip of land sticking into sea, or lake, or > river; to use the tongue to block the flow of air on wind or brass > instruments, keeping one note from another and the tongue touching the > inside of the other person's mouth; the power of speech; fleshy; the > vibrating end of a reed in a wind instrument; the pivoting pin in buckles > used to taste, licking, swallowing, that hits against the bell, inside, to > make the sound, to make one half of a tongue-and-groove joint of most > humans; the pole at the front of carriages, to which the harnesses are > attached, which is designed to fit into a corresponding groove > > > ----- > collaborative visual work:- > http://www.poetrybeyondtext.org/upton-begbie.html > http://www.poetrybeyondtext.org/begbie-upton.html > ---- > Lawrence Upton > AHRC Creative Research Fellow > Dept of Music > Goldsmiths, University of London > > ----- collaborative visual work:- http://www.poetrybeyondtext.org/upton-begbie.html http://www.poetrybeyondtext.org/begbie-upton.html ---- Lawrence Upton AHRC Creative Research Fellow Dept of Music Goldsmiths, University of London