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Ouch. That *sees*, Lawrence, hard. Doug On 2011-07-20, at 3:46 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote: > They seem to have been gouged from air, > from a space, that is, thought empty; > and then, as if by explosion, > bits of them go out everywhere > to a loud sudden noise, leaving slats > of flesh and tattery clothing; > an imitation of a man > or woman, of sorts. > It’s wrecked; > or a vandalized beginning, > if one hadn’t seen it break up; > something started and unfinished; > an attempt by a builder idiot. > > > ----- > solo poems > http://www.landscapeandlanguagecentre.au.com/current_journal.html > http://www.landscapeandlanguagecentre.au.com/Peripatetica/Peripatetica_Upton_Try%20Valley.pdf > http://www.landscapeandlanguagecentre.au.com/Peripatetica/Peripatetica_Upton_Walking.pdf > ----- > 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 > Douglas Barbour [log in to unmask] http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ http://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ 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 It is natural to speak of your own weaknesses so winsomely they will seem strengths, as if everyone else is inadequate if they do not have your inadequacies. William H. Gass