Just had a look at that collection in Google Docs, Sir Patrick, and I don't see the hole. Maybe you didn't give it time enough to load up, or maybe you could explain more fully where you see the hole. Serving the tri-state area. Hal Halvard Johnson ================ [log in to unmask] http://sites.google.com/site/halvardjohnson/Home http://entropyandme.blogspot.com http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com http://www.hamiltonstone.org <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/> http://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/home <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/> *Remains To Be Seen<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tII1LvsGmJpmLby_dyie77p3D2u2sAwcJL3TuW5T-nY/edit?hl=en_US> , Sonnets from the Basque & Other Poems<https://docs.google.com/document/d/16pWoy7FBSWyCLWpz0hhI-i0BOYjSBeUiqfWBmJF3g64/edit?hl=en_US> , Mainly Black<https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1i_JGJ_FqQldEnUq7cwjV8giYykz_tsGbTkC2EkAP3IM&hl=en&pli=1#> , **Obras Públicas<https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/halvard-johnson-obras-publicas> ; **The Perfection of Mozart's Third Eye and Other Sonnets<http://www.scribd.com/doc/27039868/Halvard-Johnson-THE-PERFECTION-OF-MOZART-S-THIRD-EYE-Other-Sonnets> ; **Organ Harvest with Entrance of Clones<http://www.amazon.com/Harvest-Entrance-Clones-Halvard-Johnson/dp/0965404390/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1283182804&sr=8-1> ; **Tango Bouquet<https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ATDp6rzKkBkhZGZwand2cHdfOWc1Mnh3Zw&hl=en> ; **Theory of Harmony<https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/fall04/theory1.pdf> ; **Rapsodie espagnole<https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/rapsodi.pdf> ; **Guide to the Tokyo Subway<http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Tokyo-Subway-Other-Poems/dp/0971487316/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1283183153&sr=1-3> ; **The Sonnet Project<https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/hsonnet.pdf> ; **G(e)nome <http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/fall03/genome.pdf>; **Winter Journey <http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.winter.html>; **Eclipse<http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.eclipse.html> ; **The Dance of the Red Swan <http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.dance.html>; * *Transparencies & Projections <http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.transp.html> * On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Patrick McManus < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Halvard very interested in this (and your yummy poems of course ) just > looking at tango bouquet -something has bitten a hole through the large lump > of red cheese -was it a giant mouse?? > P concerned > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Halvard Johnson > Sent: 03 September 2011 23:32 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Remains To Be Seen (a new collection of work new and old by > Halvard Johnson) > > I hear where you're coming from, Andrew. My short-form response is "Let > them > eat cake," which translates in this context to "Let those who don't read > screens print the stuff out and hold it in their hands." I'll take the > screen route, myself. I don't need boxes of books lying around the house > unread. Cheaper too, and I don't have to deal with pesky publishers. > > > Serving the tri-state area. > > Hal > > Halvard Johnson > ================ > > [log in to unmask] > http://sites.google.com/site/halvardjohnson/Home > http://entropyandme.blogspot.com > http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com > http://www.hamiltonstone.org > <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/> > http://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/home > <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/> > *Remains To Be Seen< > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tII1LvsGmJpmLby_dyie77p3D2u2sAwcJL3TuW5T-nY/edit?hl=en_US > > > , Sonnets from the Basque & Other > Poems< > https://docs.google.com/document/d/16pWoy7FBSWyCLWpz0hhI-i0BOYjSBeUiqfWBmJF3g64/edit?hl=en_US > > > , Mainly Black< > https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1i_JGJ_FqQldEnUq7cwjV8giYykz_tsGbTkC2EkAP3IM&hl=en&pli=1# > > > , **Obras P�blicas< > https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/halvard-johnson-obras-publicas > > > ; **The Perfection of Mozart's Third Eye and Other > Sonnets< > http://www.scribd.com/doc/27039868/Halvard-Johnson-THE-PERFECTION-OF-MOZART-S-THIRD-EYE-Other-Sonnets > > > ; **Organ Harvest with Entrance of > Clones< > http://www.amazon.com/Harvest-Entrance-Clones-Halvard-Johnson/dp/0965404390/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1283182804&sr=8-1 > > > ; **Tango Bouquet< > https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ATDp6rzKkBkhZGZwand2cHdfOWc1Mnh3Zw&hl=en > > > ; **Theory of Harmony< > https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/fall04/theory1.pdf > > > ; **Rapsodie espagnole< > https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/rapsodi.pdf > > > ; **Guide to the Tokyo > Subway< > http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Tokyo-Subway-Other-Poems/dp/0971487316/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1283183153&sr=1-3 > > > ; **The Sonnet Project< > https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/hsonnet.pdf > > > ; **G(e)nome <http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/fall03/genome.pdf>; **Winter > Journey <http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.winter.html>; > **Eclipse<http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.eclipse.html> > ; **The Dance of the Red Swan <http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.dance.html > >; > * > *Transparencies & Projections < > http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.transp.html> > * > > > > > On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 4:50 PM, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Good idea, Hal. I have others of your works safely housed on my computer > - > > but there are still many people who refuse to read on screen. Admittedly > > they are not poets looking to read other poets, but 'lay' people with a > > lifetime of print literature as their reading fare. My novel, BLUE ROSE, > is > > out there as an enovel - people can read it on ereader devices or on > their > > computer as a pdf, and at a tiny price too, but I still get people who > say > > they will wait until it is in print. Poets and poetry are a different > bag, > > and the screen does facilitate the universal exposure of poems at the > best > > price possible, so I shall upload, read and save your poems, with thanks > to > > their creator - but I'd still like to hold them as print matter in my > > hands. > > It's a changing scene and I'm of an age where my walls are insulated by > > books, books and more books. > > > > ... but I am also a retired gent on a pension, so free access to this > much > > literature from a writer I admire is an enormous joy personally, so I > thank > > you warmly (in the cold atmosphere of pre-dawn light). > > > > Off to feed the dogs now. Later I shall read live at a festival event - > > where some of the young poets read works off their handheld devices. One > - > > almost ten years ago now - used a laptop to read his poems through, his > > voice mixed with a soundtrack of modern jazz and software to compress and > > expand ... Before his time, the audience was too intrigued by his > machinery > > and completely lost his dynamic words (a witty Language style text). > > > > Can you hear my dogs chomping as this ink dries on your screen? > > > > > > Andrew > > Bard of Bassendean (I should say, "A Bard of ..." because Janet Jackson > > also > > lives in Basso now) > > > > On 4 September 2011 04:04, Halvard Johnson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > Over at Google docs (click here --> *Remains To Be > > > Seen< > > > > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tII1LvsGmJpmLby_dyie77p3D2u2sAwcJL3TuW5T-nY/edit?hl=en_US&pli=1#bookmark=id.xrpj7ozciuzo > > > > > > > *), I'm putting together a new collection/arrangement of poems and > > various > > > other things. If you'd like to read over my shoulder (or even whisper > > > comments in my ear), please feel free to do so. The collection (new > poems > > > and old) draws on many other collections both in print and online over > > the > > > years. > > > > > > This is not one of those slender volumes of verse you've heard so much > > > about. It will be as large and various as all outdoors. It will be > > subject > > > to change, but what isn't? > > > > > > > > > Serving the tri-state area. > > > > > > Hal > > > > > > Halvard Johnson > > > ================ > > > > > > [log in to unmask] > > > http://sites.google.com/site/halvardjohnson/Home > > > http://entropyandme.blogspot.com > > > http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com > > > http://www.hamiltonstone.org > > > <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/> > > > http://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/home > > > <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/> > > > *Remains To Be Seen< > > > > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tII1LvsGmJpmLby_dyie77p3D2u2sAwcJL3TuW5T-nY/edit?hl=en_US > > > > > > > , Sonnets from the Basque & Other > > > Poems< > > > > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/16pWoy7FBSWyCLWpz0hhI-i0BOYjSBeUiqfWBmJF3g64/edit?hl=en_US > > > > > > > , Mainly Black< > > > > > > https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1i_JGJ_FqQldEnUq7cwjV8giYykz_tsGbTkC2EkAP3IM&hl=en&pli=1# > > > > > > > , **Obras P�blicas< > > > > > > https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/halvard-johnson-obras-publicas > > > > > > > ; **The Perfection of Mozart's Third Eye and Other > > > Sonnets< > > > > > > http://www.scribd.com/doc/27039868/Halvard-Johnson-THE-PERFECTION-OF-MOZART-S-THIRD-EYE-Other-Sonnets > > > > > > > ; **Organ Harvest with Entrance of > > > Clones< > > > > > > http://www.amazon.com/Harvest-Entrance-Clones-Halvard-Johnson/dp/0965404390/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1283182804&sr=8-1 > > > > > > > ; **Tango Bouquet< > > > > > > https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ATDp6rzKkBkhZGZwand2cHdfOWc1Mnh3Zw&hl=en > > > > > > > ; **Theory of Harmony< > > > > > > https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/fall04/theory1.pdf > > > > > > > ; **Rapsodie espagnole< > > > > > > https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/rapsodi.pdf > > > > > > > ; **Guide to the Tokyo > > > Subway< > > > > > > http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Tokyo-Subway-Other-Poems/dp/0971487316/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1283183153&sr=1-3 > > > > > > > ; **The Sonnet Project< > > > > > > https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/hsonnet.pdf > > > > > > > ; **G(e)nome <http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/fall03/genome.pdf>; > > **Winter > > > Journey <http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.winter.html>; > > > **Eclipse<http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.eclipse.html> > > > ; **The Dance of the Red Swan < > > http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.dance.html > > > >; > > > * > > > *Transparencies & Projections < > > > http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.transp.html> > > > * > > > * > > > * > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Andrew > > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ > > 'Mother Waits for Father Late' republished available at > > http://www.picaropress.com/ > > http://www.qlrs.com/poem.asp?id=766 > > http://frankshome.org/AndrewBurke.html > > >