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Yeah, you could even call a book, The Sun Also Rises or The Great Gatsby. Mill -----Original Message----- From: Halvard Johnson <[log in to unmask]> To: POETRYETC <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Fri, Jan 6, 2012 3:36 am Subject: Re: Periglis No copyrights for titles. Have at it. Serving the tri-state area. Hal Halvard Johnson ================ [log in to unmask] Truck: https://plus.google.com/106252913724243142175 http://sites.google.com/site/halvardjohnson/Home http://entropyandme.blogspot.com http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com http://www.hamiltonstone.org <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/>https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/ <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/> Remains To Be Seen <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>*, Remains To Be Seen (Vol. II) <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>,** Remains To Be Seen (Vol. III) <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>, *Sonnets from the Basque & Other Poems <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/> *, *Mainly Black <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>, *Obras Públicas <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>; **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://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>; **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 Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Patrick McManus < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > 'Rats Arse' what a wonderful title for a poetry book! is it copyright? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Lawrence Upton > Sent: 06 January 2012 14:09 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Periglis > > local artists? > > like sand on the shore > > some of them are technically rather fine; and I used to go and visit one on > another island in particular who had a sort of open house for a few hours a > day when you could go and talk to him and he'd pretend to listen > > room full of reasonably priced tourist bait and one bin of what really > interested him -- small details of rocks, odd shadows... photos and prints > and paintings -- but they didnt sell much > > many technically proficient, but... Goes back to something Hockney said the > other day, which I have *some empathy with -- the need for tech ability > and > for that element he called _poetry_ > > i expect he wouldnt tolerate what i would; i am quite interested in the > products of incompetence; but he's on to something > > i used to say (without realising i *always said it) _what he/she does is > really rather well done; I just don't know why anyone would want to do it_ > > i stopped after someone said _i thought you'd say that; you always say > that; > I don't find it funny any more: why don't you just say you think it's well > made rubbish_ & she was right, I suppose... now i just shove apples in my > cheeks and grin like that guy in Catch 22 > > * > > someone on the islands i regard as a friend was nonplussed by my snapshots > book -- there's one about a diy weather vane and i emphasised that one to > him because it's really there, on the periglis shore actually so you can > see > what i say i am describing - the poem's a straightforward thing about it > and > its shadows and its inversions (maybe _normal_ people don't read things > backwards) -- seeing NES (Greek tourist slang for ersatz coffee) and SEN > (as > in blood). I was pleased with it in a downbeat sort of way, and the whole > book was aimed at gig audiences who don't see themselves as followers of > the > avantgarde -- I used to get quite a few of those... but my friend, who is > informed and intelligent, declared the book too intellectual for him > > it's depressing... my poem was about as intellectual as a rat's arse > > i have done the occasional peculiar postcard > > b-c me an address and I might send you one > > * > > micturating > > L > > > > On Fri, January 6, 2012 13:40, Patrick McManus wrote: > > now, who shal i send THIS to? Those shals on the seashore?? > > > > > > How about a series of postcards with your paintings on one side and > > porth poems on the other-or half and half -very yummy for the tourist > > trade (the upmarket bit!)- from local poet and artist etc don't bother > > with those poetry antpamphlets scene no money there!L Upton Cheers > > Patrick micturing wildly What about the Porth in the three > > musketeers!!(this is one of my very rare lit refs!) Are there porths > > in Portugal?? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > > On Behalf Of Lawrence Upton > > Sent: 06 January 2012 12:39 > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: Periglis > > > > > > Hi Patrick > > > > > >> L Powerful thanks seems deporthed??? I like the micture of massive > >> and tiny Sometimes we get three porths now it has flown with the > >> small thrush > >> > >> > > > > Once, I believe, I presented three porths, looking down the length of > > a bar dividing perconger and the cove (which must once have been > > called _porth_ before english prevailed. It was difficult to avoid and > > I lapsed -- at your prompt I did take another route; for which I thank > > you > > > > This, Perconger, is a very stony porth, swamped land, swamped over > > recent centuries -- that was undoubtedly in my mind, I refer to it in > > another verse -- and the tide goes out quite far. The difference > > between high and low is spectacular though you have to live there a > > day or 2 to get it > > > > _micture_ is what you get at the outflow of a communal urinal, surely > > > > > > i feel i have something right with your reference to _big and tiny_. > > That is there, in what the poemeye is looking at. No alps etc, you > > have to search for physical sublimes though the sea can be alarming if > > you think on it. It's the smallness and lowness of it all out in all > > that ocean, brevity of life among the aeons - the venerable bede > > running in at one door and out the other before we've had a chance to > > offer him a cup of tea [an allusion that will be quite silly if you > > don't know the ref... sorry... bede, i think it was he, likened a > > human life to a bird flying in and through and out of a room -- whoosh > > -- done > > > > i felt that this morning when i got out of bed > > > > i'll shut up now > > > > now, who shal i send THIS to? > > > > L > > > > > > > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > >> On Behalf Of Lawrence Upton > >> Sent: 06 January 2012 12:11 > >> To: [log in to unmask] > >> Subject: Periglis > >> > >> > >> > >> Low tide. The sea has finished with this lot: > >> a stone gathering greater than the last judgment, every stone naked > >> of earth covering, visible; ocean shallowed of all tide power. > >> > >> This can be ignored. It is not the end of anything, only the dead > >> interval between quick and quicker events, big waves and plenty to > >> take our minds off a while. > >> > >> Nevertheless, it's here in this morning. > >> A herring gull gasps in lieu of a song and seems to shout "horror" > >> over the fields. > >> > >> Meanwhile, on a bough, a small thrush composes, choosing from > >> repertoires of known phrases, never quite repeating, not quite > >> repeating > >> > >> > >> [_Periglis_ from _Porth Eglos_ or _Landing Place at the Church_, - > >> _Porth_ has been taken as a synonym for _cove_ ] > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- > >> UNFRAMED GRAPHICS by Lawrence Upton > >> 42 pages; A5 paperback; colour cover > >> Writers Forum 978 1 84254 277 4 > >> wfuk.org.uk/blog ---- > >> > >> > > > > > > ----- > > UNFRAMED GRAPHICS by Lawrence Upton > > 42 pages; A5 paperback; colour cover > > Writers Forum 978 1 84254 277 4 > > wfuk.org.uk/blog ---- > > > > > > > ----- > UNFRAMED GRAPHICS by Lawrence Upton > 42 pages; A5 paperback; colour cover > Writers Forum 978 1 84254 277 4 > wfuk.org.uk/blog > ---- >