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"the contingency of one poet reading another" (Zukofsky) a "catastrophe"
(Williams) "is of course, the rage" (Stevens). My impression of it, sorry

Luke

On 8 August 2018 at 11:18, Luke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> > not knowing what to do
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> or *the whole history of any art*
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>
> On 8 August 2018 at 11:13, Luke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> specifically mean potential rivals not knowing what to do... all good fun
>>
>> Luke
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>> On 8 August 2018 at 11:06, Luke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Demoiselles_d%27Avignon
>>>
>>> Luke
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8 August 2018 at 10:56, Luke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>>> “If modern music may be said to have a definite beginning , then it
>>>> started with ... the opening of Prelude a L apres midi d’un faune..”
>>>>
>>>> a critic. Anyway, sorry for going on no-one is still here
>>>>
>>>> Luke
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 8 August 2018 at 10:38, Luke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>>>> ... atonality. But, one work, one composition, one painting, that has
>>>>> all your peers looking at each other and moaning "this is still Ok right?"
>>>>>
>>>>> Luke
>>>>>
>>>>> On 8 August 2018 at 10:28, Luke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Joyce... Picasso (the guy)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Luke
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 8 August 2018 at 10:18, Luke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > it being seen as equal to The Waste Land or something
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> One thing I like about that poem is that I can't really see it
>>>>>>> happening in any other art, not without dissolving it into conceptualism
>>>>>>> etc., anyway. So I painted a picture so great that everyone else is scared
>>>>>>> to pain for a while...
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>> Luke
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 15 February 2018 at 04:41, Luke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> > Due probably to his then “success” with that awful poem he wrote
>>>>>>>> about the Iraq war and it being seen as equal to The Waste Land or
>>>>>>>> something
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Where can I get a copy of this masterpiece? along with any guides
>>>>>>>> or supplementary reading necessary, I mean.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> All the best,
>>>>>>>> Luke
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 14 February 2018 at 15:54, David Lace <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Just a thought about The UK Poets list
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Reading the “another list trouble” thread I noticed The UK Poets
>>>>>>>>> list is mentioned a few times. The list is now closed down. I tried to join
>>>>>>>>> it a few years ago but was told that it was by invitation only that new
>>>>>>>>> members could join. That was a bit off, I thought. Later I got to know
>>>>>>>>> someone on the list and I asked him what his experience of it was, and he
>>>>>>>>> said that the topics discussions were quite boring and very specialised ie
>>>>>>>>> you had to be an academic to keep pace with them. He also said that many of
>>>>>>>>> its members used to hero worship the poet Kester Sutherland, and that few
>>>>>>>>> would argue with him as he was seen as being a fount of all knowledge. Due
>>>>>>>>> probably to his then “success” with that awful poem he wrote about the Iraq
>>>>>>>>> war and it being seen as equal to The Waste Land or something.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> My friend left the list shortly before it closed down. Was any one
>>>>>>>>> here on that list?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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