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From: "Douglas Barbour" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: "Titan Landing" etc.
My sense of 'Languagish' poetry that works is that something will
happen in the poem that calls me in, as in any good writing. That there
are a lot that don't work (for me, or for you or for whomever) simply
tells us that Sturgeon's Law holds.
I tend to like sharp & to the point in all writing, actually. It can
happen in 3 lines or in thirty or in 300.
I haven't seen The Aviator yet, but the problem is which of the many
'ways' one takes (or took).
Ah, well, here I am so far behind, catching up a bit, & there you are
with the great celebration os one of the worst ways I can think of
taking place in your 'town' today.
Doug
On 17-Jan-05, at 8:57 AM, Fred Pollack wrote:
> Phylis flew back from Minneapolis last night. The plane and the airport
> were full of Red State people coming to celebrate at the Inauguration
> and/or various private parties. Her impression - beneath the ebullience
> and that ubiquitous deceptive American niceness - was of vengeful
> triumphant vulgarity --- she heard several times the slogan "The Red
> States are coming to the Blue!"
Meanwhile it snowed yesterday and a lot more is on the way. Streets are not
adequately or quickly enough cleared here - no money - and the town grinds
towards chaos. Traffic is also chaotic because traffic has been diverted
away from downtown. 15th and 17th streets are closed. The extra traffic
moves west towards our neighborhood. Greater security along the parade
route than ever in history, and less access or visibility for the
protestors. There's a movement on the left to protest by not spending any
money today. It has been given zero press attention. And someone pointed
out that one is still necessarily consuming electricity, gas, and water.
I just got back from the eye doctor. Cataracts ten years early because of
the diabetes - but small; was worried that I would need an operation this
coming summer but this specialist said no, see him in a year and we'll
check. Good news, but my vision is blurry from dilation - as, with utter
disgust, I watch the small bit of news I can stand. The symbolism, though
obscure, is overwhelming. Hope you're well.
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