My darlingest sweet PPosthumous P,
Dare I mention that VileBoris's roughs----equally brilliant---ought to be
saved and consigned to his widow and possible heirs, especially now that
he's been barbecued a bit earlier than you had planned, which prolly means
that he's even more posthumous than you.
(oh poor dear VB!)
ample hugs and kisses from your SO ample Omnia AKA joodles,
{not to mention---definitely not to mention---VB's widow, Lovelie (sob!)}
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Mc Manus" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 3:55 AM
Subject: Re: Destroying preparatory work (was Re: Inspiration)
> Yes I have kept all my scraps notes -well one day my heirs will be able to
> sell them for millions -and also I like to look back how the little
> buggers
> started developed or not
> Fortunately even my roughs are brilliant so no problem( :-) )
> Ps most of my work has been posthumous anyway
> P modest P
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and
> poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Janet Jackson
> Sent: 16 March 2006 14:53
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Destroying preparatory work (was Re: Inspiration)
>
> Doug B says
>> As I recall, Eliot made the same point, & then was careful to have all
>>
>> the preparatory work destroyed so that no one could put together a
>> posthumous collection of his rejects.
>
> Good for him! I've always thought I should do that. The "rejects"
> and warmups aren't good enough for publication... although I suppose
> they might be of academic interest someday if anyone should decide
> I'm worth studying <lol>
>
> Hmm, perhaps it's more that I wouldn't want people to know what
> I was thinking!
>
> Yet I still have all my old notes. What has prevented me so far
> is that I like to look over them myself from time to time,
> to see where I was at.
>
> Where are those matches?
>
> Janet
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