On Oct 2, 2006, at 6:54 PM, Kent Johnson wrote:
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> Gosh, Pierre... *Of course* they count. In fact, in my book, a
> collection of translations counts more than a collection of "original"
> poetry! Poetry is merely the shadow of translation, really, though
> convention has it the other way around.
Indeed indeed. I agree, forked mother-tongues loosely in cheek. But
then as I've written, I mean translated, elsewhere: all writing,
poetry included, is always already translation.
>
> And Poems for the Millennium counts for, say, ten books of original
> poetry...
Excellent. that has just gotten my own count onto the "more than 30"
list... thanks.
[obsequious curtsy]
>
> [obsequious curtsy...]
>
> or were you being cleverly facetious?
me? never. at the most, facetiously clever.
Pierre
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