I don't mind the hint of archaism. it's still fresh & attacking &
rumbling & wonderful to me. if being 'modern' means relinquishing the
kind of tone possible with Dylan's type oflanguage, I don't think I
care to be modern. at least not all the time
KS
On 21/08/07, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> If you want to stay away from the 20th century, yeah, Dylan's yr man.
>
> Roger
>
> On 8/21/07, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > another utterly humbling place to go for language recycled & built
> > into visions is Dylan Thomas
> >
> > KS
> >
> > On 20/08/07, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > Intriguing take, Tad. bpNichol once made the same point, saying, if
> > > your nouns & verbs need support, they're not doing the proper work, or
> > > words to that effect.
> > >
> > > I found the range of poets you've written about intriguing, wide, &
> > > often opposing....
> > >
> > > Doug
> > > On 19-Aug-07, at 12:06 PM, TheOldMole wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > And you may want to start rethinking if your poem starts to be
> > > > modifier-driven. I've actually written something on this, which you
> > > > may find totally useless, but it's on my website at
> > > > http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/essays.html under "Tired Words -
> > > > Working Words."
> > > >
> > > Douglas Barbour
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> > >
> > > Latest book: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy)
> > > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664
> > >
> > >
> > > Every time Dick Cheney smiles
> > > an angel in heaven
> > > gets waterboarded.
> > >
> > > Jon Stewart
> > >
> >
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