There is little to tell; I suppose he's the prototype of a professional
poet, unflashy, unostentatious, and just very good at what he does. For
instance, I don't remember why exactly I was asking him, but he was able to
produce, more or less instantly, a photocopy of Frank Mitchell's Horse Song
#11 and send it to me.
I suppose he's in Glasgow and I'm in Edinburgh, so there's that distance;
Robin's more likely to have the anecdotes.
P
By the way, Jerome Rothenberg's performance of the Horse Songs is on Ubu, I
discovered recently; they don't sound anything like I imagined.
<http://www.ubu.com/sound/rothenberg.html>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Douglas Barbour
> Sent: 07 December 2007 15:58
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: What It Is -- an exercise in long lines
>
> Nah, I'd love to hear about it. Here, please, Peter.
>
> Doug
> On 6-Dec-07, at 4:10 PM, andrew burke wrote:
>
> > Ah, Edwin Morgan is one of my heroes. Please tell us more anout your
> > dealings with the man, or b/c me if you think it would be too trivial
> > for this highminded company ...
> >
> > Andrew
> Douglas Barbour
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