Really liked this one, David. It has an internal consistency that I admire.
I'm working on that in my own poems.
On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 7:22 AM, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> oh! well Cave certainly does that. :) sorry for the confusion, I was thrown
> by Roger's reply.. still am.
>
> KS
>
> 2008/6/8 David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> > Oh no, kasper, I just meant it was refreshing to see a non-literary
> > comparison in respect of the feuds that bedevil the literary scene,
> > that's all. It was nice to get out of the library for a breath of
> > fresh air!
> >
> > 2008/6/8 kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]>:
> > > hatreds past? not sure what you mean. all I did was make a passing
> > comment.
> > > is Cave a hated man on this list or something?
> > >
> > > KS
> > >
> > > 2008/6/7 David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>:
> > >
> > >> Thank you kasper for that breath of unliterary fresh air. It sometimes
> > >> seems there are too many accumulated small demons in libraries, I know
> > >> they can be warded off but all that remembrance of hatreds past ...
> > >>
> > >> 2008/6/7 kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]>:
> > >> > great language. such subtle twisting!
> > >> > this could be a cool Nick Cave song
> > >> >
> > >> > KS
> > >> >
> > >> > 2008/6/7 David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>:
> > >> >
> > >> >> Prospero's Slump
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Ah my mad genetic mother
> > >> >> who drowns the runt unwanted kittens
> > >> >> downwind of your stinking midden,
> > >> >> nursingly basting the slaughtered,
> > >> >> who toythings with tenderness and rhymes,
> > >> >> dressing dolls in your head-yard,
> > >> >> telling your jacks your jills but lies, mother,
> > >> >> all favourites your flowers all weeds.
> > >> >> The honeybees they're dying, mother,
> > >> >> the ground work-rate's murder;
> > >> >> this is the latest of reports from an idiot
> > >> >> on sporting chances, New Orleans.
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >> --
> > >> >> David Bircumshaw
> > >> >> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> > >> >> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
> > >> >> The Animal Subsides
> > http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> > >> >> Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
> > >> >>
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> David Bircumshaw
> > >> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> > >> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
> > >> The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> > >> Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
> > >>
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > David Bircumshaw
> > Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
> > The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> > Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
> >
>
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