Well, it's a title, not a poem. And as I said, a working title, which means
it's not final. It looks pretty natty on the page tho. And let's face it,
Keats' titles didn't exactly set fire to the universe. He comes from the
Croggon school of titling - wot, "Ode to a Grecian Urn" or "Ode to a
Nightingale" aren't straightforwardly descriptive?
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 8:52 AM, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]
> wrote:
> It gives me a sinking feeling. As for dull and d., you know what Keats
> said about description.
>
> I'm worried about your ear.
>
> 2008/8/11 Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]>:
> > "Ampersand listing" is the name of Peter Ciccariello's gorgeous cover
> image.
> >
> > At the moment still sticking with the working title Poetryetc: Poems and
> > Poets. Dull maybe but straightforwardly descriptive and to my ear
> pleasingly
> > euphonious...
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > A
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 8:29 AM, David Bircumshaw <
> [log in to unmask]
> >> wrote:
> >
> >> When I put up 'Ampersand' I toyed with a second term: I thought of
> >> 'Ampersand &c' or Ampersand Etc' but wasn't happy with either of those
> >> or any others that came to my african primate brain. I would, though,
> >> slightly demure from 'Ampersand Listing' simply because I can't help
> >> being reminded of the nautical associations of listing.
> >>
> >> These sinking ships. My favourite Brit battleship was the Warspite,
> >> which even beached itself in protest on the way to the scrapyard. And
> >> never sank ever, clobbered though it might have been.
> >>
> >> btw I'm sure there was a magazine or something in the past called
> >> Ampersand, unless I've imagined it (that does happen)
> >>
> >> 2008/8/11 kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]>:
> >> > if you mean as in, "O! the Audacity!"
> >> > I¨d have to vote nay.
> >> >
> >> > Ampersand Listing is quirky, but I like it. I'm fine with priddi much
> >> > anything.
> >> >
> >> > KS
> >> >
> >> > 2008/8/9 MC Ward <[log in to unmask]>
> >> >
> >> >> I'm happy to go along with Ampersand Listing if that's what everybody
> >> else
> >> >> likes. There is, however, one permutation we haven't considered:
> >> POETRYETC:
> >> >> The Audacity.
> >> >>
> >> >> Semi-seriously yours,
> >> >> Candice
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> 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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> > Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
> > Home page: http://www.alisoncroggon.com
> >
>
>
>
> --
> 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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