Thanks for this post Andrew - I love your description of reading these poems
and will look out the book myself. The meeting of mystery and understanding
seems to me an insightful reflection about poetry.
Liz
On 11/10/2008, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Today, I'm excited about reading Sheila Murphy's COLLECTED CHAPBOOKS (Blue
> Lion Books, 2008). It arrived about a week ago and, due to work pressure,
> I've only got around to it in the last couple of days - a small virus has
> made me lie down so I've been reading (oh, luxury!). What this book is
> doing
> for me is letting me follow Sheila's poetic as it has evolved from Virtuoso
> Bird 1981 to Heresiarch 2002. Robert Duncan once wrote, 'There is a natural
> mystery in poetry. We do not understand all that we render up to
> understanding.' This is true, and one part of me celebrates this mystery,
> while another part of me tries to explain. So I journey, slowly, through
> Sheila's poems delighting in their unqiueness but also, as a poet myself,
> trying to learn tricks to progress my own writing.
>
> I ordered mine through Lulu. There may be quicker ways for those of you
> nearer to the source. I recommend it heartily.
>
>
> Andrew
> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/
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