Shadows Cliff Richard???
-----Original Message-----
From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of David Bircumshaw
Sent: 08 November 2010 09:13
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: It's Henery the Eighth Agen Agen
Or Simon Cowell. And of course there's Rupert Murdoch. At least those names
are a kind of index to how the country is ruled (yes, I know about the
shadows in the background too, but ...)
On 8 November 2010 09:06, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Alan Sugar.
>
> On 8 November 2010 08:53, Patrick McManus
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>> We need a GruppeFeuhrer
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> Behalf Of David Bircumshaw
>> Sent: 08 November 2010 08:15
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: It's Henery the Eighth Agen Agen
>>
>> Possibly, possibly (although I believe the current denial of the vote to
>> prisoners is facing a legal challenge). I'd be more inclined to a Moral
>> Fitness Test, which could also be extended to Benefit Claims.
>>
>> On 8 November 2010 08:09, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> > How about an exam before the plebs may vote?
>> >
>> > On 8 November 2010 16:06, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]
>> > >wrote:
>> >
>> > > That's a really good idea Patrick - you should tell Mr Biscuit the
>> > > Chancellor.
>> > >
>> > > On 8 November 2010 07:55, Patrick McManus <
>> [log in to unmask]
>> > > >wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Well they will stop future elections as a cost saving
>> > > >
>> > > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:
>> [log in to unmask]]
>> > On
>> > > > Behalf Of Mark Weiss
>> > > > Sent: 08 November 2010 03:10
>> > > > To: [log in to unmask]
>> > > > Subject: Re: It's Henery the Eighth Agen Agen
>> > > >
>> > > > All part of the Tory plan never to be elected again.
>> > > >
>> > > > At 06:11 PM 11/7/2010, you wrote:
>> > > > >Actually I believe the new Jobseekers joint will specialise in
>> > teaching
>> > > > >basic numeracy and, guess what word, yup, literacy. The librarians
>> > > should
>> > > > >really appreciate that. As well as the four week streetcleaning
>> > holidays
>> > > > now
>> > > > >planned.
>> > > > >
>> > > > >On 7 November 2010 23:03, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > > Who can bring books with them to read while they wait.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > At 05:51 PM 11/7/2010, you wrote:
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >> Here in Leicester the former Central Library is going to
become
>> a
>> > > > > >> Jobseeker's Centre, which will be very useful for the
redundant
>> > > > > >> librarians.
>> > > > > >>
>> > > > > >> On 7 November 2010 17:59, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
>> > > wrote:
>> > > > > >>
>> > > > > >> > And all of those lovely buildings waiting for other uses!
>> > Imagine
>> > > > how
>> > > > > >> many
>> > > > > >> > skateboard courses would fit in the British Library.
>> > > > > >> >
>> > > > > >> >
>> > > > > >> > At 12:22 PM 11/7/2010, you wrote:
>> > > > > >> >
>> > > > > >> >> Library sales are brilliant but you very soon come up
>> against
>> > the
>> > > > > >> reason
>> > > > > >> >> why
>> > > > > >> >> public libraries are needed in the first place. While every
>> > time
>> > > I
>> > > > go
>> > > > > >> into
>> > > > > >> >> our local vanishing asset I am reminded of old ladies who
>> amass
>> > > > stray
>> > > > > >> >> cats.
>> > > > > >> >>
>> > > > > >> >> On 7 November 2010 14:53, Mark Weiss <
>> [log in to unmask]>
>> > > > wrote:
>> > > > > >> >>
>> > > > > >> >> > On a seriuous note (when am I not serious?), there are
>> going
>> > to
>> > > > be
>> > > > > >> some
>> > > > > >> >> > great library sales.
>> > > > > >> >> >
>> > > > > >> >> >
>> > > > > >> >> > At 03:25 AM 11/7/2010, you wrote:
>> > > > > >> >> >
>> > > > > >> >> >> It sounds to me like a lot of interests see money is
>> > > dismantling
>> > > > > >> >> libraries
>> > > > > >> >> >> and are determined to make it an 'inevitable process'.
>> There
>> > > > will,
>> > > > > >> of
>> > > > > >> >> >> course, be no end of 'writers' after their slice of the
>> > > action.
>> > > > As
>> > > > > >> the
>> > > > > >> >> >> books
>> > > > > >> >> >> disappear so the local laureates, book doctors and
>> language
>> > > > workers
>> > > > > >> >> >> thrive.
>> > > > > >> >> >> I'm expecting the advent of Writers-in-Residence in
>> > > Jobcentres.
>> > > > > >> >> >> I suppose on the bonus side to all this in the long run
>> > there
>> > > > won't
>> > > > > >> be
>> > > > > >> >> an
>> > > > > >> >> >> obligation for all poets to pretend to be left-wing so
>> the
>> > > > natural
>> > > > > >> >> animals
>> > > > > >> >> >> can revert to their true colours. It must be such a
>> strain
>> > on
>> > > > them,
>> > > > > >> all
>> > > > > >> >> >> the
>> > > > > >> >> >> pretence, the poor things.
>> > > > > >> >> >>
>> > > > > >> >> >> On 6 November 2010 11:39, Roger Collett <
>> > > > > >> [log in to unmask]>
>> > > > > >> >> >> wrote:
>> > > > > >> >> >>
>> > > > > >> >> >> > Thanks Dave.
>> > > > > >> >> >> > Sounds like the prelude to Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451"
>> > > > > >> >> >> >
>> > > > > >> >> >> >
>> > > > > >> >> >> > Roger Collett
>> > > > > >> >> >> > Arrowhead Press
>> > > > > >> >> >> > http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/
>> > > > > >> >> >> >
>> > > > > >> >> >> >
>> > > > > >> >> >>
>> > > > > >> >>
>> > > > > >>
>> > > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
>>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > > > ---
>> > > > > >> >> >> > "Imagination is the one weapon in the war against
>> > reality."
>> > > > > >> >> >> > Jules de Gaultier
>> > > > > >> >> >> >
>> > > > > >> >> >> >
>> > > > > >> >> >> >
>> > > > > >> >> >> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Bircumshaw"
<
>> > > > > >> >> >> > [log in to unmask]>
>> > > > > >> >> >> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > > > > >> >> >> > Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 11:26 AM
>> > > > > >> >> >> >
>> > > > > >> >> >> > Subject: Re: It's Henery the Eighth Agen Agen
>> > > > > >> >> >> >
>> > > > > >> >> >> >
>> > > > > >> >> >> > Drat. It works in Facebook and I tried it out in the
>> mail
>> > > > before
>> > > > > >> >> >> posting -
>> > > > > >> >> >> >> try this:
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>
>> > > > > >> >> >>
>> > > > > >> >>
>> > > > > >>
>> > > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
>>
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=414
>> > > > 052&c=1<
>> > >
>> >
>>
>>
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=414
>>
%0A052&c=1<http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&st
orycode=414%0A%0A052&c=1>
>> > > >
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >> or if not go to
>> > http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/click
>> > > > > >> 'more
>> > > > > >> >> >> news'
>> > > > > >> >> >> >> and
>> > > > > >> >> >> >> look for a story dated 4th November called 'Time to
>> > shelve
>> > > > the
>> > > > > >> book
>> > > > > >> >> >> habit'
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >> On 6 November 2010 11:12, Roger Collett <
>> > > > > >> >> [log in to unmask]>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >> wrote:
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >> Yeah, but it's been imprisoned. I can't open the
link
>> > > > anyway.
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>> Roger Collett
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>> Arrowhead Press
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>> http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>
>> > > > > >> >> >>
>> > > > > >> >>
>> > > > > >>
>> > > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
>>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > > > ---
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>> "Imagination is the one weapon in the war against
>> > > reality."
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>> Jules de Gaultier
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David
Bircumshaw"
>> <
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>> [log in to unmask]>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 11:09 AM
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>> Subject: Re: It's Henery the Eighth Agen Agen
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>> Hmmm ...
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>> historically inapt.
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>> On 6 November 2010 10:35, Roger Collett <
>> > > > > >> >> [log in to unmask]
>> > > > > >> >> >> >
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>> wrote:
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>> Hmmm....
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>> I think this could do with a dose of The Spanish
>> > > > Inquisition.
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>> "You never expect The Spanish Inquisition!!!"
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>> Roger Collett
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>> Arrowhead Press
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>> http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >>
>> > > > > >> >>
>> > > > > >>
>> > > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
>>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > > > ---
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>> "Imagination is the one weapon in the war against
>> > > > reality."
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>> Jules de Gaultier
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David
>> Bircumshaw"
>> > <
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>> [log in to unmask]>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 8:36 AM
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>> Subject: It's Henery the Eighth Agen Agen
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>> Scene: A Monty Python launderette which is also a
>> > > > domestic
>> > > > > >> >> living
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>> room.
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>> On
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>> a
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>> sofa sit Terry Jones and Eric Idle in drag as
>> > > > hair-piled-high
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>> housewives
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>> with aprons, egg-stained cardigans and rolling
>> pins.
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>> Housewife One (con falsetto) : 'I'm sick of all
>> this
>> > > > > >> Jean-Paul
>> > > > > >> >> >> Sartre,
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>> what's on the box?' (looking at a washing
machine)
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>> Housewife Two (tweaking moustache, basso
profundo)
>> :
>> > '
>> > > > Just
>> > > > > >> >> Bloody
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>> Repeats.
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>> As Joyce said ' (voice changing to falsetto)
>> 'History
>> > > is
>> > > > the
>> > > > > >> >> >> nightmare
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>> from
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>> which I am trying to awake. Or ...'
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>> (both in unison): 'It's - Yet Again - The
>> Dissolution
>> > > of
>> > > > The
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>> Monasteries
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>> Show' :
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>>
>> > > > http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=41
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>> --
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>> (David Joseph) The Brothers Bircumshaw
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>> "Every old house was scaffolding once/And workmen
>> > > > whistling"
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>> The Animal Subsides
>> > > > > >> >> >> http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>> Facebook:
>> http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>> twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>> blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>> --
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>> (David Joseph) The Brothers Bircumshaw
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>> "Every old house was scaffolding once/And workmen
>> > > > whistling"
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>> The Animal Subsides
>> > > > > >> >> >> http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>> twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>> blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>>>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >> --
>> > > > > >> >> >> >> (David Joseph) The Brothers Bircumshaw
>> > > > > >> >> >> >> "Every old house was scaffolding once/And workmen
>> > > whistling"
>> > > > > >> >> >> >> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
>> > > > > >> >> >> >> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
>> > > > > >> >> >> >> The Animal Subsides
>> > > > > >> >> http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
>> > > > > >> >> >> >> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
>> > > > > >> >> >> >> twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
>> > > > > >> >> >> >> blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>
>> > > > > >> >> >> >>
>> > > > > >> >> >>
>> > > > > >> >> >>
>> > > > > >> >> >> --
>> > > > > >> >> >> (David Joseph) The Brothers Bircumshaw
>> > > > > >> >> >> "Every old house was scaffolding once/And workmen
>> whistling"
>> > > > > >> >> >> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
>> > > > > >> >> >> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
>> > > > > >> >> >> The Animal Subsides
>> > > > > >> http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
>> > > > > >> >> >> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
>> > > > > >> >> >> twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
>> > > > > >> >> >> blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
>> > > > > >> >> >>
>> > > > > >> >> >
>> > > > > >> >> >
>> > > > > >> >> >
>> > > > > >> >> > New from Chax Press: Mark Weiss, As Landscape.
>> > > > > >> >> > $16. Order from http://www.chax.org/poets/weiss.htm
>> > > > > >> >> >
>> > > > > >> >> >
>> > > > > >> >> > "What a beautiful set of circumstances! What a lovely
>> > > > concatenation
>> > > > > >> of
>> > > > > >> >> > particulars. Here is the poet alive in every sense of the
>> > word,
>> > > > and
>> > > > > >> >> through
>> > > > > >> >> > every one of his senses. Instead of missing a beat or a
>> part,
>> > > > Weiss'
>> > > > > >> >> > fragments are like Chekhov's short stories-the more that
>> gets
>> > > > left
>> > > > > >> out,
>> > > > > >> >> the
>> > > > > >> >> > more they seem to contain. One can hear echoes from all
>> the
>> > > > various
>> > > > > >> >> > ancestors...[but] the voice, at its center, its core, is
>> pure
>> > > > Mark
>> > > > > >> >> Weiss.
>> > > > > >> >> > His use of the fragment is both elegant and bafflingly
>> clear,
>> > a
>> > > > pure
>> > > > > >> >> musical
>> > > > > >> >> > threnody.[it] opens a window, not only into a mind, but a
>> > > person,
>> > > > a
>> > > > > >> >> > personality, this human figure at the emotional center of
>> the
>> > > > poem."
>> > > > > >> >> >
>> > > > > >> >> > M.G. Stephens, in Jacket.
>> > > > > >> >> > http://jacketmagazine.com/40/r-weiss-rb-stephens.shtml
>> > > > > >> >> >
>> > > > > >> >>
>> > > > > >> >>
>> > > > > >> >>
>> > > > > >> >> --
>> > > > > >> >> (David Joseph) The Brothers Bircumshaw
>> > > > > >> >> "Every old house was scaffolding once/And workmen
whistling"
>> > > > > >> >> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
>> > > > > >> >> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
>> > > > > >> >> The Animal Subsides
>> > > > http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
>> > > > > >> >> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
>> > > > > >> >> twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
>> > > > > >> >> blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
>> > > > > >> >>
>> > > > > >> >
>> > > > > >> >
>> > > > > >> >
>> > > > > >> > New from Chax Press: Mark Weiss, As Landscape.
>> > > > > >> > $16. Order from http://www.chax.org/poets/weiss.htm
>> > > > > >> >
>> > > > > >> >
>> > > > > >> > "What a beautiful set of circumstances! What a lovely
>> > > concatenation
>> > > > of
>> > > > > >> > particulars. Here is the poet alive in every sense of the
>> word,
>> > > and
>> > > > > >> through
>> > > > > >> > every one of his senses. Instead of missing a beat or a
part,
>> > > Weiss'
>> > > > > >> > fragments are like Chekhov's short stories-the more that
gets
>> > left
>> > > > out,
>> > > > > >> the
>> > > > > >> > more they seem to contain. One can hear echoes from all the
>> > > various
>> > > > > >> > ancestors...[but] the voice, at its center, its core, is
pure
>> > Mark
>> > > > > >> Weiss.
>> > > > > >> > His use of the fragment is both elegant and bafflingly
clear,
>> a
>> > > pure
>> > > > > >> musical
>> > > > > >> > threnody.[it] opens a window, not only into a mind, but a
>> > person,
>> > > a
>> > > > > >> > personality, this human figure at the emotional center of
the
>> > > poem."
>> > > > > >> >
>> > > > > >> > M.G. Stephens, in Jacket.
>> > > > > >> > http://jacketmagazine.com/40/r-weiss-rb-stephens.shtml
>> > > > > >> >
>> > > > > >>
>> > > > > >>
>> > > > > >>
>> > > > > >> --
>> > > > > >> (David Joseph) The Brothers Bircumshaw
>> > > > > >> "Every old house was scaffolding once/And workmen whistling"
>> > > > > >> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
>> > > > > >> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
>> > > > > >> The Animal Subsides
>> > > http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
>> > > > > >> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
>> > > > > >> twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
>> > > > > >> blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
>> > > > > >>
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > New from Chax Press: Mark Weiss, As Landscape.
>> > > > > > $16. Order from http://www.chax.org/poets/weiss.htm
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > "What a beautiful set of circumstances! What a lovely
>> concatenation
>> > > of
>> > > > > > particulars. Here is the poet alive in every sense of the word,
>> and
>> > > > through
>> > > > > > every one of his senses. Instead of missing a beat or a part,
>> > Weiss'
>> > > > > > fragments are like Chekhov's short stories-the more that gets
>> left
>> > > out,
>> > > > the
>> > > > > > more they seem to contain. One can hear echoes from all the
>> various
>> > > > > > ancestors...[but] the voice, at its center, its core, is pure
>> Mark
>> > > > Weiss.
>> > > > > > His use of the fragment is both elegant and
>> > > > > bafflingly clear, a pure musical
>> > > > > > threnody.[it] opens a window, not only into a mind, but a
>> person,
>> a
>> > > > > > personality, this human figure at the emotional center of the
>> > poem."
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > M.G. Stephens, in Jacket.
>> > > > > > http://jacketmagazine.com/40/r-weiss-rb-stephens.shtml
>> > > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > >--
>> > > > >(David Joseph) The Brothers Bircumshaw
>> > > > >"Every old house was scaffolding once/And workmen whistling"
>> > > > >Website and A Chide's Alphabet
>> > > > >http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
>> > > > >The Animal Subsides
>> http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
>> > > > >Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
>> > > > >twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
>> > > > >blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > New from Chax Press: Mark Weiss, As Landscape.
>> > > > $16. Order from http://www.chax.org/poets/weiss.htm
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > "What a beautiful set of circumstances! What a
>> > > > lovely concatenation of particulars. Here is the
>> > > > poet alive in every sense of the word, and
>> > > > through every one of his senses. Instead of
>> > > > missing a beat or a part, Weiss' fragments are
>> > > > like Chekhov's short stories-the more that gets
>> > > > left out, the more they seem to contain. One can
>> > > > hear echoes from all the various
>> > > > ancestors...[but] the voice, at its center, its
>> > > > core, is pure Mark Weiss. His use of the fragment
>> > > > is both elegant and bafflingly clear, a pure
>> > > > musical threnody.[it] opens a window, not only
>> > > > into a mind, but a person, a personality, this
>> > > > human figure at the emotional center of the poem."
>> > > >
>> > > > M.G. Stephens, in Jacket.
>> > > > http://jacketmagazine.com/40/r-weiss-rb-stephens.shtml
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > (David Joseph) The Brothers Bircumshaw
>> > > "Every old house was scaffolding once/And workmen whistling"
>> > > Website and A Chide's Alphabet
>> > > http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
>> > > The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
>> > > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
>> > > twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
>> > > blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
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>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Andrew
>> > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>> > 'Mother Waits for Father Late' republished available at
>> > http://www.picaropress.com/
>> > http://www.qlrs.com/poem.asp?id=766
>> > http://frankshome.org/AndrewBurke.html
>> >
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>>
>>
>> --
>> (David Joseph) The Brothers Bircumshaw
>> "Every old house was scaffolding once/And workmen whistling"
>> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
>> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
>> The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
>> twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
>> blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
>>
>
>
>
> --
> (David Joseph) The Brothers Bircumshaw
> "Every old house was scaffolding once/And workmen whistling"
> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
> The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
> twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
> blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
>
--
(David Joseph) The Brothers Bircumshaw
"Every old house was scaffolding once/And workmen whistling"
Website and A Chide's Alphabet
http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
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