I like it more this way, Bill...
Then, again, in America you also find 'the blues'....
Doug
On 2013-10-04, at 5:29 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I see, Doug. Lest I be accused of further passivity, here goes one more time:
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> Bill
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> Blue
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> Nothing blue is mowed.
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> No food truly blue.
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> We reserve blue for sky,
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> jeans and, collectively,
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> pockets of existential pain.
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> Blue does not exist in Russia,
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> only words for its shades.
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> Sea is said to be blue
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> but only in the deep
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> and unstably so.
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> Unmixed, pure blue
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> falls between violet
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> and green. Males mis
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> -pick green from blue
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> more than females do.
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> Whole cultures don't share
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> the western blue. Korean,
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> Thai, Japanese, Dakota Sioux,
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> have no separate words
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> for green and blue.
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> So deep in the Americas
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> and in much of Asia
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> blue means go
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> and - slap my stanza -
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> blue lawns get mowed.
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> bw
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> 4.10.13
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> On 04/10/2013, at 12:49 AM, Douglas Barbour wrote:
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>> You want me tl notice the 'is's, Bill? I tend not to like such passive constructions, & here too, a bit. But maybe the 'philosophizing' allows for a bit...
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>> After the first one, you could drop them I suspect...
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>> Doug
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>> On 2013-10-02, at 8:35 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> Thanks, Doug. I have googled the Gass 'Blue' book. It looks fascinating. I will seek it out. Seems I have inadvertently strayed in to a can of worms, to mix my metaphors, which is another area on which I see Gass holds opinions.
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>>> So my ises got past you, this time it is the are to which you object!
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>>> Bill
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>>>> On 3 Oct 2013, at 3:51 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>>> 'are'? Bill
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>>>> you begin. I'd recommend trying to find William Gass's On Being Blue; a book length investigation...
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>>>> Doug
>>>>> On 2013-10-01, at 3:07 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Blue
>>>>>
>>>>> Nothing blue is mowed.
>>>>> No food is truly blue.
>>>>> which uou object!We reserve blue for sky,
>>>>> jeans and, collectively,
>>>>> pockets of existential pain.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is no blue in Russia,
>>>>> only words for its shades.
>>>>> Sea is said to be blue
>>>>> but only in the deep
>>>>> and unstably so.
>>>>>
>>>>> Pure blue is unmixed,
>>>>> falls between violet
>>>>> and green. Males mis
>>>>> -pick green from blue
>>>>> more than females do.
>>>>>
>>>>> Whole cultures don't share
>>>>> the western blue. Korean,
>>>>> Thai, Japanese, Dakota Sioux,
>>>>> have no separate words
>>>>> for green and blue.
>>>>>
>>>>> So deep in the Americas
>>>>> and in much of Asia
>>>>> blue means go
>>>>> and - slap my stanza
>>>>> blue lawns are mowed.
>>>>>
>>>>> bw
>>>>> 30.09.13
>>>>
>>>> Douglas Barbour
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>> Douglas Barbour
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>> Latest books:
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>> http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=962
>> Recording Dates
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>> Art is always the replacing of indifference by attention.
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>> Guy Davenport
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Douglas Barbour
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Latest books:
Continuations & Continuations 2 (with Sheila E Murphy)
http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=962
Recording Dates
(Rubicon Press)
Art is always the replacing of indifference by attention.
Guy Davenport
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