In the midst of all this fun, I remember some of bpnichol's one word poems, where the placement of the letters made the poem a poem...
Doug
On Nov 8, 2013, at 6:08 AM, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> shan't
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> From: Tim Allen <[log in to unmask]>
> Sender: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 11:28:40
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> Subject: Re: one-word poems
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> BEHAVE yourself BIRCUMSHAW
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> On 8 Nov 2013, at 11:17, David Bircumshaw wrote:
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>> Tim
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>> do ex-teachers always write BEHAVE in capitals?
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>> On 8 November 2013 11:13, Tim Allen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> Yes, but if you have a title followed by a word then the title tells you
>>> it is a poem but if the word is on its own then it can only BEHAVE as if it
>>> was.
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>>> On 8 Nov 2013, at 11:00, David Bircumshaw wrote:
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>>>> Um. I dunno Tim. I thought the point of the Gavin Ewart piece resided in
>>>> its title combined with the one word. Otherwise we might be close to
>>>> A.Saroyan territory. I'll give it a try - so no title this - and lower
>>> case
>>>> only - and best in the middle of an A5 page:
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>>>>
>>>> bullshit
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