Thanks, guys.
Far too large for us to even begin to cover i our hour. Each one of us had a different approach anyway. The Metis writer sees his poetry as holding up a mirror to others, which sometimes angers them as they see their own bigotry when they dislike what he’s saying (so his poetry seeks to enter & change the world). A young theoretical the is trying to change how criticism/theory works by not imposing his own way of seeing, through interpretation, on texts, but by recombining them to allow more of what they are to appear (I think). The other poet sees his use of contemporary hip hop language & that of the streets, sometimes, as a way of reaching out to the world as it is now. I took Auden’s ‘poetry makes nothing happen’ as a wee mantra & concentrated on what we might interpret that ‘nothing’ to be, & argued that representing beauty, in art, in the world outside, is still a needed action, & may reach into readers’ worlds. The moderator, the only woman there (& that was too bad) actually works with First Nations youth downtown, helping them to articulate their (sense of the) world, & so takes process poetics into a process of supportive education, & by doing so probably makes poetry enter the world in more complex & important ways than anyone on the panel.
Doug
> On Apr 19, 2017, at 8:15 PM, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Yes, like the poem, Doug.
>
> Tell us about the panel - poetry in the world is a large subject!
>
> Andrew
>
> On 20 April 2017 at 05:05, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Thank you both
>>
>> Doug (just back from a panel on poetry in the world etc…)
>>
>>> On Apr 19, 2017, at 10:59 AM, Patrick McManus <
>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Doug lifted up in sound thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> On 19/04/2017 16:39, Douglas Barbour wrote:
>>>> as the sax lifted up
>>>> into a solo
>>>> the bird lifted up
>>>> to the tip
>>>> of the tallest tree
>>>>
>>>> swayed there stayed there
>>>> as dusk settled in
>>>> & that saxophone
>>>>
>>>> wove notes into
>>>> a blanket of sound
>>>> calling us in
>>>> that bird beyond the window
>>>> preened & shifted
>>>> calling us out
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [PJ Perry is a great Canadian alto sax player whom we heard with his
>> trio last night at a local small venue]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Douglas Barbour
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>>>> https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
>>>>
>>>> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations &
>> Continuations 2 (UofAPress).
>>>> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>>>> Listen. If (UofAPress):
>>>>
>>>> and as you read
>>>> the sea is turning its dark pages
>>>> turning
>>>> its dark pages.
>>>>
>>>> Denise Levertov
>>
>> Douglas Barbour
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>> https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
>>
>> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations
>> 2 (UofAPress).
>> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>> Listen. If (UofAPress):
>>
>> and as you read
>> the sea is turning its dark pages
>> turning
>> its dark pages.
>>
>> Denise Levertov
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Andrew
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Douglas Barbour
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Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations 2 (UofAPress).
Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
Listen. If (UofAPress):
and as you read
the sea is turning its dark pages
turning
its dark pages.
Denise Levertov
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