Jon Corelis wrote:
> ONE WHO TRAVELLED TO FIND WHAT LISTENING MEANT, by Alan Baker.
>Consistently interesting language, though occasionally too
>selfconsciously clever (tiny pupil whose schooling -- geddit?) I
>can't find anything inside the striking verbal constructs but an
>ordinary and somewhat sentimental poem about a parent's feelings.
Thanks for taking the time and trouble. I was playing with some of the
techniques picked up since joining this list. 'Sentimental' - yes, you're probably
right - one's own children always a risky subject. 'Ordinary inside the
verbal contructs' - well, you may be right there also, but as someone recently
said, the explicit meaning of a poem stripped of its verbal constructs
is often banal.
Agreed with you about Douglas Clark's poem - economy and nicely chosen
detail make the difficult look easy.
Thanks again
Alan
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