[New-Poetry] 'Can poetry matter?' international style...

Halvard Johnson halvard at earthlink.net
Mon Jul 10 18:46:16 EDT 2006


My mistake, Barry. I too was adjuncting at Rutgers
Newark when we used to have those little chats
in the stairwell.

Hal

"A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation
  suddenly brings us back to essentials: it reveals
  how dearly we must pay for the invention of
  speech."
			--E. M. Cioran

Halvard Johnson
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On Jul 10, 2006, at 5:10 PM, barry seiler wrote:

> Hi Hal--
>
> Adjuncted there a bit way back when. I'm across the street at  
> Rutgers Newark.
>
> Barry
>
>
>> From: Halvard Johnson <halvard at earthlink.net>
>> Reply-To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &amp;Views" <new- 
>> poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
>> To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &amp;Views" <new- 
>> poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
>> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] 'Can poetry matter?' international style...
>> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:55:15 -0500
>>
>> Hi, Barry. Welcome aboard. Still teaching at NJIT,
>> or do I have the wrong Seiler?
>>
>> Hal
>>
>> "A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation
>>  suddenly brings us back to essentials: it reveals
>>  how dearly we must pay for the invention of
>>  speech."
>> 			--E. M. Cioran
>>
>> Halvard Johnson
>> ================
>> halvard at gmail.com
>> halvard at earthlink.net
>> http://home.earthlink.net/~halvard
>> http://entropyandme.blogspot.com
>> http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com
>> http://www.hamiltonstone.org
>>
>> On Jul 10, 2006, at 4:32 PM, barry seiler wrote:
>>
>>> Hi--
>>>
>>> I joined the list recently and have been hiding in the bushes,   
>>> peeping through the window. Just wanted to let you know that the   
>>> Dodge Poetry Festival is once every two years. The turnout is  
>>> quite  wonderful. There is a tent where books are sold, and it is  
>>> often  jammed.  The good will is generally a little much for me  
>>> to handle  after a day or two, but it is real. Next one is this  
>>> September.
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> Barry Seiler
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: JforJames at aol.com
>>>> Reply-To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &amp;Views" <new-  
>>>> poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
>>>> To: new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu
>>>> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] 'Can poetry matter?' international  
>>>> style...
>>>> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:46:09 EDT
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In a message dated 7/10/2006 1:01:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>>>> cervantes.james at gmail.com writes:
>>>>
>>>> In South  Barrington, Illinois, just northwest of Chicago, lies a
>>>> 155-acre campus  resembling a junior college or perhaps a   
>>>> manufacturer
>>>> of something clean,  like pharmaceuticals or computer parts. On one
>>>> side of the main compound is  a greensward, on another side is a
>>>> five-acre reflecting pond, and out in  front are vast black  
>>>> slabs of
>>>> endless parking, where swarms of men wearing  reflective vests and
>>>> radio headsets assist drivers attempting to find an  open space.
>>>> Shuttle buses loop around the lots; sometimes it's so busy  that
>>>> off-duty cops are hired to help direct  traffic.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like the Dodge Festival...
>>>> _http://www.grdodge.org/poetry/main.htm_
>>>> (http://www.grdodge.org/poetry/main.htm)
>>>> of course 'Poets on Parade' happens
>>>> just once a year and in one small NJ village.
>>>> Finnegan
>>>
>>>
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