[New-Poetry] Re: Lyrical

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  From: David Graham 
  To: NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &Views 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 10:47 AM
  Subject: [New-Poetry] Re: Lyrical


  Don't know about you all, but I'm having fun. . . .  No, not Dana Gioia, either.  Good guesses, though.  


  The author is a rather famous figure in pop music, but not Dylan.






  On Sep 4, 2006, at 7:38 PM, Robin wrote:


    <<
    No, not Dylan.




    Dunno who it's by, but there are traces of some undigested Auden lingering in the background, as:


           Does your smile's covert complicity
           Debase as it admires


    Ah, of course -- Dana Gioia!!!    It's an out-take from +Nosferatu+, right?


               Robin Hamilton


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    On Sep 4, 2006, at 5:42 PM, Jason Quackenbush wrote:


    at's dylan innit?




    I wonder if the following stanza appeared in, say, *Fence*'s next issue,
    whether anyone would think it particularly out of place?




      Is this just vulgar electricity
      Is this the edifying fire
      (it was so pure)
      Does your smile's covert complicity
      Debase as it admires
      (just a flu with a temperature)
      Are you just checking out your mojo
      (oohoo)
      Or am I just fighting off growing old
      (just a high fever)
      All I ever wanted
      Was just to come in from the cold




    [Extra credit to anyone who can name the author without Googling.]





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