[New-Poetry] substitution of terms

[Skip Fox]

Yes. (And a nice way of putting it.) But also it has to have torque, one
that goes with the words and the concept. How can we know it until it's
there? . . .  or, rather, many times (in my experience) it's almost there
(as it "simply" arrives) then I mess with it a bit.

 

 

Skip

 

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     --Richard Lapauvre

 

 

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Same way as fine French cooking, the key to which

(I've heard) is this: Reduce your sauces.

 

Hal

 

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 cheaper than models and they don't move."

                                    --Georgia O'Keefe

 

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On Aug 3, 2007, at 2:32 PM, Skip Fox wrote:





In Consideration for the Lowly Aphorism:

 

You're asking a lot for an aphorism! Basically, it would need two more
components: what kind of intelligence is being bewitched (dullish, slavishly
logical, dialectical, ideological, confused or anxiety ridden, etc.) and in
the service of what kind of greater intelligence (I'll not even suggest,
except to say I'd not kick Lawrence out of bed) would we suspend or cloak
it? That's a lot of information.

 

Aphorisms seem to be a special breed. I've written some, but damned if I
know how they get to be how they are. Any thoughts?

 

 

 

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Which doesn't sufficiently distinguish poetry from advertising.

 

Hal

 

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policeman is there to preserve disorder."

                --Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley

 

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On Aug 3, 2007, at 1:23 PM, jforjames at aol.com wrote:

 

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means
of language.
--Ludwig Wittgenstein

Poetry is an opening up to the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of
language.

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