[New-Poetry] Aram Saroyan

[David Bircumshaw]

I think that at least it's a sign of a certain health in the US poetry 
scene that Bill Knott's rant gets discussed: an equivalent complaint in 
the UK would simply be ignored. Not that I'm coming down on any sides in 
the particulars of Knott's ire - I simply don't know much about the 
poets concerned. 'lighght' has a kind of effect, it doesn't do to look 
too hard at it though, I'm not too sure about making a system out of it 
though.
Perhaps if the argument gets too vexed the combatants ought after all to 
be told to 'hushsh' and be 'choirt'. Hey, is that a poem I see:

After the Concert

choirt


(it has certain ambiguous suggestions of 'hurt' and 'dirt' as well you know)

(wink)

Best

dave

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David Bircumshaw
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