[New-Poetry] Re: My First CLANG!

Bob Grumman bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net
Sat Apr 4 21:30:46 EST 2009


Barry Spacks wrote:
>
> On Apr 4, 2009, at 12:00 PM, Bob wrote:
>>     
>> ...a nice resolved clang of a haiku.
>
> amongst the memories, what can compare
> to a first CLANG?
>
>                 this old poet
>                    feels like
>                       a St. Louis Judy
>
>            (reference not obscure to cineastes)
>
> snugly categorized,
>
Barry, you've had many poems with resolved clangs in them.  I would say 
all the poets at New-Poetry whose poems I know have.  No big deal.  
Having a clang is just a different way of saying tell it slant.  Except 
that there are more ways to achieve a clang than slant diction.

--Bob





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