[New-Poetry] Re: confusing concision with brevity: W/S/Merwin
stephen russell
poet_in_hell_files at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 1 10:49:30 EDT 2009
i'm new to the list. can't find Merwin's 7 liner ... he wrote a beautiful homage to Berryman,
2nd stanza:
don't lose your arrogance yet he said
you can do that when you're older
lose it to soon and you may
merely replace it with vanity
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From: "Graham, David" <GrahamD at ripon.edu>
Subject: [New-Poetry] Tiny
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I think not. But feel free to edit Merwin's seven word poem down to
more concise form if you can.
David Graham
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On Jun 30, 2009, at 2:50 PM, "Halvard Johnson" <halvard at gmail.com>
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> Now you're confusing concision with brevity.
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> W. S. Merwin is hard to top in the concision department.
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> Elegy
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> Who would I show it to
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From: Halvard Johnson <halvard at gmail.com>
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More concise Merwin:
Who'd I show't to?
Hal
"Those who cast the ballots decide nothing.
Those who count the ballots decide everything."
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On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Graham, David <GrahamD at ripon.edu> wrote:
> I think not. But feel free to edit Merwin's seven word poem down to more
> concise form if you can.
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> David GrahamGrahamd at Ripon.edu
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> http://web.mac.com/drjazz
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> On Jun 30, 2009, at 2:50 PM, "Halvard Johnson" <halvard at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Now you're confusing concision with brevity.
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> Hal
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> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Graham, David < <GrahamD at ripon.edu>
> GrahamD at ripon.edu> wrote:
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>> W. S. Merwin is hard to top in the concision department.
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>> Elegy
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>> Who would I show it to
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From: "Skip Fox" <skip at louisiana.edu>
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Elegy
Who . . .how . . to
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I think not. But feel free to edit Merwin's seven word poem down to more
concise form if you can.
David Graham
Grahamd at Ripon.edu
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Home page:
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On Jun 30, 2009, at 2:50 PM, "Halvard Johnson" <halvard at gmail.com> wrote:
Now you're confusing concision with brevity.
Hal
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Graham, David < <mailto:GrahamD at ripon.edu>
GrahamD at ripon.edu> wrote:
W. S. Merwin is hard to top in the concision department.
Elegy
Who would I show it to
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A warm bath with words.
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