[New-Poetry] Re: confusing concision with brevity: W/S/Merwin

[Graham, David]

David Graham
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On Jul 1, 2009, at 9:50 AM, "stephen russell" <poet_in_hell_files at yahoo.com 
 > wrote:

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> 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
>
> --- On Tue, 6/30/09, new-poetry-request at wiz.cath.vt.edu <new-poetry-request at wiz.cath.vt.edu 
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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.
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> David Graham
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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>
> > wrote:
> > 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:
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> Who'd I show't to?
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> Hal
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> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Graham, David <GrahamD at ripon.edu>  
> wrote:
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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.
> >
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> > David GrahamGrahamd at Ripon.edu
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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
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> >
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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.
> >>
> >> Elegy
> >>
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> >> Who would I show it to
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