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

[Graham, David]

> Yes. Again, sorry for firing another blank. Big thick fingers, tiny  
> iPod touchscreen ....


David Graham
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On Jul 1, 2009, at 10:02 AM, "Halvard Johnson" <halvard at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> Welcome aboard, Stephen. Our friend David sometimes carries brevity
> to the heights of nullity.
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> Hal
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> "Those who cast the ballots decide nothing.
> Those who count the ballots decide everything."
>                           --Joseph Stalin
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> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 9:49 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
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