[New-Poetry] Re: crag
David Baratier
editor at pavementsaw.org
Sat May 16 15:36:12 EDT 2009
Cig Hill is a weird name.
I thought he got corporate sponsorship.
Be well
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> Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 20:40:41 -0400
> From: "Paul C. Howell" <paul at tbhinc.com>
> Subject: [New-Poetry] Triple rereredundancy: New-Poetry
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> Cantankerous, Eberhart said. What's wrong with a closed
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> > 1. Blaser profile (jforjames at aol.com)
> > 2. Re: litmag watch: locuspoint (James
> Cervantes)
> > 3. from Ed Roberts (Ed)
> > 4. Re: Chickens - they're not just for
> wheelbarrows any more
> > (Anny Ballardini)
> > 5. Re: from Ed Roberts (Judy Prince)
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> >Message: 1
> >Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 15:40:11 -0400
> >From: jforjames at aol.com
> >Subject: [New-Poetry] Blaser profile
> >To: new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu
> >Message-ID: <8CBA3AC1850091F-924-990 at webmail-df01.sysops.aol.com>
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> >http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090514.wbkblaser14/BNStory/globebooks/home?cid=al_gam_mostemail
> >SANDRA MARTIN
> >
> >Globe and Mail Update
> >
> >May 14, 2009 at 4:18 PM EDT
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Robin Blaser always made an impression.
> >
> >
> >Beautiful with a sculpted face, moody eyes and a
> >delicately attuned ear, he wrote poetry that was
> >both playful and intricately laden with cultural
> >and literary references. George Bowering, an
> >admirer since he first read him in Donald
> >Allen's anthology, The New American Poetry:
> >1945-1960, calls Mr. Blaser one of "the scholar
> poets."
> >
> >He puts him in the tradition of Dante, Shelley,
> >Pound and Eliot, men who embraced learning and
> >whose poetry "depended on a lot more than honing your
> skills as a lyricist."
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> >Message: 2
> >Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 14:46:29 -0500
> >From: James Cervantes <cervantes.james at gmail.com>
> >Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] litmag watch: locuspoint
> >To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News
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> >Isn't that a triple-redundancy of sorts? It's
> exposing those poetry gears
> >that worries me. What if they're not oiled?
> >- Jim
> >
> >
> >On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 1:14 PM, <jforjames at aol.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > A collaborative litmag with a community-based
> cronyism ethic...
> > >
> > > http://www.locuspoint.org/about.html
> > > ------------------------------
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> >Message: 3
> >Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 14:48:46 -0500
> >From: "Ed" <lethas1 at cox.net>
> >Subject: [New-Poetry] from Ed Roberts
> >To: <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
> >Message-ID:
> > <20090515194845.DCBY14603.eastrmmtao102.cox.net at eastrmimpo02.cox.net>
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> >My latest poem may seem ripped from the headlines but I
> have been trying to
> >write it for nearly two years now. Like most of my
> poetry this is taken from
> >real life. I felt these men needed to have their story
> told.
> >
> >
> >
> >Silence
> >
> >
> >
> >On his nineteenth birthday
> >
> >He sits in his bedroom
> >
> >High school is over now
> >
> >Flipping burgers pays enough to buy clothes
> >
> >And makes the payments on the car
> >
> >But he doesn't see how he could pay for an apartment
> >
> >And he REALLY can't see living here with his parents
> >
> >While he tries to go to college
> >
> >His best friend, James
> >
> >Planted the seed in his head a few months ago
> >
> >Money for school
> >
> >Free food
> >
> >Free rent
> >
> >A chance to travel
> >
> >A chance to be a MAN
> >
> >He gets up out of his bed
> >
> >Throws on some of his nicest clothes
> >
> >And three hours later
> >
> >Sits in an office taking his first set of tests
> >
> >One week later
> >
> >He takes the oath
> >
> >And is sworn in as a Marine
> >
> >
> >
> >Marine Corps recruit training is tough for him
> >
> >This is an understatement
> >
> >He realizes how out of shape his body really is
> >
> >But he's not the only one
> >
> >Everything is laid out
> >
> >The drills
> >
> >The PT
> >
> >The combat water survival
> >
> >The confidence course
> >
> >The marksmanship and field training
> >
> >Each a different challenge
> >
> >Each makes him a bit stronger
> >
> >He makes it through the Crucible
> >
> >Ranked in the top of his class
> >
> >Before he realizes it, this part of training is over
> >
> > >From boot to hat
> >
> >He is all Marine
> >
> >
> >
> >Iraq is his first deployment
> >
> >Twelve months away from home
> >
> >He has never been away from home that long
> >
> >Of course he's never left the country before either
> >
> >This is what he'd signed up for
> >
> >Mentally and physically he was ready
> >
> >And maybe at this point
> >
> >He was
> >
> >
> >
> >The fighting isn't the hardest part
> >
> >That is easy
> >
> >People shoot at you
> >
> >You shoot back
> >
> >Hopefully you have better guns and more of them
> >
> >Most of the time
> >
> >This is the case
> >
> >The seventy pounds of gear doesn't make it easy
> >
> >And of course
> >
> >The heat makes it always worse
> >
> >But the fighting never seems to bother him
> >
> >The hours
> >
> >The moments in between always do
> >
> >
> >
> >Every face, every person is a potential enemy
> >
> >Even kids can leave IED's at the side of the road
> >
> >He lost a friend of his last week that way
> >
> >He won't be so careless
> >
> >Or so he hopes
> >
> >
> >
> >At the end of the eleventh month his body reaches its
> limit
> >
> >Long hours on patrol
> >
> >Less fighting
> >
> >Less engagements, though the threat is still there
> >
> >Less hours of sleep
> >
> >The nightmares come more often
> >
> >Night after night the same
> >
> >Voices screaming inside his head
> >
> >Still there's only one more month
> >
> >One more month until twelve back at home
> >
> >Then the news comes
> >
> >Three months more to wait
> >
> >He packs it all inside
> >
> >He's a Marine
> >
> >He does what he has to do and survives
> >
> >Analyze, improvise, and overcome
> >
> >This is his motto
> >
> >Like so many others
> >
> >He does his time
> >
> >
> >
> >The day finally comes
> >
> >As he gets on the plane to leave this place
> >
> >This Hell that has haunted him for so long
> >
> >He raises a finger in defiance
> >
> >Others behind him do the same
> >
> >Yes, they are all Marines
> >
> >
> >
> >He's been home eleven months now
> >
> >Still the nightmares haunt his sleep
> >
> >Voices speak to him from empty rooms
> >
> >He often sleeps on the sofa
> >
> >Hoping not to wake his new wife
> >
> >He started therapy a month ago
> >
> >They can work through this the doctor assures him
> >
> >And of course the pills seem to help
> >
> >Most of the time
> >
> >
> >
> >It's Monday
> >
> >He goes out to the porch for the mail
> >
> >The temperature seems to drop at least ten degrees
> >
> >When he sees it
> >
> >He shakes as he opens the letter
> >
> >He had heard this might be coming
> >
> >But he hoped since he was still under treatment
> >
> >It might not
> >
> >He goes inside and starts laying out his plans
> >
> >He deploys for the second tour the next week
> >
> >
> >
> >They told him his treatment would continue
> >
> >They promised him there would be plenty of pills
> >
> >Those ran out last month
> >
> >Still the nightmares torture his nights
> >
> >But now they continue even through the day
> >
> >He tells all of those who will listen
> >
> >"Everything's going to be fine" is always their answer
> >
> >When there is an answer at all
> >
> >
> >
> >His platoon walks into an ambush
> >
> >Snipers laid out on both flanks
> >
> >His friend next to him is hit in the shoulder
> >
> >And screams into his ear
> >
> >Blood splatters everywhere
> >
> >He stands up and with a soft voice
> >
> >Starts a final prayer
> >
> >He prays they are as good a shot as he is
> >
> >Seconds later his prayers are answered
> >
> >And finally he gets the one thing he has sought after
> >
> >And prayed for
> >
> >For so long
> >
> >Silence
> >
> >
> >
> >An ocean away
> >
> >Another Marine sits at home
> >
> >Alone in a dark room
> >
> >He hasn't slept for seven days
> >
> >The voices in his head won't stop talking
> >
> >Won't stop screaming
> >
> >He finally drives himself to the hospital
> >
> >Lays everything out to the doctor
> >
> >With tears in his eyes
> >
> >The Marine begs for help
> >
> >
> >
> >After some quick tests
> >
> >And hours of waiting
> >
> >The doctor returns
> >
> >He tells him he needs rest
> >
> >And hands him a prescription to take home
> >
> >As he leave the room
> >
> >The doctor jots down a final note on his file
> >
> >"Not a danger to self, or to others"
> >
> >
> >
> >Hours later the Marine finally stops his car
> >
> >The police have been chasing him for five miles
> >
> >Ninety miles and hour the wrong way on the highway
> >
> >He steps out of the vehicle
> >
> >Slowly lowers himself to his knees
> >
> >Raises his hands above his head
> >
> >And begs the officers to either cuff him or shoot him
> >
> >Before he can hurt any of them
> >
> >He begs them for the one thing he can not find
> >
> >
> >
> >Silence
> >
> >
> >
> >Ed Roberts 5/13/09
> >
> >Written for those who have lived this and survived and
> in remembrance for
> >those who did not. Through my tears I will bleed words
> for you hoping that
> >through them others will come to understand.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >Message: 4
> >Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 22:22:21 +0200
> >From: Anny Ballardini <anny.ballardini at gmail.com>
> >Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Chickens - they're not just
> for wheelbarrows
> > any
> more
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> >I can remember Chicken Run...
> >
> >On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 8:27 PM, TheOldMole <Opus40-01 at opus40.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > > If you google Williams - Chickens you mostly get
> links to the Chicken Run
> > > Soundtrack by John Powell and Harry
> Gregson-Williams -- deservedly so;
> > > Chicken Run was a work of genius -- and you get a
> link to Blood Of The
> > > Chickens by Hank Williams III, and to the
> > Chicken Ranch brothel, established
> > > by Miss Jessie Williams. And to Williams Chicken,
> For When You Want it Fast
> > > and Done Right. But you don't get to William C.
> and the white chickens till
> > > page 5.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Tad Richards
> > > Read my NY Writing Careers Examiner column
> today!
> > > http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner
> > >
> > > http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/
> > > http://opusforty.blogspot.com/
> > >
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> >
> >
> >--
> >Anny Ballardini
> >http://annyballardini..blogspot.com/
> >http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome
> >http://www.lulu.com/content/5806078
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> >I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give
> birth to a dancing
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> >Message: 5
> >Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 19:48:54 -0400
> >From: Judy Prince <jbalizsprince at googlemail.com>
> >Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] from Ed Roberts
> >To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News
> &, Views"
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> >
> >strong and necessary. "From boot to hat/ He is
> all Marine""He packs it all
> >inside/ He is a Marine"
> >"Analyze, improvise, and overcome"
> >
> >"He raises a finger in defiance/ Others behind him do
> the same/ Yes, they
> >are all Marines"
> >
> >And the solution is prescription pills? A dear
> friend who was a medic in
> >the field in 'Nam, as well as a preacher, and who now
> has a church here in
> >the States, tells that his commanding officer watched
> him and the men put up
> >a big tent for church services at the fightingest worst
> of times, and the CO
> >wondered out loud what good it was for the men to
> pray. A few minutes later
> >he joined them. The friend also tells us that
> those soldier friends of his
> >can only speak their truth and cry when they are
> together alone----they
> >cannot do it with their wives and families. and
> they get together weekly.
> >
> >Good for you; keep the word, the men, and their spirits
> alive!
> >
> >Best,
> >
> >Judy
> >
> >2009/5/15 Ed <lethas1 at cox..net>
> >
> > > My latest poem may seem ripped from the
> headlines but I have been trying
> > > to write it for nearly two years now. Like most
> of my poetry this is taken
> > > from real life. I felt these men needed to have
> their story told.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > *Silence*
> > >
> > > * *
> > >
> > > On his nineteenth birthday**
> > >
> > > He sits in his bedroom
> > >
> > > High school is over now
> > >
> > > Flipping burgers pays enough to buy clothes
> > >
> > > And makes the payments on the car
> > >
> > > But he doesn’t see how he could pay for an
> apartment
> > >
> > > And he REALLY can’t see living here with his
> parents
> > >
> > > While he tries to go to college
> > >
> > > His best friend, James
> > >
> > > Planted the seed in his head a few months ago
> > >
> > > Money for school
> > >
> > > Free food
> > >
> > > Free rent
> > >
> > > A chance to travel
> > >
> > > A chance to be a MAN
> > >
> > > He gets up out of his bed
> > >
> > > Throws on some of his nicest clothes
> > >
> > > And three hours later
> > >
> > > Sits in an office taking his first set of tests
> > >
> > > One week later
> > >
> > > He takes the oath
> > >
> > > And is sworn in as a Marine
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Marine Corps recruit training is tough for him
> > >
> > > This is an understatement
> > >
> > > He realizes how out of shape his body really is
> > >
> > > But he’s not the only one
> > >
> > > Everything is laid out
> > >
> > > The drills
> > >
> > > The PT
> > >
> > > The combat water survival
> > >
> > > The confidence course
> > >
> > > The marksmanship and field training
> > >
> > > Each a different challenge
> > >
> > > Each makes him a bit stronger
> > >
> > > He makes it through the Crucible
> > >
> > > Ranked in the top of his class
> > >
> > > Before he realizes it, this part of training is
> over
> > >
> > > From boot to hat
> > >
> > > He is all Marine
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Iraq is his first deployment
> > >
> > > Twelve months away from home
> > >
> > > He has never been away from home that long
> > >
> > > Of course he’s never left the country before
> either
> > >
> > > This is what he’d signed up for
> > >
> > > Mentally and physically he was ready
> > >
> > > And maybe at this point
> > >
> > > He was
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The fighting isn’t the hardest part
> > >
> > > That is easy
> > >
> > > People shoot at you
> > >
> > > You shoot back
> > >
> > > Hopefully you have better guns and more of them
> > >
> > > Most of the time
> > >
> > > This is the case
> > >
> > > The seventy pounds of gear doesn’t make it
> easy
> > >
> > > And of course
> > >
> > > The heat makes it always worse
> > >
> > > But the fighting never seems to bother him
> > >
> > > The hours
> > >
> > > The moments in between always do
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Every face, every person is a potential enemy
> > >
> > > Even kids can leave IED’s at the side of the
> road
> > >
> > > He lost a friend of his last week that way
> > >
> > > He won’t be so careless
> > >
> > > Or so he hopes
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At the end of the eleventh month his body reaches
> its limit
> > >
> > > Long hours on patrol
> > >
> > > Less fighting
> > >
> > > Less engagements, though the threat is still
> there
> > >
> > > Less hours of sleep
> > >
> > > The nightmares come more often
> > >
> > > Night after night the same
> > >
> > > Voices screaming inside his head
> > >
> > > Still there’s only one more month
> > >
> > > One more month until twelve back at home
> > >
> > > Then the news comes
> > >
> > > Three months more to wait
> > >
> > > He packs it all inside
> > >
> > > He’s a Marine
> > >
> > > He does what he has to do and survives
> > >
> > > Analyze, improvise, and overcome
> > >
> > > This is his motto
> > >
> > > Like so many others
> > >
> > > He does his time
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The day finally comes
> > >
> > > As he gets on the plane to leave this place
> > >
> > > This Hell that has haunted him for so long
> > >
> > > He raises a finger in defiance
> > >
> > > Others behind him do the same
> > >
> > > Yes, they are all Marines
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > He’s been home eleven months now
> > >
> > > Still the nightmares haunt his sleep
> > >
> > > Voices speak to him from empty rooms
> > >
> > > He often sleeps on the sofa
> > >
> > > Hoping not to wake his new wife
> > >
> > > He started therapy a month ago
> > >
> > > They can work through this the doctor assures
> him
> > >
> > > And of course the pills seem to help
> > >
> > > Most of the time
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > It’s Monday
> > >
> > > He goes out to the porch for the mail
> > >
> > > The temperature seems to drop at least ten
> degrees
> > >
> > > When he sees it
> > >
> > > He shakes as he opens the letter
> > >
> > > He had heard this might be coming
> > >
> > > But he hoped since he was still under treatment
> > >
> > > It might not
> > >
> > > He goes inside and starts laying out his plans
> > >
> > > He deploys for the second tour the next week
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > They told him his treatment would continue
> > >
> > > They promised him there would be plenty of pills
> > >
> > > Those ran out last month
> > >
> > > Still the nightmares torture his nights
> > >
> > > But now they continue even through the day
> > >
> > > He tells all of those who will listen
> > >
> > > “Everything’s going to be fine” is always
> their answer
> > >
> > > When there is an answer at all
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > His platoon walks into an ambush
> > >
> > > Snipers laid out on both flanks
> > >
> > > His friend next to him is hit in the shoulder
> > >
> > > And screams into his ear
> > >
> > > Blood splatters everywhere
> > >
> > > He stands up and with a soft voice
> > >
> > > Starts a final prayer
> > >
> > > He prays they are as good a shot as he is
> > >
> > > Seconds later his prayers are answered
> > >
> > > And finally he gets the one thing he has sought
> after
> > >
> > > And prayed for
> > >
> > > For so long
> > >
> > > Silence
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > An ocean away
> > >
> > > Another Marine sits at home
> > >
> > > Alone in a dark room
> > >
> > > He hasn’t slept for seven days
> > >
> > > The voices in his head won’t stop talking
> > >
> > > Won’t stop screaming
> > >
> > > He finally drives himself to the hospital
> > >
> > > Lays everything out to the doctor
> > >
> > > With tears in his eyes
> > >
> > > The Marine begs for help
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > After some quick tests
> > >
> > > And hours of waiting
> > >
> > > The doctor returns
> > >
> > > He tells him he needs rest
> > >
> > > And hands him a prescription to take home
> > >
> > > As he leave the room
> > >
> > > The doctor jots down a final note on his file
> > >
> > > “Not a danger to self, or to others”
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hours later the Marine finally stops his car
> > >
> > > The police have been chasing him for five miles
> > >
> > > Ninety miles and hour the wrong way on the
> highway
> > >
> > > He steps out of the vehicle
> > >
> > > Slowly lowers himself to his knees
> > >
> > > Raises his hands above his head
> > >
> > > And begs the officers to either cuff him or shoot
> him
> > >
> > > Before he can hurt any of them
> > >
> > > He begs them for the one thing he can not find
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Silence
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Ed Roberts 5/13/09
> > >
> > > Written for those who have lived this and
> survived and in remembrance for
> > > those who did not. Through my tears I will bleed
> words for you hoping that
> > > through them others will come to understand.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 12:46:22 +0200
> From: Anny Ballardini <anny.ballardini at gmail.com>
> Subject: [New-Poetry] Thrilled !
> To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News
> &, Views"
> <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
> Message-ID:
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> my *Ghost Dance in 33 Movements* is reviewed by Craig Hill
> on Jacket
> Magazine 37:
> http://jacketmagazine.com/37/r-ballardini-rb-hill.shtml
>
> Craig Hill's creative and critical works in progress can be
> found at
> http://scorecard.typepad.com
>
>
>
> --
> Anny Ballardini
> http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/
> http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome
> http://www.lulu.com/content/5806078
> http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html
> I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth
> to a dancing
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 08:55:59 -0400
> From: Halvard Johnson <halvard at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Thrilled !
> To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News
> &, Views"
> <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
> Message-ID:
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> Just FYI--the name is Crag Hill.
>
> Hal
>
> "My experience is what I agree to attend to."
> --William James
>
> Halvard Johnson
> ================
> halvard at gmail.com
> http://sites.google.com/site/halvardjohnson/Home
> http://entropyandme.blogspot.com
> http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com
> http://www.hamiltonstone.org
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Anny Ballardini
> <anny.ballardini at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > my *Ghost Dance in 33 Movements* is reviewed by Craig
> Hill on Jacket
> > Magazine 37:
> > http://jacketmagazine.com/37/r-ballardini-rb-hill..shtml
> >
> > Craig Hill's creative and critical works in progress
> can be found at
> > http://scorecard.typepad.com
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Anny Ballardini
> > http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/
> > http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome
> > http://www.lulu..com/content/5806078
> > http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html
> > I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give
> birth to a dancing
> > star!
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > New-Poetry mailing list
> > New-Poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu
> > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 15:12:44 +0200
> From: Anny Ballardini <anny.ballardini at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Thrilled !
> To: halvard at gmail.com,
> "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &,
> Views" <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
> Message-ID:
> <4b65c2d70905160612j7d7dceddw2ff6e58804889002 at mail.gmail.com>
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>
> Thanks, corrected on my blog.
>
> On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Halvard Johnson <halvard at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Just FYI--the name is Crag Hill.
> >
> > Hal
> >
> > "My experience is what I agree to attend to."
> > --William
> James
> >
> > Halvard Johnson
> > ================
> > halvard at gmail.com
> > http://sites.google.com/site/halvardjohnson/Home
> > http://entropyandme.blogspot.com
> > http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com
> > http://www.hamiltonstone.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Anny Ballardini <
> > anny.ballardini at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> my *Ghost Dance in 33 Movements* is reviewed by
> Craig Hill on Jacket
> >> Magazine 37:
> >> http://jacketmagazine.com/37/r-ballardini-rb-hill.shtml
> >>
> >> Craig Hill's creative and critical works in
> progress can be found at
> >> http://scorecard.typepad.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Anny Ballardini
> >> http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/
> >> http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome
> >> http://www.lulu.com/content/5806078
> >> http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html
> >> I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to
> give birth to a dancing
> >> star!
> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> New-Poetry mailing list
> >> New-Poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu
> >> http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry
> >>
> >>
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > New-Poetry mailing list
> > New-Poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu
> > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Anny Ballardini
> http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/
> http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome
> http://www.lulu.com/content/5806078
> http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html
> I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth
> to a dancing
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 11:21:38 -0500
> From: Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Thrilled !
> To: halvard at gmail.com,
> "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &
> Views" <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
> Message-ID: <4A0EE812.6020305 at nut-n-but.net>
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> Halvard Johnson wrote:
> > Just FYI--the name is Crag Hill.
> >
> > Hal
> You may be behind the times, Hal: last I heard, Crag was
> reducing it by
> another letter. He came into life as a Craig, and is
> now moving along.
> Can't remember what the new moniker is--"Cag?" But
> I'm afraid he's been
> a Crag too long for any further change to take proper
> effect.
>
> --bOb GrUmMaN
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 11:49:49 -0500
> From: Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Thrilled !
> To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News
> & Views"
> <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
> Message-ID: <4A0EEEAD.4050507 at nut-n-but.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1;
> format=flowed
>
> However, Crag spells his name, Enny, congratulations!
> No better poetry
> person around to notice and comment on one's work than he!
>
> --Bob
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 09:49:25 -0600
> From: Uche Ogbuji <uche at ogbuji.net>
> Subject: [New-Poetry] Curious about lack of search engine
> presence
> To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News
> & Views"
> <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
> Message-ID: <4A0EE085.3070304 at ogbuji.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> I've noticed archived messages from this list doesn't show
> up in e.g.
> Google search results. Was this set up on purpose
> (e.g. using
> robots.txt to tell Google and friends to gerroff) in order
> to avoid the
> problem where some journals will refuse to publish a poem
> if it's
> appeared *anywhere* on the Internet?
>
> --
> Uche Ogbuji
> http://uche.ogbuji.net
> Founding Partner, Zepheira http://zepheira.com
> Linked-in profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ucheogbuji
> Articles: http://uche.ogbuji.net/tech/publications/
> friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/uche
> Join me at STC09:
> * http://www.semantic-conference.com
> * http://friendfeed.com/stc09
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 12:19:34 -0400
> From: Halvard Johnson <halvard at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Thrilled !
> To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News
> &, Views"
> <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
> Message-ID:
> <f160a1210905160919w16e50e64wee75dd0fe299156c at mail.gmail..com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> On his website it's Crg.
>
> Hal
>
> "My experience is what I agree to attend to."
> --William James
>
> Halvard Johnson
> ================
> halvard at gmail.com
> http://sites.google.com/site/halvardjohnson/Home
> http://entropyandme.blogspot.com
> http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com
> http://www.hamiltonstone.org
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>wrote:
>
> > However, Crag spells his name, Enny,
> congratulations! No better poetry
> > person around to notice and comment on one's work than
> he!
> >
> > --Bob
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > New-Poetry mailing list
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> Message: 9
> Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 12:58:16 -0400
> From: jforjames at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Curious about lack of search
> engine presence
> To: new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu
> Message-ID: <8CBA45EA3BB0AF9-C6C-186 at WEBMAIL-DG12.sim.aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Uche, I don't know why?the?Archives page?doesn't get picked
> up by Google. It's not hidden as far as I know. But maybe
> because it contains email addresses it's protected from
> programs that harvest email addresses for spam purposes.
>
> Anyway, If anyone is looking for the archives page, the
> link appears on our information page...
> http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry
> And that URL should turn up on the search engines.
> Finnegan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Uche Ogbuji <uche at ogbuji.net>
> Sent: Sat, 16 May 2009 11:49 am
> Subject: [New-Poetry] Curious about lack of search engine
> presence
>
>
>
> I've noticed archived messages from this list doesn't show
> up in e.g.
> Google search results. Was this set up on purpose
> (e.g. using
> robots.txt to tell Google and friends to gerroff) in order
> to avoid the
> problem where some journals will refuse to publish a poem
> if it's
> appeared *anywhere* on the Internet?
>
> --
> Uche Ogbuji
> http://uche.ogbuji.net
> Founding Partner, Zepheira http://zepheira.com
> Linked-in profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ucheogbuji
> Articles: http://uche.ogbuji.net/tech/publications/
> friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/uche
> Join me at STC09:
> * http://www.semantic-conference.com
> * http://friendfeed.com/stc09
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> Message: 10
> Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 18:58:40 +0200
> From: Anny Ballardini <anny.ballardini at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Thrilled !
> To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News
> &, Views"
> <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
> Message-ID:
> <4b65c2d70905160958o1dec4b21t4a8af8ed1609451d at mail.gmail.com>
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>
> Hey, I'm not an Enny!
> But thanks and thanks. Crg has been way too too good to me,
> and I did not
> ask for the review, it just rained down from the clouds
> this morning thanks
> to Pam Brown's mail.
>
> On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>wrote:
>
> > However, Crag spells his name, Enny,
> congratulations! No better poetry
> > person around to notice and comment on one's work than
> he!
> >
> > --Bob
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > New-Poetry mailing list
> > New-Poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu
> > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Anny Ballardini
> http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/
> http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome
> http://www.lulu.com/content/5806078
> http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html
> I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth
> to a dancing
> star!
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> Message: 11
> Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 13:56:45 -0500
> From: Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Curious about lack of search
> engine presence
> To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News
> & Views"
> <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
> Message-ID: <4A0F0C6D.5080200 at nut-n-but.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1;
> format=flowed
>
> jforjames at aol.com
> wrote:
> > Uche, I don't know why the Archives page doesn't get
> picked up by
> > Google. It's not hidden as far as I know. But maybe
> because it
> > contains email addresses it's protected from programs
> that harvest
> > email addresses for spam purposes.
> And the Archives only goes back to the beginning of 2005,
> right?
>
> --Bob
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 12
> Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 14:12:18 -0400
> From: jforjames at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Curious about lack of search
> engine presence
> To: new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu
> Message-ID: <8CBA468FBDC629A-C6C-383 at WEBMAIL-DG12.sim.aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Unfortunately that's true, Bob. Somewhere along the way,
> unbeknownst to me, some changes were made to the system and
> somehow?the early years of our archives?got lost/dumped.?My
> tech contact said?he'd look for them?and try to restore
> them.?But that didn't seem to?happen and since?we're not
> paying for this service, it?'s hard to?get attention for
> anything that's not a critical listserv failure.
>
> As I've said before, it's?best to save?those posts you
> think are keepers rather than rely on fickle gods of free
> IT.
> Finnegan?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>
> Sent: Sat, 16 May 2009 2:56 pm
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Curious about lack of search
> engine presence
>
>
> jforjames at aol.com
> wrote:?
> > Uche, I don't know why the Archives page doesn't get
> picked up by > Google. It's not hidden as far as I know.
> But maybe because it > contains email addresses it's
> protected from programs that harvest > email addresses
> for spam purposes.?
> And the Archives only goes back to the beginning of 2005,
> right??
> ?
> --Bob?
> ?
> _______________________________________________?
> New-Poetry mailing list?
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> Message: 13
> Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 14:21:04 -0400
> From: jforjames at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Thrilled !
> To: new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu
> Message-ID: <8CBA46A35268637-C6C-3BF at WEBMAIL-DG12.sim.aol.com>
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>
>
> Congrats on the review, Anny. Speaking of 'crags', I must
> post (below)?a quote I love:
> Finnegan
>
> The best line is a towering crag.
> It won't be woven into an ordinary song.
> The mind can't find a match for it
> but casts about, unwilling to give up..
>
>
> Lu Ji, quoted in The Act of Writing: Teachings of the
> Chinese Masters,?(Shambala, 1996), translated by Tony
> Barnstone and Chou Ping
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anny Ballardini <anny.ballardini at gmail.com>
> Sent: Sat, 16 May 2009 12:58 pm
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Thrilled !
>
>
>
> Hey, I'm not an Enny!
> But thanks and thanks. Crg has been way too too good to me,
> and I did not ask for the review, it just rained down from
> the clouds this morning thanks to Pam Brown's mail.
>
>
> On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>
> wrote:
>
> However, Crag spells his name, Enny, congratulations! ?No
> better poetry person around to notice and comment on one's
> work than he!
>
> --Bob
>
>
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> Message: 14
> Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 12:33:36 -0600
> From: Uche Ogbuji <uche at ogbuji.net>
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Curious about lack of search
> engine presence
> To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News
> & Views"
> <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
> Message-ID: <4A0F0700.9060709 at ogbuji.net>
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> jforjames at aol.com
> wrote:
> > Unfortunately that's true, Bob. Somewhere along the
> way, unbeknownst to
> > me, some changes were made to the system and somehow
> the early years of
> > our archives got lost/dumped. My tech contact said
> he'd look for
> > them and try to restore them. But that didn't seem to
> happen and
> > since we're not paying for this service, it 's hard to
> get attention for
> > anything that's not a critical listserv failure.
> >
> > As I've said before, it's best to save those posts you
> think are keepers
> > rather than rely on fickle gods of free IT.
>
> Ooh, ow, that's not something we can let happen, and I
> think I happen to
> be in a position to do something about it.
>
> I'll work today on setting up a search-able archive/mirror
> for the list.
>
> In case Finnegan's tech can't recover the lost archives, I
> might be able
> to with some help. If you have been on this list from
> the start, and
> you have been saving all the e-mail to a folder, please let
> me know by
> direct e-mail. I should be able to take a mailbox
> file, and recover any
> messages that are not on the official archives. I can
> help you with
> instructions on how to copy your e-mail folder to me.
> Obviously, you'll
> want to have kept new-po messages in a separate folder
> containing no
> personal mail.
>
> In general, if there are any ways I can put my technical
> skills to use
> improving this wonderful list, let me know.
>
>
> --
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> Message: 15
> Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 12:45:46 -0600
> From: Uche Ogbuji <uche at ogbuji.net>
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Curious about lack of search
> engine presence
> To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News
> & Views"
> <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
> Message-ID: <4A0F09DA.1020507 at ogbuji.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> Uche Ogbuji wrote:
> > I'll work today on setting up a search-able
> archive/mirror for the list.
>
> I do still want to check, though, on one matter. If
> the list archives
> were available to search engine crawlers, all our
> work/discussion/etc.,
> would of course be easier to find. That's probably a
> good thing in
> general, but in case folks have been using it for a
> sounding board for
> poems before submitting them to a publication, I don't know
> if there
> would be any danger such work would be disqualified.
> I'm far outside
> the poetry publishing scene, so for all I know, I'm just
> over-extrapolating from the stern warnings I've noticed on
> publishers'
> calls for submissions.
>
>
> --
> Uche Ogbuji
> http://uche.ogbuji.net
> Founding Partner, Zepheira http://zepheira.com
> Linked-in profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ucheogbuji
> Articles: http://uche.ogbuji.net/tech/publications/
> friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/uche
> Join me at STC09:
> * http://www.semantic-conference.com
> * http://friendfeed.com/stc09
>
>
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>
> Message: 16
> Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 14:50:16 -0400
> From: TheOldMole <Opus40-01 at opus40.org>
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Thrilled !
> To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News
> & Views"
> <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
> Message-ID: <4A0F0AE8.9090002 at opus40.org>
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> format=flowed
>
> Will this also appear on Crgslst?
>
> Seriously -- great news.
>
> jforjames at aol.com
> wrote:
> > Congrats on the review, Anny. Speaking of 'crags', I
> must post
> > (below) a quote I love:
> > Finnegan
> >
> > The best line is a towering crag.
> > It won't be woven into an ordinary song.
> > The mind can't find a match for it
> > but casts about, unwilling to give up.
> >
> > Lu Ji, quoted in /The Act of Writing: Teachings of the
> Chinese
> > Masters, /(Shambala, 1996), translated by Tony
> Barnstone and Chou Ping
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Anny Ballardini <anny.ballardini at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Sat, 16 May 2009 12:58 pm
> > Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Thrilled !
> >
> > Hey, I'm not an Enny!
> > But thanks and thanks. Crg has been way too too good
> to me, and I did
> > not ask for the review, it just rained down from the
> clouds this
> > morning thanks to Pam Brown's mail.
> >
> > On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net
>
> > <mailto:bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>>
> wrote:
> >
> > However, Crag spells his name,
> Enny, congratulations! No better
> > poetry person around to notice
> and comment on one's work than he!
> >
> > --Bob
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Anny Ballardini
> > http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/
> > http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome
> > http://www.lulu.com/content/5806078
> > http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html
> > I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give
> birth to a
> > dancing star!
> >
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