The difference is that these are dialogic, call-and-response, not finished, shaped, by a single author. So they're also a bit like renga...
- Alan On Wed, 10 Aug 2005, Thomas savage wrote:
These poems or works I see like this on this listserv and other places seem to be trying to outdo or under-do the great Samuel Beckett whose works got shorter as he got older. It is my suggestion that they do not succeed in this regard. I have now seen many such entries both here and sometimes in the Buffalo listserv. It may be that noone could be further from the minds of the authors of these miniworks than Beckett but, if that is the case, I suggest they look or re-examine Beckett's late work. Dan Waber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:you --------------------------------- Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page
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