this is wonderfull; i love benadette mayer and now you too and don't know where to start crying & kissing your poem.
and allan's question: what is it that they carry, that speaks be nice to know the answer, or at least where to look. george spencer --- Sheila Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you could know how welcome your feedback is, Alan > . . . well, I guess you do! Thank you very much. > Bless you, Sheila > > Alan Sondheim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is > absolutely brilliant; I have no idea of the > circumstances it was > written within/under, but pain often brings the > strongest work (I've felt > that for example re: Bernadette Mayer and for that > matter Paul Chamberland > - if you remember him at all - for a long time). > Anti-colonialist, anti- > war writings, writings of the oppressed - what is it > that they carry, that > speaks - not only in terms of psychology and > empathy, but also the > language itself, urgency? > > - Alan, musing > > > On Thu, 21 Sep 2006, Sheila Murphy wrote: > > > Big full-of-the-love heart b(ull)rushes up against > the bully heart and then what? > > Coaches on the side past, present and to come > exclaim beatitudes on steroids, trying to get a > rise, it's called, out of the hurt heart. > > "Tell her to _____ (let's call it "collapse") > herself." > > "Tell her to off herself." > > "Tell her she couldn't become interesting if she > had every morself of her routine body replaced." > > "Tell her she will always be a drudge machine > nobody loves." > > > > Big full-of-the-hurt heart disappoints the coaches > > and drowns pills for years instead. > > Big full-of-fatigue heart turns drip-dry with > sadness in the sun. > > Big full-of-admiration heart seeks to age kindly > without kiss thirst, > > while out on the the surrounding lawn it always > rains sans prompt, > > and roller-coaster thought continues making marks > on the experiential sky. > > Big full-of-self-infliced-hurt heart fevers into > sleep. > > > > Big full-of-the-insanity-clause heart decides it's > never easy not to die, > > Having once died, and come back as a saint. > > Big full-of-the-acclaimed heart offers crisis as > proof of breath. > > Big full heart finds a light to watch and watches. > > Big heart tries to self sustain where there are > other hearts. > > Big heart pieces together versions of the recent > history as if to make it early. > > Big heart ceases to be large enough, as as to > wedge into the tiny size allowed by its untenable > surroundings. > > > > > > sheila e. murphy > > > > blog at http://nikuko.blogspot.com - for URLs, DVDs, > CDs, books/etc. see > http://www.asondheim.org/advert.txt - contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED], - > general directory of work: http://www.asondheim.org > Trace at: http://tracearchive.ntu.ac.uk - search > "Alan Sondheim" > http://clc.as.wvu.edu:8080/clc/Members/sondheim > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
