<And I am still filling in the gaps left by reading
nothing but detective novels for 30 years.>
:-)
by the way, as many of you would know, Umberto Eco was
in the country recently, Goa and then Pondicherry.
was anyone on this list privileged enough to hear him?
would be great if its yes, and will be even better
if we can get some 'first hand' account of the master.
PS> sorry again for a non-poetry post :-)
--- jane bhandari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey Ronnie, I only asked if you meant it - crotch,
> or crutch?
>
> Larkin is a favourite poet. His poem For Sidney
> Bechet is a masterpiece, and it is a pity he is
> almost invariably judged by They Fuck You Up. I know
> he was out to shock in that particular poem, but it
> is consistent in its anger. In your poem the
> vulgarity of crotch, as used, jarred because it was
> so inconsistent with the rest.
>
> A bit like smacking the butterfly...
>
> Now can we close this subject and have something
> else from you? Something erotic?
> I think the subject of crotches can be relegated to
> Playboy.
>
> jane
>
> Thank you for saying my influence is profound! But I
> rather doubt it. Anything I say comes from an inner
> conviction rather than education, from reading
> rather than tuition. And I am still filling in the
> gaps left by reading nothing but detective novels
> for 30 years.
>
> For Sidney Bechet
>
> That note you hold, narrowing and rising, shakes
> Like New Orleans reflected on the water,
> And in all ears appropriate falsehood wakes,
>
> Building for some a legendary Quarter
> Of balconies, flower-baskets and quadrilles,
> Everyone making love and going shares -
>
> Oh play that thing! Mute glorious Storyvilles
> Others may license, grouping round their chairs
> Sporting-house girls like tigers (priced
>
> Far above rubies) to pretend their fads,
> While scholars manques nod around unnoticed
> Wrapped up in personnels like old plaids.
>
> On me your voice falls as they say love should,
> Like an enormous yes. My Crescent city
> Is where your speech alone is understood,
>
> And greeted as the natural noise of good,
> Scattering long-haired grief and scored pity.
>
> Philip Larkin
>
>
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