tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407034878188607881.post6304468067210687854..comments2024-03-28T13:03:59.666-07:00Comments on Tillalala Chronicles: Anatomy Of A PoemJohn Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873070309448793816noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407034878188607881.post-31327359406773684872010-06-03T11:12:52.487-07:002010-06-03T11:12:52.487-07:00John,
Thanks for this. You go so deeply into your...John,<br /><br />Thanks for this. You go so deeply into your subjects that each essay is a life-force, an energy source in itself.<br /><br />McClure's recent reading at Moe's is available on-line here: http://telegraph-books.net/mondayarchive/audio/100519-mcclure.mp3 In it, he reads the poem Mysteriosos 1 and he mentions the old whore reference as being inspired by a Zen painter, whose name I cannot begin to spell, but sounds like Pacoween.<br /><br />Keep up the good work.<br /><br />PaulSplabmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08068813038783953187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407034878188607881.post-38435953166623387382010-06-03T08:01:00.162-07:002010-06-03T08:01:00.162-07:00Or the vertical mark may be a pool stick pocketing...Or the vertical mark may be a pool stick pocketing the dot. Or a fob attached to a pocket watch. What tick on a stick balks at picking a locket?<br /><br />I appreciate your exegesis. It doesn't denude McClure's poem; rather, it clothes this Möbius stripper with meaning. I've been reading September Blackberries--dressing the poems with my eyes. Admiring the conflations of dichotomies: "THE PANDA IS A PEACOCK...PLATO EQUALS CHARLIE CHAPLIN...LIGHT AND DARKNESS ARE ARBITRARY DIVISIONS...CLEANLINESS IS UNDEFINABLE AND AS NATURAL AS FILTH." Makes me want to go back to The Proverbs of Hell.Delia Psychehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03020484032408233158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407034878188607881.post-15940660199383851522010-06-02T07:59:57.313-07:002010-06-02T07:59:57.313-07:00Hi Jhn,
This is a really good one. I like the d...Hi Jhn, <br /><br />This is a really good one. I like the discussion of the skin and muscles = wall of stars. In addition to what you write, I see it as an aspect of McClure's insatiably curious + optimistic intelligence: he wants to get it all, and he seems certain that he will. <br /><br />As for "QUICK / !!!" yes I agree 186,000 per second, but also the blink of an eye, the beat (ceased) of your heart.Steven Famahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117noreply@blogger.com