tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post8977283558479356673..comments2024-02-18T19:36:43.844+11:00Comments on theatre notes: Elephant stamps, Rilke and so onAlison Croggonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-44594901341201779642007-01-23T04:34:00.000+11:002007-01-23T04:34:00.000+11:00What, did Michael Billington rework your poem, or ...What, did Michael Billington rework your poem, or did irish poets do a makeover? Tres confusing. <br /><br />I loved that poem by the way, I still have it ready to pull out in a voice class this year sometime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-10909571889890878152007-01-22T12:45:00.000+11:002007-01-22T12:45:00.000+11:00Mysterious indeed. Quite a lot of it is one of my ...Mysterious indeed. Quite a lot of it is one of my poems put through a vitamiser with a dash of Michael Billington. Confusing perhaps to TN readers, but hardly <i>cruel</i>...Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-50048106146493851722007-01-22T11:02:00.000+11:002007-01-22T11:02:00.000+11:00Sorry but what do you mean by that, irish poets?Sorry but what do you mean by that, irish poets?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-75215907886919829072007-01-22T09:04:00.000+11:002007-01-22T09:04:00.000+11:00Artists can be more cruel than a cardinal sin of "...Artists can be more cruel than a cardinal sin of "bad art" said<br />Billington.<br /><br />He dabbled with your Ode<br /><br />Even the air no longer greets us.<br />Differently - pinching our dream<br />to wake a skin of words beyond us.<br />Killing mouths of men who love<br />work simple sorcery in things no<br />longer extant. <br /><br />Speak difficult magic and say<br /><br />"A clump of CoirĂ FilĂochtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15137576329670368944noreply@blogger.com