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An engaging video, Alan. You have used some interesting words that you have come across or misheard.
Your final verse I found quite emotional even though you have given the listener the opportunity to rework.
My first thoughts were of poverty during childhood, a lost and found happiness, something which was found and cherished within your third line.

I downloaded this last night and look forward to reading your verses, and all the other poet's work.

Congratulations, Chen Ou, nice to know all you hard work is appreciated.

Hi light pilgrim

I look forward to reading the work of WG Sebald. I had to look up Santos Campo - cemetery/burial place, now that piqued my interest.

Lorraine was kind enough to send me some pdf files on  various writers. I started on the last two. The second one I'm in the process of reading -Scotus, Hopkins and living in the particular- an interesting read.

A quote from it: read not slovenly with the eyes but take a deep breath and read it with the ears.
And isn't this the way with poetry, and more so with the short form verses such as haiku and related forms.

At the moment I'm reading a book by Thomas Merton-when the trees say nothing- nature writing.
This I feel is much the same as the way of writing zuihitzu, minus the verses.

It will be interesting to read the passages of his encounters with animals, knowing the nature of the beast is an important part of capturing their true nature within words.

Back to work, then down to more reading, later on.

When you come back.

I was going to down load the kindle version, glad I didn't after reading your conversation.

I've seen different ways poets writ this zuihitzu, is there no right way. I like what I saw in the advanced mentoring section, so, I'll go with this.

I would indeed be more than happy for you to send me info.

Apart from, Lorraine and Chen-Ou's zuihitzu poetry, I have found nothing else of this calibre. I have searched but nothing has come up to match these.
All I find is sporadic sentences that make no sense.

The words, instress and inscape is interesting know about. Something to consider when I, eventually, get to grips with this zuihitzu and produce an experimental piece.

A link to swatting up on this would be welcome.

Thankyou in advance.

'beautiful monsters' like the sound of that, and look forward to reading the entries selected.
A long way off, but worth the wait by the sound of things.

Just been reading through this-

Quote-

'you're snobbily name dropping, trying to show off that you are part of the elite, and sneering at the folk who aren't'

pottygok, you couldn't be more WRONG if you tried.