basil bunting and palestine

a good site for folks to check out:::

http://a-mother-from-gaza.blogspot.com/.


also, some good advice from the northumbrian poet, basil bunting:::

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I SUGGEST
1. Compose aloud; poetry is a sound.
2. Vary rhythm enough to stir the emotion you want but not so as to lose impetus.
3. Use spoken words and syntax.
4. Fear adjective; they bleed nouns. Hate the passive.
5. Jettison ornament gaily but keep shape

Put your poem away till you forget it, then:
6. Cut out every word you dare.
7. Do it again a week later, and again.

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