RE: Patti's New Poem

["William DeNoyelles" <vajrashiva>]

I agree.
Way heavy handed.
A lot of times a persons in ability to handle extreme loss, grief or
tregedy becomes an over zealous outward focus. Hence loss of a bit of soul.
I'd have to also say the languahe iteslef seems a bit sophmoric...

I'd take personal self absorbtion over poltico babbble.

It's what makes Trampin' unremarkable and a work that cannot stand the test
of time.

They should've waited to combineg Gung Ho with Trampin' replacing the last
section of gung Ho with the 3 listenable tracks of trampin,.

She's still a great talent and i hope age leads her into more solid portic
realms.

Read Bernadette Mayer instead.


> [Original Message]
> From: Paul Perner <ravensdawn>
> To: babel-list <babel-list>
> Date: 4/29/2007 3:26:11 AM
> Subject: Patti's New Poem
>
> Back in the days of Seventh Heaven and Witt, I carried those books
> in my coat pocket for almost a year absorbing each tough, short, to
> the point rock n roll poem slowly, turning maybe a page a week.
> They were so good I didn't want the books to end.
>
> Now I can't relate too Patti's endless, heavy-handed apocalyptic litanies.
> Sorry, I'll always love Patti, her soul and music, but I'd had enough
> poetic flag waving and thunder drumming for this decade. 
>
> Give me a 25 year old Jersey girl's one-two punch perspective of
> the streets of New York City. That's what I tugged on Patti's
> coat tail for 32 years ago and it still hits my heart stronger than
> this big boom boom God stuff.
>
> Can anyone relate?
>
> Paul
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: L French <lrfrench>
> > 
> > As a special thank you, here is Patti's new poem: 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > THE SWORD OF GOD 
> > 
> > I saw the sword of God plunge 
> > into the heart of the walled city 
> > I felt the blood pumping 
> > the ancient chambers