The Alan Sondheim Mail Archive

June 2, 2006


(reworking, thinking more and more about death, now something about my 
heart)


What will you see?

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decades Cry younger Azure! Cry younger are Cry than decades Cry younger
than Azure! younger me. You younger decades are decades from decades
decades from younger decades now. me. decades now. decades younger now.
now. younger now. will than from most Three from likely decades from be
now. from be will from dead. likely from dead. be now. be You I be get
will be up likely likely up be likely in You likely in get be in in be in
morning. dead. in You will up will get up get in up up morning. up up will
up up get in get in the get the morning. get You will will You get will
will in will will morning. get will will get will look up will the in You
window. morning. You What will You will out You will the You will What
will will you look What see? out What will the What will What window. you
you window. you What What you you What you see? will you will you will you
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debris see? see? field What see? around will see? around see? you ground
debris you ground swirls see? ground ground see? ground zero the ground
debris debris ground field swirls around says around around the zero
around the debris around the says ground the world zero the returns the
says me debris says me says says of world says rock to says rock me says
of rock the of metal world of and to me of me me flesh rock me flesh metal
me flesh of of flesh and rock flesh bone and of singing metal of its of of
lonely and of song bone of song its of song song flesh lonely - and lonely
- singing lonely - its its - song its - - its - - lonely - - song - - - -
- - - - - - 0b - - 0b - - 0b - - 0b 0b - 0b 0b - 0b 0b - 0b 0b - - 0b 0b -
0b 0b - 0b 0b 0b 0b 0b 0b 0b 0b 0b 0b oh 0b 0b why 0b 0b did 0b 0b no 0b
0b no why 0b no no 0b no one 0b did <Nikuko> 0b did You why did will no
why will listen? why will <Nikuko> did will will no will me one will by
listen? You my <Nikuko> You deeds, will You I me You I my You I I will I
will know deeds, your me deeds, lover! my deeds, * I my * will deeds, *
your deeds, * * I * writers I * everywhere be * taking your lover! you *
lover! inside writers lover! inside taking lover! inside inside * inside
goodbye Nikuko you you writers you breathing taking you You you you You
goodbye you will you you will You inside You get inside You up are You in
you breathing the You breathing morning. get breathing morning. in
breathing morning. the You morning. What will morning. you get the see? in
the in the the in What the the you the the in morning. in middle morning.
in of will in the you see? road in see? ball middle see? ball of see? ball
road in ball ball the ball knuckle middle road knuckle of road knuckle
road road knuckle ball road knuckle knuckle road knuckle knuckle ball
knuckle knuckle ball knuckle knuckle hand knuckle knuckle knuckle knuckle
lip knuckle knuckle nail knuckle knuckle nail knuckle knuckle nail lip
knuckle nail nail knuckle nail nail knuckle nail nail knuckle lip nostril
lip lip nostril nail lip palm nail lip palm nostril nail palm palm nail
nostril distant nail nostril herons nail nostril hello, nail nail mind.
palm nail mind. distant nostril mind. hello, nostril mind. ~o palm mind.
FIRE - mind. FIRE distant hello, FIRE hello, hello, FIRE ~o hello, FIRE
FIRE hello, FIRE FIRE mind. FIRE FIRE mind. FIRE FIRE ~o FIRE FIRE FIRE
FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE
FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE
testing FIRE FIRE testing FIRE FIRE testing testing FIRE testing two FIRE
FIRE three FIRE FIRE can FIRE FIRE you testing FIRE you two FIRE hear can
FIRE hear hear testing you me? one you radio two you ???? can can ???? you
can ? me? can ? radio you ? ? you ? ( hear ???? ?? look ???? 02:37:22
radio ???? ) ? ???? ) ( ???? NIKUKO 02:37:22 ???? NIKUKO ) ? ) ? ?????? )
hello ( ) nikuko 02:37:22 02:37:22 nikuko ) 02:37:22 speaking ? 02:37:22
speaking is ) speaking speaking ) speaking i NIKUKO speaking am ? nikuko
very is nikuko honored speaking nikuko to i nikuko to am nikuko to honored
speaking to be : honored here i honored * am honored * honored very Nikuko
be very Nikuko daughter honored Nikuko Nikuko honored Nikuko want to
Nikuko be be * alone daughter * this Nikuko * evening want * evening be *
evening this Nikuko evening of want this white to this and be this and
this alone stars of alone stars dust this stars stars this stars <Nikuko>
evening stars I of stars will dust and paint and and in <Nikuko> and in I
and in paint stars in nail-head <Nikuko> paint line! Ah, paint swallow I
paint swallow paint paint line! nail-head paint line! in paint * swallow
paint line! * in line! painters nail-head line! her in swallow torn
swallow swallow skin * swallow skin painters swallow skin torn line! skin
into * skin many Nikuko torn kanji painters torn <Nikuko> torn torn Her
into torn dark many torn

YES! - Alan



The University of Alberta Press is pleased to introduce to you a new
collection of poetry by Douglas Barbour and Sheila E. Murphy, entitled
Continuations.

Click on link to view in detail:

http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664

�Continuations is an ongoing riff, almost a jazz improvisation, by a
'figure' constructed by the interaction of two individual poets working in
collaboration to follow wherever language may lead them.��Doug Barbour

Below is a summary of details about this innovative piece of work for your
reference. Feel free to forward this notice to others whom may be interested
in knowing about it. If you are interested in reviewing this title please
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Thank you for taking a look at what is new at the U of A Press.

With best regards,
Chau


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Continuations
Douglas Barbour
Sheila E. Murphy
�The strength of this book is in its quick-change artistry, the sensation of
flux that is continuous, and capable at any moment of erupting into epiphany
or surprise.��Roo Borson

Across great distances and a panorama shaped by words, poets Douglas Barbour
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Douglas Barbour and Sheila E. Murphy have each published many books of
poetry. Professor Emeritus at the University of Alberta, Barbour lives in
Edmonton, while Murphy makes Phoenix, Arizona her home.

When I'm dead and I'm looking for my baby


    "I look for my baby, she's nowhee re around"
    (Im Gonna Gonna Gonna) See My Baby, Rusty  Doug,
    Im Gonna Have Some Fun Im Left
    Youre Right Shes Gone, Hayden Thompson,
    Been Around The World Hey Yeah Hmmmm
    Well its been four lonely days and three lonely nights
    Looking for my baby but shes nowhere in sight
    Be around when I need a break Thats why
    I got four days to love my baby All because I
    want my loved one, but shes nowhere around
    Looking for my woman but she aint
    nowhere around Everybody turns when my
    baby walks by Shes something to see she really
    catches your eye
    My gal aint nowhere around Now
    youre three times seven Shes so sweet,
    so sweet, my little woman, so sweet See my baby
    comin, dont get so smart
    Been around the world and I I cant even find myself Well
    its been four lonely days and three lonely nights Looking for
    my baby but shes nowhere in sight
    Shes strong And I might be wrong But my
    babys so strong
    Shes got a pretty little plan, nowhere to go
    nights Looking for my baby but
    shes nowhere in sight See Ive traveled far
    See Ive been around the world and I I cant
    find my lover Been around
    Been around the world
    and I I cant even find myself Well its been four lonely
    days and three lonely nights Looking for my baby but
    shes nowhere in sight
    around the world and I I cant even find myself Well
    its been four lonely days and three lonely nights Looking for
    my baby but shes nowhere in sight I look
    for my baby, she`s nowhere around The
    night was dark, rain falling down, I looked for my baby but she's
    nowhere around
    The night was dark rain falling down look for my baby
    shes nowhere around Traced her footsteps down to
    the shore afraid shes gone for evermore I looked at
    The night was black rain falling down look
    for my baby shes nowhere around Traced her footsteps
    down to the shore afraid shes gone for evermore I
    how are things going in the small dark movie of your life
    late at night you away and sighs but
    where is maria? theres a dirty rain falling like the
    The night was dark, rain
    falling down Looked for my baby shes nowhere around
    But when the night came, the weather to a
    raging storm had turned.
    youve come too far to go back home So youre walkin on a
    nowhere road Ill be blastin
    down some back road with my baby next to me
    The night was dark, rain falling down Looked for
    my baby shes nowhere around Traced her footsteps
    down to the shore ,Fraid shes gone forever more
    rain will fall until I see your face I close my eyes
    Shes my gift from the Lord or a fiend from
    Hell Thats my baby
    to, baby, nowhere to hide Got nowhere to run to,
    baby, why me, oh baby why me Well I
    looked around my room I pushed over my closet I
    and white lending light to take away my sweet dark
    night, But the postman I could depend on,
    rain or storm hed come every day,
    Shes Dead, Separations, Down By The River,
    Countdown, My Legendary but hes so
    far away / oh and the night is dark between them now /
    My God, my God, The night was dark,
    rain falling down, I looked for my baby but she`s nowhere around


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