Happy New Year - Gillian Welsh & Oliver de la Paz
This, by Gillian Welsh is available from her website, signed, for $45.00. It seems a proper way to welcome 2008, doesn't it?
Here's another, by Oliver de la Paz, from Furious Lullaby:
Penitence Essay
A blue flame arrows
its way through the globe of my eye.
Perhaps I was "pain" or had a broken knuckle,
a bloodied nose on the playground.
I've begged for it, but
I'll beg longer. I've been there.
I've seen winter childhoods
on the merry-go-round.
The holy light from the school,
jagged as the steam from the heat exhaust
quivers like tacky sentences
slivered between teeth.
It's cold. I beg you. It's cold.
posted by John Gallaher @ 6:21 AM
4 comments
4 Comments:
Call me a fuddy-duddy (or an editor), but it should be "lie" down and die. Just saying.
Hey handsome John,
I agree with Diane. Is it really so hard to use "lie" (present tense or nominative case) and "lay" (past tense or objective case) correctly? I would think that being a writer is about taking care with one's words, which after all are also everyone else's.
Take good care, and stay warm.
peace, poetry, and proper grammar,
Reginald
Dear Fuddy-duddys and editors,
Which is why singers (Gillian Welsh & David Rawlings, in this case) should always consult writers before writing.
And "lie" and "die" sound so much better together anyway.
;-) Thanks for the love, John.
I can now lie down and die.
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