Abstract
I could write through the table, cursively gouge down to the hieroglyphs living in our capitals. B, E and M are some of my favourites; house, man and water. Dusted with logic and sand I set them right against gentlemen thieves burning in the east. The dirt piles up at my back, tradition blocking the stairs and the light at the bottom of the stairwell.
‘Sometimes a word will start it’ — John Ashbery
Sometimes a letter.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Editor information
Copyright information
© 1992 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Corcoran, K. (1992). Sometimes a Word will Start it. In: Riley, D. (eds) Poets on Writing. Language, Discourse, Society. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22048-9_25
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22048-9_25
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-0-333-47130-2
Online ISBN: 978-1-349-22048-9
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts CollectionLiterature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)