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IN MY CRAFT OR SULLEN ART
Whether from intellectual snobbery or a formally made choice
or wilful ignorance I genuinely cannot remember but,
while my peers strove to be tuned in to the Station of the Stars –
the shifting wave lengths of Luxembourg, and the easy wiles
of Horace Batchelor’s ‘Infra-draws’ and Jimmy Savile’s ‘Guys ‘n Gals’ –
I would listen, on a plastic Bush valve radio in my bedroom,
to the Third Programme and heard, one night, by chance,
in Richard Burtons’s malted baritone, ‘To begin at the beginning:
it is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless
and bible-black…’ and I knew then that the making of words –
the dark, solitary skill – would craft mind and heart, soul and brain.
6 responses to “IN MY CRAFT OR SULLEN ART”
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I just connected, your poetry reminds me of W S Graham. I think Eliot was his publisher.
Some time back, Sept 2013, I wrote a blog post that included some lines of W S Graham.
I’m looking forward to your novella coming out soon ?-
An interesting and flattering comparison, Ashen – for which thanks. What is it that prompted you to make the connection, please?
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The question mark was supposed to be a sun.
Keyboard misinterpretation 🙂-
Freudian?
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The memories that it recalls, though mine weren’t solely of Luxembourg but VOA’s Jazz Hour, classics that remain to enliven the jaded palate to this day.
Thanks as always, David.
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Ah, Voice of America!
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