I see the reference now - I actually bought ARK from the US. A strange and beautiful work. Somewhere between Zukofsky's 'A',and his '80 Flowers'); a nod to various of the modernist/postmodernist poets/artists; and to (and Milton or Herbert), and - not sure - it's like a kind of magical word music composition like Joyce's "Finnegan's Wake"...
Joyce ("Just read it as if it is a huge poem.") Also ARK -
Science into mystery amd music...
Actually at a strange remove it reminds me also of Alan Sondheim's strange (but much vaster) work - at times... see the link on my Blog...
And he "references" all sorts of things - I just saw an obvious ref to WCW's
Ross - what do you mean here? I am interested in Johnson's ARK.
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Its a quote from Beam 30:
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ARK is amazing. one of my favourite poems.
ReplyDeleteI see the reference now - I actually bought ARK from the US.
ReplyDeleteA strange and beautiful work. Somewhere between Zukofsky's 'A',and his '80 Flowers'); a nod to various of the modernist/postmodernist poets/artists; and to (and Milton or Herbert), and - not sure - it's like a kind of magical word music composition like Joyce's "Finnegan's Wake"...
Joyce ("Just read it as if it is a huge poem.") Also ARK -
Science into mystery amd music...
Actually at a strange remove it reminds me also of Alan Sondheim's strange (but much vaster) work - at times... see the link on my Blog...
And he "references" all sorts of things - I just saw an obvious ref to WCW's
And also I think of Michelle
Leggott (as in DIA)
Richard