tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1887647380762930240.post7853182378000532432..comments2023-09-05T00:43:18.399-07:00Comments on poetfranksamperi: Letters to Frank from Robert Kellypoetfranksamperihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15430088448404492458noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1887647380762930240.post-29589294566986142812011-08-12T21:18:07.834-07:002011-08-12T21:18:07.834-07:00Conrad,
I know - Robert's letters are amazing ...Conrad,<br />I know - Robert's letters are amazing and I wish I had my father's other half to put the pieces together.<br />I hope to have more posts - been so busy lately.claudiahttp://poetfranksamperi.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1887647380762930240.post-35209286030942427852011-08-12T09:00:10.584-07:002011-08-12T09:00:10.584-07:00Kelly's correspondences here seem (prophetical...Kelly's correspondences here seem (prophetically almost!) to anticipate the peculiar shorthand of Internet language: absence of punctuation, phrasal clustering, neologisms, etc<br /><br />It's a kind of 'bare bones' minimalist prose poetry of which Ed Baker is the contemporary master:<br /><br />"IX the sure mental traveler. I looked to "the oak" you said, & "my ealks were myself to myself" - 2 splendid phrases I return to you. The symbol night a t cusp of X who is it who says we really only use the planets between & Luna - your (symbol) your math must be strong - a Boskovitch or Master Vico), my (symbol)"<br /><br />Again, Claudia, here's a goldmine of scholarly artifacts.Conrad DiDiodatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18312831623791642286noreply@blogger.com