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Popaul (Free verse) by Nicholas Jones

When I cooked lamb last weekend I did not add garlic. This is because in the film 'Le Boucher', When the eponymous character Tries to seduce the young teacher By cooking her a fine joint, He says that garlic should have no place In the preparation of lamb. Of course, later in the film He is revealed as a psychopath, Murdering girls and leaving their bodies On the hillside. But at no point is it suggested That he does not know his onions When it comes to meat.

poetandknowit 17-Dec-02/11:43 AM
Actually, I think when you focus your images on what you know the poems are quite good. And even some of the political poems work - "The Left Book Club" etc. It is when you write overwhelmingly generic poems either designed to be reactionary or not that I think you wander off the path. But the poem where you are learning your father's language. That was good stuff as is the West Sands poem. You live in beautiful country and evoke it well, so those are the poems I find most compelling. And you like good films. So that is a plus. What or whom is the dissertation on?




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