Here is one of Bert's poems, entitled "Men's Movement to Earth". Bert has this to say about the piece
God, that guy was such a pretentious weirdo!
Here is one of Bert's poems, entitled "Men's Movement to Earth". Bert has this to say about the piececontinued publication of the magazine. In a larger sense, I think, it speaks to the so-called "men's movement(s)" and to those who are looked on as "leaders," "elders" or "mentors" in the "men's movement.""
"This poem was delivered as the Report from the Editor to the Board of Seattle MEN at its January meeting. It provided a powerful metaphor of the events which unfolded as Seattle MEN and the Seattle Community of Men grappled with the issues surrounding
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Men's Movement to Earth
When a giant is slain,
he takes
a long
time
to fall
to the earth.
It folds
or unfolds
in stages
during the descent.
Nobody knows, or remembers,
or cares to remember
Who it was that struck the mortal blow,
or when,
or how.
Perhaps he was slain years ago
and I have been dancing
with a corpse.
Did I think I was dancing in creative enragement
at the Feast
of the Alchemical Marriage
when I was making love to Skeleton Woman?
"Oh, no!" "Say it isn't true!" "He lives!" "We'll kill you for saying he's dead!"
In the fertile dung
nobody sees
the roots
spreading
like wild strawberry runners
playing on a hillside meadow.
New fruit springs forth.
Bert H. Hoff
Jan. 12, 1997
On 02/17/2022 09:07 AM, Eviel Dewar wrote:
God, that guy was such a pretentious weirdo!
That goes for most 'poets' who write free verse; they can't be bothered
with rhyme or meter in their haste to express their... well, you can't exactly call them 'thoughts' now, can you? Their... uh... Help me out
here...
Exception for e.e. cummings, of course.
--
Cheers, Bev
Nobody needs to speak on behalf of idiots, they manage
to speak entirely too much for themselves already.
Amazing. That stuff is over twenty years ago, and only a truly
obsessed stalking wack job freak would spend so much time on the web
finding ancient history. Got a bit complicated back then, politics
and all. Fascinating times, though. Thanks for the memory,
dumbfuck.
On Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at 6:15:26 PM UTC-8, eviel...@gmail.comMen's Movement to Earth
wrote:
Here is one of Bert's poems, entitled "Men's Movement to Earth".
Bert has this to say about the piece
"This poem was delivered as the Report from the Editor to the Board
of Seattle MEN at its January meeting. It provided a powerful
metaphor of the events which unfolded as Seattle MEN and the
Seattle Community of Men grappled with the issues surrounding
continued publication of the magazine. In a larger sense, I think,
it speaks to the so-called "men's movement(s)" and to those who are
looked on as "leaders," "elders" or "mentors" in the "men's
movement.""
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When a giant is slain, he takes a long time to fall to the earth.
It folds or unfolds in stages during the descent.
Nobody knows, or remembers, or cares to remember Who it was that
struck the mortal blow, or when, or how.
Perhaps he was slain years ago and I have been dancing with a
corpse.
Did I think I was dancing in creative enragement at the Feast of
the Alchemical Marriage when I was making love to Skeleton Woman?
"Oh, no!" "Say it isn't true!" "He lives!" "We'll kill you for
saying he's dead!"
In the fertile dung nobody sees the roots spreading like wild
strawberry runners playing on a hillside meadow. New fruit springs
forth.
Bert H. Hoff Jan. 12, 1997
On 2022-02-18 10:11 p.m., twob...@gmail.com wrote:
Amazing. That stuff is over twenty years ago, and only a trulyOnly an idiot thinks it takes "so much time" to find it.
obsessed stalking wack job freak would spend so much time on the web finding ancient history. Got a bit complicated back then, politics
and all. Fascinating times, though. Thanks for the memory,
dumbfuck.
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