Small Argument with Small Arguments
There are two versions of "Water"
2001 - Still Life
2003 - Small Arguments
takes shape / uncertain of its own / in the palm, in glass / lifting to drain
and takes shape / uncertain of its own: // in the palm of a hand / a glass lifted to drain
I like the version better from the chapbook Still Life which was
Distributed in Canada by the authorin the palm, glass
Published without assistance
Typeset Book Antiqua, 6 point, photocopied
is succinct and evocative — an envious combo
the version in Small Arguments seems by contrast cluttered
the version in Still Life wavers on the theme of uncertainty and succeeds in conveying stillness in the midst of movement; an accomplishment
In 2002 "Water" won the Lina Chartrand Award. One wonders in which version. in palm, in glass
And so for day 1462
14.12.2010
