tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post2936581658194228688..comments2023-10-03T11:41:21.191+01:00Comments on The Truth About Lies: #703Jim Murdochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-38213416768703269242017-01-31T10:50:18.612+00:002017-01-31T10:50:18.612+00:00Oh, I agree totally, Kass. That said I’ve never be...Oh, I agree totally, <b>Kass</b>. That said I’ve never been one for swearing. The words never sound right when they come out of my mouth. I hate it when Carrie asks me what someone said on TV and I have to repeat it. I include cusswords in my novels and even in a couple of poems if they’re appropriate although if I ever had to do a public reading I’m sure I’d read from some other section. I’m neither upset nor offended by swearing and it can be used to powerful effect—I remember the singular “Fuck life,” in Beckett’s <i>Rockaby</i> which you’re really not expecting—but if used too much it’s simply wasted breath. <br /><br />Talking about breath, I suffer from asthma. It’s not so bad these days but as a kid I had a rough time of it. For the first few years, however, we referred to these attacks as “bronchospasms” which got simplified to simply “spasms”: “Our Jimmy’s having a spasm.” It’s a term I still use with family rather than “asthma attack”. The notion of a poetic spasm was an obvious one to me, something that took control of me. I miss them. I’ve not had a proper poetic spasm in a long time, just the occasional and short-lived bout of whatever the poetic equivalent of breathlessness might be, enough to generate two or three lines and that’s that.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-83535733794605438892017-01-28T19:47:05.646+00:002017-01-28T19:47:05.646+00:00Poetic spasm. That's good.
Having our words t...Poetic spasm. That's good.<br /><br />Having our words taken away. Hard to imagine with how freely obscenities flow these days.Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.com