{"id":4821,"date":"2009-06-12T09:14:32","date_gmt":"2009-06-12T16:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/?p=4821"},"modified":"2013-10-22T14:44:21","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T21:44:21","slug":"david-bromige-rip-more-things-to-do-in-poetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/2009\/06\/12\/david-bromige-rip-more-things-to-do-in-poetry\/","title":{"rendered":"David Bromige R.I.P – More things to do in Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n(Via – Lanny Quarles<\/a>)<\/p>\n

David Bromige<\/a> 1933-2009<\/p>\n

Silliman called the first stanza of Mr. Bromige’s 1968 work “The Ends of the Earth” “as good an opening as anyone has ever written for a poem:”
\n“One aches to know one fact as axiom to act. Whatever I do I die as you also at times doubt the beneficence of the inevitable terror Earth-bound as one is.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Obit from SF Chronicle<\/a><\/p>\n

Poetry is the theory of heartbreak<\/a><\/p>\n

Remembering David<\/a> <\/p>\n

DAVID BROMIGE QUOTES \/ FOUND POEMS<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t be a poet without being arrogant or na\u00efve<\/p>\n

He just disappeared! They can do that, Buddhist monks\u2013 invisibility and removing the fear of death are part of their super powers.<\/p>\n

At the \u201cBromige School of Writing\u201d that\u2019s what we like to see \u2013 complete confidence\u2026even if it\u2019s shit.<\/p>\n

(Regarding his poems:)
\nThey must mean something to someone somewhere<\/p>\n

Small things, the world is made up of them\u2026small things (via<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

David Bromige
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\nDavid Bromige <\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

More Things To Do in Poetry<\/p>\n

After Ron Silliman<\/p>\n

You can call me anything, as long as you don’t call me late for breakfast.<\/p>\n

You can drop me a line anytime, as long as you don’t drop me period.<\/p>\n

You can kiss my ass, as long as you don’t have your teeth in.<\/p>\n

You can roll over and play dead, as long as I’m not in the middle.<\/p>\n

You can stripe me pink, as long as the other stripes aren’t mint-green.<\/p>\n

You can blow me down, as long as you don’t blow me up.<\/p>\n

You can search me, as long as your findings are legal and tender.<\/p>\n

You can read me the Riot Act, as long as you do it in Croatian.<\/p>\n

You can drop dead, as long as you’re playing possum.<\/p>\n

You can shove it where the sun don’t shine, as long as you moon us.<\/p>\n

You can quote me, as long as you change my name.<\/p>\n

You can conjugate with yourself, but not in Anglo-Saxon.<\/p>\n

You can think about it tomorrow, if you’ll be O’Hara tonight.<\/p>\n

You can take a long walk off a short plank, as long as you don’t say “Plash!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Via – Lanny Quarles) David Bromige 1933-2009 Silliman called the first stanza of Mr. Bromige’s 1968 work “The Ends of the Earth” “as good an opening as anyone has ever written for a poem:” “One aches to know one fact as axiom to act. Whatever I do I die as you also at times doubt … <\/p>\n

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