Sesheta 4 - Winter 1972/3 - SESHETA Number 4

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Winter 1972/3 issue SESHETA Number 4 compiles poetry and prose contributions under the section "The Long Black Veil: Book Seven," featuring multiple poets and poem sequences. The issue also includes a prose segment titled "My Favourite Book," with an interview by Victor Bockris with Peter Schjeldahl, followed by "Extraordinary Measures" and letters and poem excerpts. Additional pieces present thematic observations, images, and literary meditations, including referenced Egyptian museum figures and mythic descriptions.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

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Pages88

Reading Time2 h 16 min

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'The Long Black Veil': Book Seven

LEE HARWOOD

DOUGLAS OLIVER

RON LOEWINSOHN

'My Favourite Book': prose

An Interview with Peter Schjeldahl by Victor Bockris

'Extraordinary Measures': prose

Letters and poem excerpts

Sesheta 4 Winter 1972/3SESHETANumber 4 Andi WachteleditorsRichard Downing CONTENTS 'The Long Black Veil':Book 7 Lee Harwood Two poems and illustrations Douglas Oliver Five Poems Ron Loewinsohn Six Poems Elaine Randell Two poems and prose Robert Bly Three Poems Peter Ackroyd Two Poems Michael Palmer Trevor Winkfield'My Favourite Book':prose An Interview with Peter Schjeldahl by Victor Bockris Peter Schjeldahl'Extraordinary Measures':prose Six LettersThree PoemsThree PoemsTwo PoemsThree PoemsTwo PoemsThree extracts from 'Notions''Origin'from 'Coils'Three Poems from 'Snapshots'Song Paul SelbyPeter RuppellJeremy HiltonTom DischPhilip PaceyJohn PerreaultOpal L.NationsClayton EshlemanPaul BuckGael Turnbull LEE HARWOOD THE LONG BLACK VEIL:A NOTEBOOK. BOOK SEVEN: My stomach burnsComing to you How will ...? The peaceful and flowering public gardens, the smell of the ocean again So much tied in such sites of past pleasures Stepping into the new alwayss with you A low haze beyond the harbour's mouth I am full and happynowat your side ...we finally begin to fall asleep as dawn comes,as a singlewhippoorwill starts to sing… we wake,and make love.Outside a grey sea mist fills the woods.Later,standing alone in these woods waiting for her,not knowinghow...this journey today so far from The tricks are pulled blue skies flash across the screen The falsity when anything becomes a symbol You are lowered very gently into the waiting boat alongside Much later ashore on this island where tears rarely happen,… You are away there on other continents So hard-“It is hard to stand firm in the middle” waitingfor that lightness,that ease of movement The freighter was anchored in the middle of the bay with a fullhead of steam up.As the launch approached In the Museum of Fine Arts,Boston- Mycerinus and his queen,Khamerernebty I. slate.fourth dynasty(2613-2494 B.C.). (The Pharoah Mycerinus also known as Menkaure.) In the Egyptian Museum,Cairo- Mycerinus triad:Mycerinus,Hathor,and the personification of the “Dog”nome. slate.fourth dynasty. (The personification of the “Dog”district(nome)is a woman.) the tenderness.They stand facing us,she to his left,her rightarm around his waist,her left hand resting on his left upper arm. Horus,Hathor,Anubis. Horus ·the falcon headed god,the sun.Hathor -the cow headed goddess,the sky.Anubis -the jackal headed god,the guardian of the dead. Horus,the rising sun,enters Hathor,the sky.Obvious enough.Doors flung open,a clear blue day outside,cactus,sage brush,and the yellow desert ochre,and the blue sky.New Mexico. Horus,son of Osiris,a falcon,whose two eyes are the sun and themoon,and whose breath is the cooling north wind. Hathor,the cow,the sky goddess,stars on her belly,the sun betweenher horns,guardian of the Western Mountain,goddess of the coppermines of Sinai,of a woman's love and joy,of perfumes and spices,identified by the Greeks as Aphrodite.The mother who gives birth toRa,the sun,at dawn.The destroyer on whose back Ra rides throughthe sky. Anubis,the jackal,guardian of the desert cemeteries,master ofembalmment,who oversees the weighing of each heart. “a god is power personified...In Egypt....” No godhead,no gospel,but“a multiplicity of approaches”,each inits own right,each imminent in nature. DOUGLAS OLIVER Importantly Aerial conjurors in corridors hope to go straight and quick-·look grab him no curving into turbulence that grass is all warning shouts loud white thorns grow in the plans adders swerve to cold from a doorsill into the internal the hope of speed is stung in a home of pyjamas or a bullet to the fancy for a long,long time in a dreamy sweat movement goes peaceably to the sagpit safety we are your servants can we help you to the most dangerous daisy love of sleep The sleep hangs in the parachutedynamic of an old-fashioned aviatorejecting from arr

FAQs

What is the main collection featured in this issue?

The issue centers on "The Long Black Veil: Book Seven," presented as a notebook with multiple poem entries and illustrations.

Which prose items are included beyond the poetry?

It includes "My Favourite Book" with an interview, as well as prose titled "Extraordinary Measures" and additional letters and extracts.

Are there recurring visual or image-based references in the text?

Yes. The poems and prose include vivid scene imagery and museum/mythic references, including detailed descriptions tied to Egyptian figures and deities.

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