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Gis is the -year
hFs non -novel
0
Don't hold Your breath waiting__
for its publication; but this is the -
summer I'm going to write a book.
It'st•ht) tenth summer in a row'
that I've been going to write a
book, but this year will be
:different. It's the year in which
I'm not going to write°gid novel,
Other summers I didn't get
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around, to writing- a p1:ty,-,o arta_. letters--•and---put}etuat-iorr;--trra•ke 'haven't -a' elite"w1ia`t•'it's .a ut:
expose of the educational system, your•lines all cdifferent' lengths, „ you're a connoisseur of modern
. or a series of pungent essays; or" toss in alittle erotic imagery, and pbetry. Ob, one other thing:' no
an attack on marriage: This year makd' the end result a visceral rhyme please. We'll just call itit's the novel. experience which. nobody
understands
Thal doesn1' leave too much,
does it? Maybe I,11write a .s1jtlt
volatile of verse. Any dam' fool
can write p<tetry these days.
The' -secret is to avoid capital
Here, just to show
Mean. If you don't
charge out of it,
emotional experience
you what I
Of a real
a profound
, that is, and
o,
y
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Victor _.Harrison of50 West Street, a retired resident, found an oversized moth in `Hdrol'ti Wises
apartment at 52 West Street last Tuesday and brought it into the Signal -Star's office. Any bug.
collectors looking for a good •specirnan? (staff photo)
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' A barn, formerly,owned by the Andrew Dairy, and now the -property. of Signal Star publishers, 'began
corning down tastweek as demolition crews went to work. Signal -Star Publishing, said the structure.
_.was-hei:ng torn downto•makeway for -possible :future expansion in, the area. The barn faces.L'i hhouse
Street across from the Iib'rary. (staff photo) ��
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Poem
4.,yesterday
in the supermarket
a fat lady '
or maybe she wasn't really
a Iady
ran over my foot .
not really, ran but walked
I guess it was her buggy'
laden with a qua%ter-torr of
cat food and orange juice
and tide and glide and
• wax and snacks
and four cases of non-
returnable bottles
and. twelve 'pounds of
-pallid meat .. _ ....._
two flags of spuds -
16 cans of chunky
soup
'that ran over my -foot (not
the soup)
driving my seed wart into
my
metatarsal •
1 wept
not because it hurt like hell
Wit for lovabrefaff'ladies- "
and unlovable super-
markets
,and because I couldn't
do •
a --
thing.
Now, don't tell me that's not a.
poem. It„ was a -vivid personal
experience which I :attempted• to
convey to, the reader. It's got
everything. There's sex in" .it: a 0"
secret yearn for, fat ladies: the
word metatarsal, There's plenty
of concrete images. There's
symbolism: How about seed'wart?
a•fertility symbol if I ever saw
one, There's masochism, social
criticism and , a ' deep personal.. •
sense -of futility and frustration,,
ItC'S what I would tall universal in
its appeal. r
They won't all be so deep and
" hitter• of course: There'll be the
hearty bucolic touch:
The garden ain't hoed
The lawn "ain't mowed
• But 1'll'be
If she's going to goad
"-Me into doing any of
them.
Then there'll be the, fragile,,
tender. little lyric that makes real
poetry lovers dist wriggle and
almost turn themselves inside
w out. Something like:
I
love
myself
more
',than . .
anyone but you
-sorry baby
but maybe •
it's not even true. -
Sorry about that rhyme. but •
sometimes it just,, comes so
automatic -like you 'can't . hold it
back.
And of course there'll he some
dramatic narrative 'stuff. I'm
working on a sort of epics called
The Day I•Shat the Black Squirrel
Thinking It was aBlack Bear. But
it still needs a little polishing,in
the last twelve cantos.
Maybe you think this is just °'
advance publicity for my hook.
But -I guarantee there'll he
something far, everyone: though,
some Of it will be pretty strong
stuff, and you 'may have to hide it
from' your teenage kids. I was
thinking particularly of a couple:
Down -By -the Old -Gravel Pi•t•- and
Let Me Call You Meathead.
But there's also some stuff
coming up that is really haunting.
One is entitled simply "Puke". It
is based on a great storm. on the •
Great Lakes when I. as junior
'porter. did great things with a
mop after people were sea -sick.
It'scheen-harmting-m-ersrrrce,- -,. -
anyway.
So.- Ther'e',s ae i PiecfaliTe
foretaste of my summer project 1
can hardly wait to get started.
Except that 1 have a golf date, then
I'mgoing swimming, then there's
a barbecue, and somehow after a
day like that, the Muse and I are
both ready for the sack.
As ofie oftheir.many spet:ialevents of t
of Goderich Playground programs pro
the Goderich-Arena on Tuesday,aftern
e summer, the organizers • part in the sport. About 100Fyoyngsters ,were on hand fqr the session
ided free rollerskating at on wheels.. (staff photo)
n to those wishing to take
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Following their presentation on Sunday evening the cast involved.
with Pendulum Players was called back by the audience and an
impromptu question and answer period held, The aufdience showed
exceptional interest in the groups activities and wanted to know
more of what Was behind the drama presentations at the former
Huron CountyJail. Pendulum players will be performing "Apollo of
BeI•jac and scenes from "The Rainmaker" every Tuesday,
Thursday and,Sunday until they open two new productions August 1,
"Foundling Witch" and "Fox and Cox". (staff photo)
TOWN
TALI(
Mrs. John NI.,,,See cif sI tern
was in Goderich recently
Iv
renewing acquaintances. She
also attended the funeral for the
late Archibald Macfie,
Mr. and Mrs. Daub; `McIsaac
and daughter of Bathurst, N.B.,
were recent visitor~ in Goderich,
with their son, William and
Mrs, Melsahc's mother, '
Jean cnnlon,
This coming Wednesday, the
Goderich Senior Citi'ena
hold a picnic at lite rbors Palk - c'
be inning at '„ �:Ol) ,p.m,.. • Pat Shanahan, lett, presents a gift rind, a 6+�ds�rich"Sarlrhg Club
f;pennant to (.left to right) Bert and Fttinoes Corbett and theg and
Prod . Pester who will be Davin rtE the •nexi f*vr
Mt�t'1f.'YI"G'
cruise inih+et Cairribeeeri 'Tha Coeb.tta will be away for i pole
while th t est Blip to Ilvo in the south/ or an indafinate eriotl�of
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