The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, March 22, 1983-Page 7

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Donald Hall - 'Claims for
' (University of Michigan
Press, 498p., $8.95)
LAIMS FOR POETRY, edited by
Ronald Hall, is more than a bit dif-
ferent from the other books in the
"Poets on Poetry" series from the
Uiversity, of Michigan Press. Instead

of compiling works by any single poet,
Hall has collected in it articles by 43
important modern poets. The result is
confusing, entertaining, unsystematic
and informative. The articles range
from the erudite to the foolish, from the
practical to the incomprehensible.
Articles about poems become poems
themselves. Some articles are so
technical only a well-read scholar
would benefit from them. Others are

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clear and concise. Some are short,
some a little longer, but Hall has
managed to select them to cover all
aspects of modern poetry.
The articles touch 'on all today's
major controversies in the field. Much
space is devoted to covering the debate
about free verse vs. metered verse, one
of the biggest debates going on today.
The feeling among most of today's
poets is that the chaotic pace of modern
life can only be captured in a free form
poem. Reacting against the rigid struc-
turalism of their predecessors, modern
poets feel they must use a free verse to
free their own spirit, to open their min-
ds to spontaneous expression.
Many other poets are reacting again-
st this themselves - spontaneity
produces too much bad poetry. The ar-
ticle by X.J. Kennedy, in defense of a
return to meter and controlled rhyth-
ms, offers one of the best statements on
the issue. To begin with, he points out
that a meter structure is not a box to be
filled with verbiage. There can be spon-
taneity, but there must also be control,
and the poet must put enough hard ef-
fort into such a poem to make it work.
But besides that, there is nothing
inherently wrong with either form - if
the poet is enough of an artist he or she
will succeed with whatever form
chosen.
An article by Russell Edson is also
fascinating. It is about prose poetry,
one of the more popular and possibly
least understood of the current poetic
forms. But as one reads it, one realizes
that it is a prose poem itself. Content
and form blend together, and the result
is an effective method of illustrating
some of the logic behind good prose
poetry.
Rhyme, sound, form, grammar,
spontaneity and rigidity all come under
scrutiny by a variety of poets. They also
spend time talking about each other,
agreeing, disagreeing, debating.
The result is a fascinating compen-
dium, but...there is a but. After reading
books about poetry written by Hall
himself, one realizes the rarity of a
truly useful essay about poetry. None of
the poets in this book seem as skilled at
talking about poetry as Hall is. One
must consider many viewpoints before
forming an opinion, though, and 43 of
them are expressed right here in one
compact volume, ripe for the picking.
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Cast members in the PTP production of 'Cat On A Hot Tin Roof' flank Big Mama in a climactic
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By David Kopel

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her estranged husband Brick.
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Performances of Cat on a Hot Tin
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with some fine professional actors, and
some strong local talent as well.,.-

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drove the car which passed Liuzzo, also
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THOMAS SAID "My opiinion of
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Rowe's bad reputation was accentuated
when he was part of a group. "If he
could get people behind him, he was go,

capable of violence."
Thomas said on March 25, 1965, he
drove himself, Wilkins, Eaton and
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march. However, Thomas said he did
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said, "Rowe was the one that spat on
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According to Thomas, it was Rowe's
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"ROWE TOLD me to catch them,"
Thomas said, adding that in their pur-

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Dow denies exerting pressure on EPA

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the draft, but he added the final report
was "scientifically correct."
And, he said, Dow has cooperated
with the EPA in providing data on
waste discharges the EPA has sought,
but has refused to hand over data about
its internal manufacturing processes
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Noting that it has been sued for the data

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As for the health issue in Midland, he
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from our plant. There is no health

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