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Sharon Thesen expresses an initial repulsion at the idea of convergence (of mind and matter).  Blaser responds\n\t\t114\tQuestion from the floor to the panel about the “slippage” between the very abstract notions of the sacred, and those notions derived from Social institutions which deal with the sacred… bp Nichol responds\n\t\t146\tBp Nichol is asked about whether there is any relationship between his view of the sacred and his work at Therfields; he responds\n\t\t203\tBp Nichol responds to a question about how he views the relationship between the family and the sacred\n\t\t257\tA question about the distinction between the sacred and the divine; the panel responds\n\t\t393\tQuestion about birth and death and their relationship to the sacred; Roy Miki and Robin Blaser respond, discussing how the certitude of death has affected poetry and contemporary attitudes toward the family.  Blaser begins to relate the yearning for family with the yearning for love\n\t\t473\tSide one ends\nTwo\t\t003\tBlaser continues to talk about love\n\t\t012\tSharon Thesen talks about the fragmentation of the family, says this is more easily related to deficiencies of language than to poetry or the sacred\n\t\t038\tComment from the audience and response by Robin Blaser about the language of the family and of the sacred\n\t\t058\tBlaser talks about ‘culture, institutions, power and civilization (as an “individual task”)\n\t\t074\tQuestion from audience: The tone of the present discussion seems to suggest a kind of lament for the loss of the sacred, but isn’t it true that the panel has been merely talking about the sacred, rather than acting within it?\n\t\t104\tA response: The poem, Portrait of the Poet as Landscape is a kind of lament for the absence of the sacred, but he failed to recognize that the sacred has become a part of the ordinary.  The disappearance of the sacred is at the base of modern thought\n\t\t133\tQuestion from audience about whether the fact that much respected modern writing on the sacred is in prose (not poetry) is a comment on the disappearance of the sacred.  The response: There is no distinguishable difference between poetry and the best prose on the sacred (Blaser: “…scholarship is a poetic act”)\n\t\t157\tBp Nichol brings the discussion back to the topic of death\n\t\t195\tComment from the audience on the relationship between violence and the sacred, and a question about whether the present discussion is a \"funeral or a party” for the sacred\n\t\t204\tBlaser expresses the view that “…we’re headed for a different kind of poem” in this so-called “post-modern” era; refers to Olson’s (and Pound’s) view that poetry and scholarship must come together\n\t\t244\tThe discussion ends, it is proposed that the panel reads some of their poetry\n\t\t259\tBp Nichol reads “Hour 24” from the second book of Book 6 of The Martyrology\n\t\t294\tSharon Thesen reads – from “Snakes and Ladders”\n\t\t321\t“What Now” – Thesen\n\t\t340\tRobin Blaser reads “The Universe Is a part of ourselves…”\n\t\t354\t“I have tried for 35 to redefine sweetness…” – Blaser\n\t\t261\tEnd of discussion"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"\",\"type\":\"\"}]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670553752174592,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T14:59:58.173Z","score":3.2216797},{"id":"5755","cataloger_name":["Mozhgan,Nourafkan"],"partnerInstitution":["Simon Fraser University"],"collection_source_collection":["Reading in BC Collection"],"source_collection_label":["Reading in BC Collection"],"collection_contributing_unit":["SFU Library"],"source_collection_uri":[""],"collection_image_url":[""],"collection_source_collection_description":["Reading in BC collection was assembled during the late 1970s and ‘80s. 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