She can't let go and she can't relax

[lizblackdog]

There's a poem that begins "Thirty-five feet deep in the wet language...". I can't find it online, (I've tried Googling for it) and I can't remember who wrote it

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[greenmood]

Do you remember where you read it? On line... in a library?

[lizblackdog]

In a printed anthology, either from my school library or one I picked up at a second-hand bookshop somewhere. But definitely paper... if it had been online anywhere I'm sure I'd have found it by now.

[emily_shore]

It sounds like a wonderful poem, but I'm sorry, I can't help you...

[lizblackdog]

It is. I want it so bad! Thanks darling.

[arisingprophet]

Is this where you looked for it, too? If not, then here's some more lines of it:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=450973

[lizblackdog]

That was me XD

[brendan_moody]

I assume you've already found this, but a Google Books search on a couple of the phrases turns up a book published in 1973 and apparently called Three; it was written by Charles Noble, J.O. Thompson, and Jon Whyte, who are Canadian poets. Maybe that rings some bells?

[lizblackdog]

I had not. Your Google-fu beats mine. Charles Noble rings a faint, very faint bell. I shall check further. Thank you so much!

[james_the_evil1]

Noble is known for "long form haikus" equaling 17 lines. 92 words sounds about right.
I found his website with a list of his works, but I can't find any quotes anywhere.
I was going to e-mail him & ask, but the webmail link on his site's buggered.

[lizblackdog]

I'm also so very unsurprised that they're Canadian.

[purplewaxhand]

I emailed someone who likes poetry. they're having computer trouble so I don't know when they'll be able to read it.

[lizblackdog]

Thank you! *lives in hope*

[santaman]

You've been asking about that mystery poem for years now.. ;)

[lizblackdog]

I know! And I still haven't found it. GRRRR.