Yes, there either needs to be a poetry "club" providing the social for
lonely chatters or a moderated list (but who would have the time and
patience?). I'm ready to jump ship (so much deleting...).
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Corelis [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 8:04 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Critiques
>From: "Helen Hagemann" <[log in to unmask]>
>there
>is one thing missing on this web ring, esp. for new poets and that is some
>*critiquing.* I wouldn't mind for instance, if I posted a poem and anyone
>who had the time - gave me suggestions, say in a word, or to rephrase a
>line. I think this would be an all round good thing. When I read Douglas
>Clark's poems and I hope he doesn't mind, but sometimes a different word
>pops into my head, but I don't want to insult him, or make a suggestion
>without the consent of the author.
Why on earth do we need consent? Helen's diffidence in asking whether
critiques of list members' poems might be appropriate to a list such as this
is evidence of how thoroughly the list's potential has been subverted by the
massive inundation of late-night dorm-room bull-session chatter about
everything under the sun except poetry which we've been laboring under. The
few critiques which have been posted are almost the only things which in
fact have been appropriate.
One reason I've quit posting any poems here is that they've all sunk into
a dead hole of silence. Speaking for myself, I'm always glad to get
reactions, even if it's only a brief "That was great!" or, "Jon, you're a
genius."
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All poetry is difficult to read,
-- The sense of it, anyhow.
Browning
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