Couldn't help but be amused by your Tom Petty impression here, Jackie (as in
"Rebel Without A Clue")--but by all means come on over to Poetryetc, where
good conversation continues to flow and more new voices join in every day.
Cheers,
Candice
> Dear Candice,
>
> Thanks to you and David Bircumshaw cross posting I've found other poetry
> lists which I didn't know existed - being but an infant in the on-line
> world. First Poetryetc, and now New-Poetry!
>
> List hopping seems to be the thing.
>
> David Hickman made the very good point at New-Poetry that if the
> participants are so keen to continue the argument - why not reopen Poetryetc
> list and carry on there?
>
> The strategies of this quarrel are fascinating but transparent. Lists are
> being appealed to as possible allies in this war.
>
> Kent was posting some very likeable and funny posts on New Poetry until this
> quarrel was cross-posted (by him) which brought in the cavalry from
> Poetryetc. Then it all went downhill with tit-for-tat postings.
>
> In all of this, as I've opined to Elizabeth and Trevor - who would be
> list-owners! - there's a sense of injustice on both sides.
>
> Injustice rankles. The human sense of fair play wants the record put
> straight. This is what is driving both you and Kent on. You both feel the
> injured party.
>
> The only solution may be to open up a special injury channel - a list where
> grievances can be aired or shared - but here's the rub, the parties can only
> converse through poetry. Get to it bards!
>
> Jackie
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