Liz wrote:
'writing poetry is more like planting trees, than entering a market'
I really like this Liz :) (and it's very true)
Libby
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> In a message dated 8/28/02 12:24:02 GMT Daylight Time,
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> > I think there
> > is great strength in the margins.
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> I def agree with this! And I also have been thinking since it was
> raised,
> about this idea of 'the market'.... well it is a loaded
> Western/Capitalist/Consumerculture idea. That poetry is a product
> that, like
> any other has to sell in large numbers as soon as it is released, or
> it is
> useless and goes to the remainder bins......... Well there is a huge
> flaw in
> that idea. Poetry is a slow burner. When a book is released it may
> not get
> so much attention, but only gradually emerge as a really important
> piece of
> work. Something that has taken three or four years to write, may
> after all
> take just as long to read. And so poetry works on a timescale that
> is slow
> and deep - capitalism cant tolerate that of course, everything has to
> be
> 'now'
>
> Writing poetry is more like planting trees, than entering a market.
>
> look after your acorns!
> Liz
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