Dear Sally,
<<because you were using different approaches to poetry with which we
are unfamiliar in the western academic poetry tradition.>>
I don't know why you seem to assume that you are the only one au fait with
these traditions. But, of course, if you are the only one qualified to
comment, the rest of us had better shut up, so you can explain what's what
to us.
Kind regards,
grasshopper
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sally Evans" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 12:15 AM
Subject: wayfarer discussion
> Could I congratulate Karina on starting one of the longest discussions on
> this list in the last year.
>
> There are 55 posts on the subject in my inbox and I have deleted quite a
> few.
>
> I think this has to be because it is a striking poem, Karina, and many
> people didn't give you the credit you deserve for knowing what you were
> doing, because you were using different approaches to poetry with which we
> are unfamiliar in the western academic poetry tradition.
>
> People even made the extraordinary mistake of assuming you were a
> 'beginner'!
>
> Your approaches ar valid, Karina, and it makes me realise how much needed
> such lists as John Carley's 'WHCpoetrybridge' list are, in which the
attempt
> is made to bridge the gap between the western and haiku poetry traditions.
>
> Listening is needed from both sides of this divide.
>
> bw
> SallyE
>
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