Well, I'll try it out for a bit.It'll either get addictive or I'll have to
close down. Thanks for the tips.
Trish
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin dewar" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: New Sub:Note From A Hotel
> Trish,
>
> As for the sheer volume, that's what I meant about the tidal wave, but the
> analogy with a party is very apt too, moving in and out of the centre as
> inclination permits. When I started I had to put quite a bit of thought
into
> how it would fit into my life, if it was going to fit in. It's quite big
> thing to take on (in terms of time and energy) unless you can have two
> E-mail addresses, one dedicated just to the list so that you can ignore it
> altogether when necessary. Otherwise your in-box fills really quickly. A
> very disciplined person would delete them all unread when they were really
> busy, but I don't have the discipline.(I'm an avid reader) One alternative
> is to be an intermittent member. Also you have to remind yourself that one
> opinion or group of opinions doesn't necessarily reflect all. It's quite a
> challenging thing to do, exposing yourself to a group process with
"attacks"
> left, right and centre, to your "sweetest songs", particularly for anyone
> who doesn't generally have a good experience from being in a group. On the
> other hand it may offer the only possibility of a group experience for
> people with isolated lives. It suits some but not others. As for what
takes
> time, in my experience it is not submitting poems or giving appraisal to
the
> poems of others that is really time-consuming , but the incidental
> discussion that may (electively) arise from them. At such times you have
to
> take account of the limitations of e-mail, that it is devoid of
recognisable
> non-verbal cues, and the buffer of familiarity so that people can read
> things into your comments that are not intended (or vice versa) and at
times
> you have to contrive ways round this problem.
>
> Colin
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Trish Harewood" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 12:56 AM
> Subject: Re: New Sub:Note From A Hotel
>
>
> > Thanks Arthur, I think subtle fits in better with the other sounds too!
It
> > also begs the question on how subtle the lighting really is, being
placed
> > with such ordinary items as the TV and the Iron.
> > Ta very much, Trish
> >
> > PS By the way, I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed with the sheer volume. How
> many
> > people belong to this workshop?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "arthur seeley" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 12:16 PM
> > Subject: Re: New Sub:Note From A Hotel
> >
> >
> > > Hi Trish. I got the name right this time! LOL
> > > I like the way you have woven everywhere, somewhere, anywhere and
> nowhere
> > > into the fabric of the poem. It runs like a metallic thread through it
> or,
> > a
> > > better description, it chimes softly. You might like to consider '
> > > concealed' rather than 'subtle' although 'subtle' has a more muted
> > vowelling
> > > where concealed has sharper vowelling to it. 'subtle' is closer to the
> > rest
> > > of the sounds in the poem. Just some thoughts.Regards Arthur
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Trish Harewood
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 8:33 PM
> > > Subject: New Sub:Note From A Hotel
> > >
> > >
> > > Note From A Hotel
> > >
> > > Something about this place
> > > has followed me everywhere.
> > > The white towels, tiny soaps
> > > and shampoo
> > > I have seen somewhere before.
> > > The T.V. Iron and subtle lighting
> > > could be from anywhere.
> > > Only the feeling that you should be here
> > > comes from nowhere.
> > >
> > > Trish
> >
> >
>
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