Howdy Bob,

Thanks for reading and commenting on this. Very glad you enjoyed and found
merit in the work. I also thought that it might be useful as a reflective
thing - it's actually a little bit traumatising to do a feature (in the
nicest way of course) if you take it seriously and I felt that penning some
of that process and experience could only be a good thing.

Tell me, is it close to prose because of length, or from some style element?
I'm genuinely curious, because apart from realising almost as soon as I
started that it would be a long piece, with some natural breaks for
sequencing and to stay in control, I wrote it in the same way as I do all
other pieces. The boundary issue is a genuine curiosity to me. Some folk
have suggested I should get into novel-writing, I think because I am fairly
prolific, but I don't believe I could translate myself from verse format to
prose - so again, I'm interested in thoughts around the edges of this.

Cheers and thanks,

Frank


> Hi Frank,
> I found this a delight to read. The kind of reflective piece I think it's
> important for poets to come across - so thanks for referring us to it!
It's
> got "Frank" hallmarked into it - gentle, sensitive, and saying clearly
what
> matters! And even though "This is Frank talking" I can hear what others
have
> sometimes said, things I wish I'd done, wish I'd sometimes said...
> I enjoyed it.
> I also like the way it treads so lightly on the boundary between poetry
and
> prose.
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: Frank Faust <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Sub - The Dan O'Connell Presents ...
> >Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 11:02:33 +1000
> >
> >Dear all,
> >
> >this won't be of interest to everyone, but I've written an account (a
very
> >long account) of a recent experience as a featured reader at a poetry
> >venue. I won't post it here due to size and the risk of boring all to
> >tears, but if anyone is interested, the link to the piece is as follows:
> >
>
>http://www.talesoffaust.com/public/ladies_and_gentlemen_the_Dan_Oconnell_pr
esents.html
> >
> >As always, I'd be delighted to receive some feedback, but understand if
it
> >is too long or boring to be bothered with.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Frank
>
>
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