Hi Roger,
Yeh, the punctuation... that little comma! Reminds me of Sally's poem!
And I can remember hearing on the radio at some time of him turning up for a
formal dinner with a shirt he admittted he had constantly worn for more than
a week! I guess only a Lord would openly mention something like that!
Bob
>From: Roger Collett <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: New sub: Knock Knock (James, Ann & Bob)
>Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 15:30:44 -0000
>
>With an even bigger grin.
>Surely it's all in the punctuation Bob.
>Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
>
>Roger.
>
><g>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bob Cooper" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 3:06 PM
>Subject: Re: New sub: Knock Knock (James, Ann & Bob)
>
>
> > Hi grassy,
> > (Said with a huge grin:) There's so few poets I know talk about other
>poets
> > with reverence! Perhaps I just sidle away from such coversations if they
> > start to happen... Affection's a good word for what I read in the way
>the
> > piece is written. And delight is a canny word to describe what I found
>when
> > I first read it!
> > But I didn't read it as carefully as Roger! Sir Sydney, Sir Philip...
>But
> > I'm the kind of guy who sometimes still thinks, glancing down an index
>in
>a
> > book of poems, that Lord is Tennyson's middle name... it isn't, is it?
> > Bob
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: grasshopper <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Subject: Re: New sub: Knock Knock (James, Ann & Bob)
> > >Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 14:47:39 -0000
> > >
> > >Dear Christina,
> > > It's a sure bet that a poem about poets or poetry is going to be
>lapped
> > >up
> > >on a poetry list. It's nice to see it being handled with a light and
> > >playful
> > >touch instead of the usual hushed reverence.
> > >Kind regards,
> > > grasshopper
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: Christina Fletcher
> > >Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 1:46 PM
> > >Subject: Re: [THE-WORKS] New sub: Knock Knock (James, Ann & Bob)
> > >
> > >
> > >Phew, what a relief! I always worry that this kind of thing's going to
> > >fall
> > >flat on its face. Thank you, thank you for your kind comments...
> > >bw
> > >christina
> >
> >
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