Hello again Barbara,
Thanks for your comments. Glad you enjoyed this little exchange.
You write:
PSS Mike, after "Desire," are you so ready for all our comments so soon
again? LOL
Mike replies:
Of course, I always welcome all comments. I hope I havenīt given the impression that I was angry about being criticised. Nothing could be further from the case. And Desire was not the first of my postings to draw negative feedback. It is all useful. I also feel it is useful, if a reader supplies reasons for a specific criticism, to respond with my own view of the poem if I disagree with the reason given. Or indeed, to query further, if Iīm not sure whether I have understood the criticism itself or the rationale that gave rise to it. The discussion that this generates is enjoyable and enlightening. But if I try to counter a criticism it doesnīt mean that I think the reader shouldnīt have criticised. But maybe I sometimes let my excitement run away with me. Oh well.
Best wishes, Mike
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