Me too I thought it was about Cupid too. Silly woman that I. Sally J


>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 : Archery -Bob
>Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 18:10:30 +0100
>
>Dear Bob,
>Aha, no biggie. Actually the 'you' of the poem is something more particular
>to the narrator - but I hoped it might suggest something more general. It's
>about losing a loved one who dies young, and who always remains young...
>Kind regards,
>      grasshopper
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bob Cooper" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 5:08 PM
>Subject: Re: [THE-WORKS] New sub : Archery -Bob
>
>
>Ooops!
>I was skimming up the posts and should have read more closely, shouldn't
>have mis-read like that!
>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 : Archery -Bob
> >Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 16:28:48 +0100
> >
> >Dear Bob,
> >Many thanks for your comments, but this poem isn't about Cupid -he didn't
> >pack a long-bow. The clue to the identity of the 'you' in this poem is in
> >the first line - it's someone who died young, - who isn't small and 
>chubby
> >...
> >Kind regards,
> >      grasshopper
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Bob Cooper" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 3:55 PM
> >Subject: Re: [THE-WORKS] New sub : Archery (Sally, M)
> >
> >
> >Hi Sally, Christina, grasshopper,
> >
> >Yeh, I'm with what you're getting at too, Christina! For me it's as if 
>the
> >poem's said something striking but in the last stanza it's as if it's
> >floundering around trying to find an ending!
> >The porcupine image really stands out too starkly and distracts.
> >It might well be that readers can infer the pain, wounds, without them
> >having to be described... Why else have the bones being shook at the 
>chubby
> >little menace to our feelings?
> >Bob
> >Who's seen plenty of plastic cupids but no plastic porcupines!
> >And who's going to a reading tonight where the tickets cost £10! I don't
> >think I've ever paid that much before... so I know of the pain of poetry!
> >
> >
> > >From: Christina Fletcher <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Subject: Re: New sub : Archery (Sally, M)
> > >Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 06:37:42 EDT
> > >
> > >Interesting how we all react differently to the same words, eh, Sally.
> >It
> > >gives me problems for several reasons.  Using porcupined as a verb is
> > >certainly
> > >original but, for me, it sticks out (so to speak) as an invention and
> >feels
> > >artificial.  It also conjures a very strong image of the animal in my
> >mind.
> > >Perhaps, if I'd ever been stabbed by a porcupine quill, I'd relate to 
>the
> > >pain
> > >rather than the visual image, which is much more to do with the animal
> > >itself
> > >than the pain it might inflict.  So I find it difficult to deal with 
>this
> > >after
> > >the tremendously convincing, original bones/runes image.  What the poem
> > >leaves
> > >me with at the moment is the business of playing with language and a
> >rather
> > >agitated little chap in the grass.  Runes/bones leaves me with an
> >emotion.
> > >It's all horses for courses.  Perhaps it's good to have such 
>conflicting
> > >reactions.
> > >bw
> > >c
> > >
> > > > Gosh I really liked the last two lines Christina as it sums up the
> >pain
> > >of
> > > > the arrows entering the body metaphysically of course. A broken 
>heart
> >is
> > >a
> > > > gut feeling and the pain is almost physical. SallyJ
> > >
> >
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