Good answer! Flexibility must be the important bit. I think one of the
problems last time was that I was the first person to read, so I had no real
guide. This time I'll make sure I'm nowhere near the front of the queue!


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Hi Matt,
I'd read the lot!
As a rule of thumb (but I'm glad my thumbs don't read poems aloud) I reckon
that if the intro takes longer than the poem that follows then things ain't
yet right... (so practice helps...) And audiences are different, too! It
might be that you feel the folk that are there can cope with a bit of
introduction, or they don't need any introduction, so being flexible is
important, too. Whatever happens, enjoy it! Bob


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>Hi Sally,
>Thanks for that. I'll have a look at the website.
>I've heard of comedians dying in front of audiences, so why not poets?
>Maybe epitaph will be exactly the right word!
>Regards,
>Matt
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>Sent: 25 August 2004 17:34
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>Subject: Re: Epigraphs
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>Keep your comments on the poem right down, Matt, but read the epitaph
>(stating clearly the source). We have some advice  for readers on our
>website http://www.poetryscotland.co.uk
>bw
>SallyE
>
>on 24/8/04 3:51 pm, Merritt, Matt - Leic. Mercury at
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>I wonder whether anyone out there can help me with a small poetry
>problem. I'm due to do a reading next month, and one of the poems I
>want to read contains an epigraph of about three lines. Being a novice
>to this game, I'm not sure what the best way is to approach it. Would
>you do a bit of an introduction, then just read the title, epigraph and
>poem, in that order? Or, given that the epigraph has a very direct
>bearing on the title, would you read it first, as part of a little
>introduction, and then proceed to the
>title and poem?
>I'd be grateful to hear what people think. As I say, I've hardly ever read
>anything in public before
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