I agree that in part we write to read what we might say:-) But if so are
probably readers of others too.
Sue
At 03:40 AM 2/18/2005, you wrote:
>Ha, the old question to which there is either no answer or far too many.
>
>The writer as reader reading while or after writing.
>
>Someone out there who will say, yes, that's it.
>
>[Posterity. -- what?]
>
>That there might be more than one such 'audience' -- that is that there
>are some people scattered around the world (which does mean the www is
>very helpful) who will find that reading or hearing one's poems is a) a
>delight, b) entertaining, c) provocative, etc....
>
>We live in hope (yes, Janet).
>
>Doug
>
>On 16-Feb-05, at 8:14 PM, Thomas Fallon wrote:
>
>>I wonder if I might ask this "old" question:
>>
>>Whom do poets write for? What is the "audience" we seek
>>to communicate with?
>
>
>Douglas Barbour
>Department of English
>University of Alberta
>Edmonton Alberta T6G 2E5 Canada
>(780) 436 3320
>http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
>
>Reserved books. Reserved land. Reserved flight.
>And still property is theft.
>
> Phyllis Webb
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