If you mean our Midsummer reading, Roger, I'm afraid no photos were taken.
But the event was a triumph nonetheless; yes, even though the readers were
women aged from 49 to 69, all different shapes and sizes! We've been reading
as a group for several years now, and usually mark the 'natural' festivals
like the equinoxes and solstices.
Amongst the audience tonight was one of our regular fans, the (as it
happens) gay vicar of the local church, who was chatting to some of us in
the interval about performing poetry by heart rather than reading from the
printed page. I said that I felt this might be a bit too challenging for the
audience (rather than for the poet), and he countered that poetry ought to
be challenging. Well, I agree there; but I still have a feeling, which I
can't quite get to the bottom of, that reading and reciting poetry are not
by any means the same thing. If this is so, then we need to think what
occasion which is suitable for. What do other list-members think about
this?
best joanna
----- Original Message -----
From: "roger day" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: TO MY DEAR PETCIES: an explanation
What a wonderful idea! I think that photographs of this magnificent
event are called for!
In Sweden, according to my drowsy intake of R3 this morning, people
will be having picnics and lovers will walk out this shortest night.
Ah, I how I envy them!
Roger
On 6/21/05, Joanna Boulter <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Well, quite. My first thought was How come I hadn't twigged that? my
> second
> was Wonder what shade of purple? And now I, who used to be so staid, am
> about to make a garland of silk poppies, to wear on my head at a Midsummer
> Madness poetry reading tonight....
>
> joanna
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken Wolman" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > It may be a sign of my gullibility (do I hope never to entirely lose
> > this?) that Judy's mask of Goth did not disturb me. I know damn well
> > she
> > is not a kid, but who is to say what is or is not appropriate attire for
> > someone with grandkids? Hang out in Manhattan's weirdly-named
> > neighborhoods (SoHo, Tribeca or Dumbo) for two hours and you will see
> > stranger phenomena than a middle-aged woman made up to look like the
> > electrical department in Home Depot. And why can't a retiree have a
> > part-time job? Makes sense to me. Pure retirement for some people is a
> > ticket to boredom and Alzheimer's.
> >
> > And I'm sorry to say this, but corrupt teachers are part of the real
> > world
> > landscape: elementary, secondary, university. Some of them may even
> > teach
> > writing. Ever since my high school Dean of Boys, Gerald Oglio, accused
> > me
> > of doctoring my schedule card, I've assumed that at least half the
> > teachers I've met have the disposition of Bad Cop in the back of the
> > precinct and got into their business because Gitmo hadn't been opened
> > yet.
> > Very little surprises me in a teacher: grace and decency in some, and
> > false accusations in others.
> >
> > Yes, it was deceit, but probably she could have brought it off if she
> > hadn't been essentially honest. Honest people should not try to sling
> > manure because they have consciences. Kind of like Laertes getting
> > knifed
> > with his own poisoned sword. Real creepazoids can and will hide
> > inconvenient truths. "Oh...did I forget to tell you I'm married? You
> > were awesome. Now put your clothes back on." "I really wanna work in
> > this daycare center. Oh. That five years off my resume? Uh...I guess
> > I
> > forgot to say I did time for child molestation." But Judy owned what
> > she
> > did. As far as I can tell, her conscience got the better (really) of
> > her.
> > And it was not ultimately damaging to anyone, but it sure as hell made
> > me
> > look at some of the daily deceptions I practice even when I'm trying not
> > to.
> >
> > Remarkable that several of us on this list, present and former, have
> > done
> > what was interpreted as sticking our feet in that pile of manure. The
> > precipitating episode can be almost anything. However, people here at
> > least are remarkably forgiving.
> >
> > Ken's Shadow
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