On 21/1/05 1:29 AM, "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> All poetries benefit in the society when any one form
> of the art is pushed forward.
This sounds like the trickle down theory, Finnegan! I really don't think
that a huge audience for Pam Ayres is going to generate a bigger audience
for Prynne.
All the same, I know what you're saying here, and I don't think anyone was
condemning all support for poetry. It's more about having it jammed into a
particular month, so you don't have to bother about it for the rest of the
year: a little corral or reservation which renders the rest of the culture
safe from poetry allergy. At the same time, I do tire of the hallucination
that somewhere out there in never never land is a huge audience for poetry,
just waiting for the right advertising campaign. What if there isn't?
Best
A
Alison Croggon
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