Roger
of course I agree with you here. Let me clarify, as they say. A lot of
young student poets seem to feel that reading other poets would destroy
their unique inspiration. The smart ones soon figure out that that is
not the case, & I just say, the poets I admire (published poets we're
speaking of here, etc) read, of course. I was referring to these people
new to poetry, usually quite young, who haven't clued in yet to the
ongoing conversation that feeds their art.
Doug
On 22-Nov-05, at 6:57 AM, Roger Day wrote:
> No they're not. At least, that's a very narrow view of creative
> writing classes. I think that nurture happens in different, highly
> personalised, ways. For example, some people read and read and read
> (pace Douglas B who rightly says that this is rare), and this is
> another way of joining the conversation, of "taking classes". I think
> I'm right in saying you're one of these rare people.
>
> Roger
>
> On 11/21/05, Douglas Clark <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Douglas Clark" <[log in to unmask]>
>
>> I should have added that verse is what Creative Writing classes are
>> about
>
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