Ah, it's what I gets when posting in between hack^H^H^Hrefactoring
corporate systems...
ROger
On 11/22/05, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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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> >
> >
> Douglas Barbour
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