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From: "David Riddell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 2:59 AM
Subject: Re: Cocooned in Dylanesque or is Albert Einstein indeed God?
David -- I would be happy to know you better through a broader dialogue. It
may well have been the -- shall I say, narrowness -- of this particular
thread that has often made it difficult for some people, myself included. As
Robin says, this *is* a poetry forum; and when I said a while back that if
you didn't like it here you might consider going somewhere else, that was
the sort of thing I meant and I apologise if I failed to put it clearly
enough.
I'm all for opening the discussion out to embrace religious poetry as a
genre. I think it's a very difficult type of poetry to do well *as poetry*
whilst steering between the pitfalls of polemics and sentimentality, and I'd
enjoy hearing what others on the list too have to say on this broader
aspect.
That stunner of Tom Leonard's is a brilliant kick-off!
best joanna
> I am willing to terminate this discussion/debate
> for I perceive that there are many on this List
> that find it has dragged on for far to long.And maybe
> they are right. You know me only through this short
> dialogue over the past week or so,but unfortunately
> do not know me well.
>
> Whether that is long enough to judge me correctly
> I cannot say.
>
> Nevertheless,I have enjoyed the sometimes heated
> written exchange from those here on this List,
> but it may be time now to turn our attentions to
> the intended purpose for which this List was created.
>
> { Created.......god....there I go again!!} Excuse me.
> a slip of the pen.
>
> To those of you,who are willing for this debate/conversation
> to continue,then I am all ears.
> Maybe you could put it to a vote?
>
> So far......Christians,One
> Lions,Nil.
>
> All the best
>
> dR
>
>
>
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>>--
>>Kenneth Wolman http://kenwolman.com http://kenwolman.blogspot.com
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>>"Poetry is tribal not material....this is where you can remember the good
>>times along with the worst; where you are not allowed to forget the worst,
>>else you cannot be healed."--C. D. Wright
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