Dear Sally, it is about Clinton, yes, his affair with Monica. But it is very
well done: the 2 of them found some marvellous flower names: Monarda Didyma
for Monica for example, and it is very witty. No longer so topical of
course...I know politics are best avoided, but wit is a really special
thing. Wit doesn't seem very popular any more. I open so many poetry mags
and there are a thousand poems about cancer, death, dementia, old
age....Goodness knows I've been through one of that list and written about
it too. But now I crave colour, joy, delight in the world around us - it's
not a bad old place and we're hardly here for very long....
best wishes,
sincerely,
Gill
----- Original Message -----
From: "sally evans" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: discussion topic: series of poems- to Giull, sorry!
> Gill. get them to try me. I thought it was Gerald writing that at first
> cheers
> SallyE
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> on 21/2/06 1:44 pm, Gerald England at [log in to unmask] wrote:
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>> --- Gill McEvoy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> And also why is it hard for a jointly penned poem to
>>> get published? I ran a
>>> workshop based on Elma Mitchell's poem "Lifecycle of
>>> the Moth" in which the
>>> poet uses only the common names of the moths to tell
>>> a story. We used the
>>> names of flowers and birds to make a story-poem and
>>> 2 people (we worked in
>>> pairs as I only had a few flower books/ bird books)
>>> produced a stunning poem
>>> called "Clinton's Lily" which they can't seem to get
>>> published under 2
>>> names. Any advice?
>>> best wishes to everyone,
>>> Gill
>>
>>
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