dear Bob, this is a very old e-mail now but I feel moved to reply. Thanks so
much for the Dante quote, very apt as I'm going to run a poetry workshop for
Hospice patients this week and I thought we'd look at praise: of ourselves,
of a friend or lover, of a parent, and end up with a praise poem for
ouselves at 99. Nothing like looking forward, and the Hospice has adopted
this Phrase B-Positive with a bee picture. Personally I hate the phrase, but
I like the attitude...
sincerely,
Gill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Cooper" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:57 PM
Subject: Re: discussion topic: series of poems- to Giull, sorry!
> Hi Gill, Sally,
> Gill, you write: "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....
> And I'm butting in to say that somewhere in the jumble of the back of my
> mind, that's a bit like a garage that's too full to contain a car, I have
> a recollection of someone saying that Dante said: "the only poems worth
> anything are praise poems."
> So you're in good company!
> Bob
>
>
>>From: Gill McEvoy <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: discussion topic: series of poems- to Giull, sorry!
>>Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 09:42:53 -0000
>>
>>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"
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>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>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
>>>
>>>on 21/2/06 1:44 pm, Gerald England at [log in to unmask] wrote:
>>>
>>>>--- Gill McEvoy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>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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