Hi Gill,
B Positive - with a bee! Well, you've really made my laugh I can't think of
much positive about bees - I guess they produce honey, and they ain't as
nasty looking as wasps, but... I think I'd feel either baffled or simply
unmoved if I was told to "be as positive as a bee!"
I guess there's a cringe factor that gets ignored when a new image is
suggested and used.
But I have great trouble with many TV ads too. I'm told I just don't get the
point they intend me to get.
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: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 20:14:39 +0100
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>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
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>>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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>>>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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