I'd agree, Randolph, about Jill's snaps, they are beautiful. My point was to
stimulate debate about aesthetics and purpose, I think the various comments
have been rewarding, I liked Lawrence's in particular.
Best
dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "wild honey press" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: SNAPS snap
> Dear Jill,
>
> interesting the differences you propose: snap/exercise/finished poem.
Unable
> to be terribly articulate, though I've often thought, and so I'll say,
that,
> however you view them, your snaps are always rewarding. Well, beautiful
> really.
>
> best
>
> Randolph
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jill Jones" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 11:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [POETRYETC] SNAPS snap
>
>
> >I couldn't agree more with Lawrence, especially ...
> >
> > On Sunday, January 29, 2006, at 04:08 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> >> I value the snaps series
> >>
> >> It's not that I like every poem that gets posted, and certainly not of
my
> >> own
> >>
> >> but much of what is posted is often very good.
> >>
> >> ...
> >
> >> Sometimes, when I am feeling low or disgruntled etc, I may feel
> >> curmudgeonly and negative - sometimes I feel I shall leave - but I try
to
> >> keep quiet. I think there is a big danger that one feeling curmudgeonly
> >> will talk bollocks
> >>
> >> I value the relentlessness of the weekly exercise
> >
> >
> > Interestingly, I was feeling pretty curmudgeonly lately as above - but I
> > too value the fact it makes me write once a week at least. The way my
life
> > is at the moment that is quite a feat. No-one has to like it (see remark
> > about 'delete' below).
> >
> > 'Snap' isn't perhaps the correct description, at least for what I do.
It's
> > more than an exercise, more than a 'here's me standing in front of the
> > Eiffel Tower', but less than a final finished poem. It's, for me, an
> > experiment, in the sense of 'let's throw this in the beaker and see if
and
> > what might happen'. If it happens, I post. People can ignore it, but I
> > have continued to extract useful things from the experiment, as a whole.
> >
> > Email has its problems but the filter and delete function is very useful
> > if something gets on yr wick. I certainly can't and don't follow
> > everything on this and other lists.
> >
> > On the whole, I like reading what comes through each Wednesday/Thursday
> > (allowing for time zones and sometime slackers like myself), the sense
of
> > work being done in the midst of lives, though I might not always comment
> > and may not always have the time to read everything.
> >
> > But if it ceases I will find other ways to keep the momentum up. For the
> > nonce, it's both useful and it's not just about me.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jill
> >
> > _______________________________________________________
> > Jill Jones
> >
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