Mrs. Boss is in Rome right now working & feels like turning this over
to Mr. Boss & the workforce as a whole. My own personal aim being to
talk only in poetry, I might see Geraldine's suggestion as taking me
in the exact opposite direction to that which I want to go. But come
on, folks, opinions!
Mairead
On 2/11/07, Geraldine Monk <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Geraldine Monk
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 2:29 AM
> Subject: Just a thought
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>
> Just thinking -
> What's the difference between a 'list' and a 'forum'? Is it money? Do you
> have to pay to 'go Forum'?. Reason I ask is that I'm on a music forum and
> it's great fun even though there's a lot of silliness but that you can take
> or leave. The niftiness is that they have different strands, specialist
> strands for theory, for practice/practise, for different instruments ie
> strings, brass, woodwind and a 'cafe' for chatting about anything other
> than music.
>
> That's the really nice idea- never mind the quality feel the width - it
> allows subscribers to natter on about non-music/literary subjects whilst
> knowing that the people you are talking to have a common interest. So often
> on this list if we hack off about current affairs or personal dilemmas,
> favourite recipes or what I did on my holidays etc you are shouted down
> because it's not about poetry. And yet poets live in the real world and
> don't always want to contextualise (phew did I really use that word) it
> around poetry but just want a common ground and common ear to talk about
> sweet nothings that are mouthing off about war, injustice, politics, Sudan
> to Sheffield to Scandinavia or Spots on yer Bot etc.
>
> Oh you get my point. The point is: could we not expand this 'list' like a
> 'forum' and talk more general. Mairead? Ian?
>
>
> If we expand this list poets could talk to other poets about anything?
> I've never divided my 'poet' me from my 'me-me'. I think if we expanded this
> list to be able to talk about anything without fear of reprimand that we
> have strayed beyond the remit may add a zest? Okay it opens the door for
> some really boring stuff but not everyone will find it boring and there's
> always the 'delete' button. But a place chatter about deep concerns and
> light fripperies without having to be apologetic...
>
> Late night thoughts - but I'm an owl so it's early days for my... I think
> it's a good idea but ...
>
> over to the Mr and Mrs Boss...
>
> G.
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