I do apologize. There are lots and lots and lots of canonical poems that I
wouldn't recognize -- probably more for me than most of the people on this
list.
The only thing I can say is that I wasn't attempting to justify anything,
because when I posted my second note, I hadn't realized that people had
critiqued Auden (and well, I thought). I should have posted this apology
sooner.
----- Original Message -----
From: "MC Ward" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 10:30 PM
Subject: Re: Early Snap - Famous
> Alison,
>
> Are you satisfied by Tad's "justification" of what he
> did? Myself, I feel that he should at least apologize
> to the list in general--and Anny and Kasper in
> particular--for making fools of us/them, if nothing
> else.
>
> I'm very upset by this, and I wonder what Anny and Joe
> think.
>
> Candice
>
> Let the water wash over your face
> I'll send it in waves
> Just to see you perform the great escape
> (Moby)
>
>
>
> --- Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> I expect that Moley here didn't realise that people
>> wouldn't recognise
>> that poem!
>>
>> And I am, I confess, more than a little surprised.
>> Surely one of
>> Auden's best known? And that line, "poetry makes
>> nothing happen", one
>> of his most quoted? Certainly one of my favourites
>> of all time. (I'm
>> sure that Wystan would appreciate the workshopping;
>> that last stanza
>> is in my eyes pretty incredible...)
>>
>> All best
>>
>> A
>>
>> --
>> Editor, Masthead: http://www.masthead.net.au
>> Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
>> Home page: http://www.alisoncroggon.com
>>
>
>
>
>
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