jeez, I had to write the same way all the time? I've never tried that.
Always thought I had to shape form to content.
Roger
On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 9:55 PM, Judy Prince
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> R'Owl, I forget that email doesn't allow for irony------I was joking! See
> this: <ggg>!
> Can't figure out what you mean by your "inability to take into account the
> people" you're talking to........or what that means for your poetry. I'm
> not sure I'd want you to change, since I like (much of) your poetry as it
> is.
>
> One thing that seldom can be said about a person's poems: They're so
> different from one another. It's true about your works, though, as I've
> read them over a span of more than 3 years on petc. Some might say that a
> poet whose work varies so often and so much in tone, format, and style has
> "not yet found" her or his "voice". I disagree rather violently, though
> p'raps it can be said about some poets at some times. The key, of course, is
> whether the poems WORK. And most of yours do, IM(never)HO.
>
> Judy
>
> 2008/8/23 Roger Day <[log in to unmask]>
>
>> Why am I tragic?
>>
>> one of my problems is an inability to take into account the people I'm
>> talking to ... that informs nearly all of my poetry. Although I'm
>> trying to change.
>>
>> Consider it as being a boy in a bubble.
>>
>> Roger
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:40 PM, Judy Prince
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> > You're such a tragic figure, R'Owl.
>> > I had known the quote, would never have known the margarine brand name,
>> and
>> > hereby brand _you_ a TUFFHAK (or a SICSPAC).
>> > But still I _very_ like the poem.
>> >
>> > Holiday Hilda
>> >
>> > 2008/8/22 Roger Day <[log in to unmask]>
>> >
>> >> the ryhme goes
>> >>
>> >> "Is it in heaven, is it in hell
>> >> that damned elusive pimpernel"
>> >>
>> >> Clapham == some place with a's in the it
>> >> Lurpack should be Lurpak, a plastic tub of margarine
>> >> not sure where tithe hack came from. running out of plays-on-words for
>> >> TUPAC or TOPIC
>> >>
>> >> On 8/22/08, Judy Prince <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >> > I _very_ like it. Explain "Clapham", "LURPACK" and "TITHE HACK",
>> please.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > 2008/8/22 Roger Day <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> >
>> >> > > indeed, 'tis mine. Although with me you never can tell, can you?
>> With
>> >> > > a nod towards the "Scarlet Pimpernel" at the end.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > On 8/22/08, Judy Prince <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >> > > > So is this "Your Stuff", R'Owl? Who wrote this poem?
>> >> > > > H Hilda
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > 2008/8/22 Roger Day <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > > the legendary rhymer and rapper
>> >> > > > > renowned for his
>> >> > > > > digressions
>> >> > > > > recessions
>> >> > > > > impressions
>> >> > > > > of a man never
>> >> > > > > knowing where his TOE PACK was
>> >> > > > > under his bulging bum bag?
>> >> > > > > or in his clammy codpiece?
>> >> > > > > He sought that TOOTH PICK
>> >> > > > > everywhere
>> >> > > > > is it in Clapham?
>> >> > > > > Or is it in that LURPACK
>> >> > > > > that damned elusive
>> >> > > > > TITHE HACK
>> >> > > > > --
>> >> > > > > My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/
>> >> > > > > "I began to warm and chill
>> >> > > > > to objects and their fields"
>> >> > > > > Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
>> >> > > > >
>> >> > > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > > --
>> >> > > My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/
>> >> > > "I began to warm and chill
>> >> > > to objects and their fields"
>> >> > > Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
>> >> > >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/
>> >> "I began to warm and chill
>> >> to objects and their fields"
>> >> Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/
>> "I began to warm and chill
>> to objects and their fields"
>> Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
>>
>
--
My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/
"I began to warm and chill
to objects and their fields"
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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