Ah, there you are, Suzi.
Remember I emailed a few weeks ago? -
Suzi,
My first encounter with Larkin's poems wasn't great either, but then several
of them grew on me.
Perhaps you have had the same initial experience with poetry by Frost,
Hardy, Tennyson, Keats, Wordsworth, Marvell, George Herbert...
These when persevered with prove rewarding in themselves, I have found, and
also prepare readers for poetry of the last few decades.
You probably want to recommend some reading to me to widen MY sense of the
past and the present? Go ahead -
Best wishes from Max R
I wonder if you saw this and would care to respond.
Max again
On 19/05/11 6:30 PM, "Suzi Hall" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> This poetry is so conservative and boring there is no point reading it
>
On 9/08/11 11:49 AM, "Suzi Hall" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> My manners are Australian, not Breetish. And my imagination is
> extremely fertile in terms of poetic produce available elsewhere, and
> in my living speech every day of my life thus far.
>
> Your 'poetry' and words are unfunny, unimaginative, boring,
> conservative, sterile and barren.
>
> You obviously don't speak metaphor.
>
>
>
> On 09/08/2011, at 10:15 AM, Mark Weiss wrote:
>
>> Apparently you don't speak irony. Or read your own recent messages.
>>
>> Let me be straight with you--your manners are appalling. Here's a
>> test--would it be ok with you if I characterized a bunch of women
>> poets by the state of their fertility?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Suzi Hall <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Aug 8, 2011 8:42 PM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: men who can use word, sound, and power
>>>
>>> I don't know, I've never known them personally, but that's just the
>>> kind of racist and jealous-of-talent-and-relevancy comment that I'd
>>> expect from you.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 09/08/2011, at 9:54 AM, Mark Weiss wrote:
>>>
>>>> The first two, presumably, have lots of sperm.
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Suzi Hall <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Aug 8, 2011 8:23 PM
>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>> Subject: Re: men who can use word, sound, and power
>>>>>
>>>>> Some men, of course, can write. For good balance and equal
>>>>> rights, I
>>>>> suggest you try Mutabaruka and Linton Kwesi Johnson, also Louise
>>>>> Bennett (not a man, and not young).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 09/08/2011, at 9:33 AM, Mark Weiss wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> A graceful way to say goodbye.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There are some very nice all-female poetry lists.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It must be wonderful to be young and female.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: Suzi Hall <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>>> Sent: Aug 8, 2011 7:43 PM
>>>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: old men's wank, as usual / men without semen
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All you old poots are nothing but a bunch of trainspotters. I'd
>>>>>>> tell
>>>>>>> you to get fucked, but I know that's impossible for you old men.
>>>>>>> Instead you dribble wanky words all the time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've never read a single good poem by a man on this network -
>>>>>>> only a
>>>>>>> few decent ones by Sheila, Jill and Sharon.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Quit me please.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 09/08/2011, at 8:35 AM, Halvard Johnson wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *Toxic Assets Sonnet*
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Pedro found his reservoir of goodwill for his fellow
>>>>>>>> humanoids contaminated‹or tainted, if you will‹
>>>>>>>> by perennial and hereditary diseases. Exalted beings
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> all, they chewed their nails in anticipation of defaults
>>>>>>>> and market plunges, holding onto their faith that what
>>>>>>>> goes down must go up. Nervousness and its neighbor,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> panic, often had cookouts in their unforeclosed back
>>>>>>>> yards. When the going gets tough, the tough broil
>>>>>>>> burgers. At any other time, the heady air of despair
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> would have provided a tonic. But now, today, Main St.
>>>>>>>> knows even smart Canadians cannot ride to the rescue.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Serving the tri-state area.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hal
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Halvard Johnson
>>>>>>>> ================
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>>>>> http://sites.google.com/site/halvardjohnson/Home
>>>>>>>> http://entropyandme.blogspot.com
>>>>>>>> http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com
>>>>>>>> http://www.hamiltonstone.org
>>>>>>>> <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/>
>>>>>>>> http://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/home
>>>>>>>> <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/>
>>>>>>>> *Sonnets from the Basque & Other
>>>>>>>> Poems<https://docs.google.com/document/d/16pWoy7FBSWyCLWpz0hhI-i0BOYjSB
>>>>>>>> eUiqfWBmJF3g64/edit?hl=en_US
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> , Mainly
>>>>>>>> Black<https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1i_JGJ_FqQldEnUq7cwjV8gi
>>>>>>>> Yykz_tsGbTkC2EkAP3IM&hl=en&pli=1
>>>>>>>> #
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> , **Obras
>>>>>>>> Públicas<https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/halvard-johnson-ob
>>>>>>>> ras-publicas
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ; **The Perfection of Mozart's Third Eye and Other
>>>>>>>> Sonnets<http://www.scribd.com/doc/27039868/Halvard-Johnson-THE-PERFECTI
>>>>>>>> ON-OF-MOZART-S-THIRD-EYE-Other-Sonnets
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ; **Organ Harvest with Entrance of
>>>>>>>> Clones<http://www.amazon.com/Harvest-Entrance-Clones-Halvard-Johnson/dp
>>>>>>>> /0965404390/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1283182804&sr=8-1
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ; **Tango
>>>>>>>> Bouquet<https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ATDp6rzKkBkhZGZwand2cHdfOWc1
>>>>>>>> Mnh3Zw&hl=en
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ; **Theory of
>>>>>>>> Harmony<https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.
>>>>>>>> com/fall04/theory1.pdf
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ; **Rapsodie
>>>>>>>> espagnole<https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespac
>>>>>>>> e.com/rapsodi.pdf
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ; **Guide to the Tokyo
>>>>>>>> Subway<http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Tokyo-Subway-Other-Poems/dp/09714873
>>>>>>>> 16/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1283183153&sr=1-3
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ; **The Sonnet
>>>>>>>> Project<https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.
>>>>>>>> com/hsonnet.pdf
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ; **G(e)nome <http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/fall03/
>>>>>>>> genome.pdf>;
>>>>>>>> **Winter
>>>>>>>> Journey <http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.winter.html>;
>>>>>>>> **Eclipse<http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.eclipse.html>
>>>>>>>> ; **The Dance of the Red Swan
>>>>>>>> <http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.dance.html
>>>>>>>>> ;
>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>> *Transparencies & Projections
>>>>>>>> <http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.transp.html
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *
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