Hi folks
Somebody once said that there might be no money in poetry but there's certainly
no poetry in money!
Of course poets, artists, writers, musicians and so on should be paid for the
work they do. After all, hard though it seems to be for the majority of people
in this philistine country of ours, we do a job of work (and a bloody sight
better - and a harder one - than most of those who get vast sums of money yet
contribute nothing of value to the world.
Regards
Mike FitzGerald
Mark Robinson wrote:
> Just what I was thinking, Cris. Count one to NO. (Although I can think of
> some poets where its probably the readers that should be paid!)
>
> And I do 'dare' to disagree, David, (though it didn't really require a
> dare) - given a distinction between career and careerism, which poets, inthe
> same proportion as people of other (dare I say it) professions, can make.
> But I'm not, please note, saying the residency-workshop-community service
> should be obligatory, or is in any way necessary to be a poet. So the
> latter-day equivalent of William Blake can continue to get his or her kit
> off in his garden to his or her heart's content, and good luck to them.
>
> And to you.
>
> Best,
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cris cheek <[log in to unmask]>
> To: british-poets <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 10 August 1999 19:45
> Subject: re: in answer
>
> >Hi David,
> >
> >what a wasp's nest indeed. Let me take a straw poll,
> >do writers here really believe that musicians, visual artists,
> >film-makers and suchlike should also not be paid for their work?
> >
> >Or is poetry somehow a different case?
> >
> >keen to hear
> >
> >love and love
> >cris
> >
> >
> >
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