I agree Roger, this is mostly very boring. but the things we're talking about must be familiar to you as well; why not try to enter the conversation in a way that is _not_ dull? I'm certain you'd have have insight to share KS On 14/10/06, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > and the indents so perfectly placed ... > > I was beginning to suspect a bot or a masque of some kind ... > > ... now I don't mind play of any sort ... but run along, biloxi dear, > this is boring. Go play in Buffalo Poetics where they go "oooooh" at > this sort of this thing. > > On 10/13/06, Robin Hamilton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "biloxi andersen" <[log in to unmask]> > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 8:08 PM > > Subject: Re: Please excuse me from "critique" duties > > > > > > > On 10/13/06, biloxi andersen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >> On 10/13/06, MJ Walker <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > >> It doesn't mean that you feel likewise in other > > >> or all aspects of life, but, in that aspect, it is a lonesome, and > > >> without a doubt, sad too, often sad beyond words, and sometimes words > > >> (art) soothe. > > > > I don't think MJ Walker said what is quoted above. > > > > Indeed, a search of the poetryetc archives indicates that the only place > > where the words cited above occur is in this post itself. > > > > I find this somewhat strange, to say the least. > > > > Robin Hamilton > > > > > Just to clarify; it's not all sadness, as the "soothing" that art > > > provides here is perhaps even more soothing than a mother's breast, if > > > one has any recollection of that. It's a soothing that transcends both > > > the lifegiving events and "the death ahead"**. > > > > > > ** Using the last phrase in that chant we composed for Andrew > > > yesterday after his. > > > > > > Regards > > > > > -- > http://www.badstep.net/ > http://www.cb1poetry.org.uk/ > Suspicion breeds confidence >