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Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 2:36 AM
Subject: Fw: Just a thought
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Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 2:29 AM
Subject: Just a thought
Just thinking -
What's the difference between a 'list' and a
'forum'? Is it money? Do you have to pay to 'go Forum'?.
Reason I ask is that I'm on a music forum and it's great fun even though there's
a lot of silliness but that you can take or
leave. The niftiness is that they have different strands,
specialist strands for theory, for practice/practise, for different instruments
ie strings, brass, woodwind and a 'cafe' for chatting about anything other
than music.
That's the really nice idea- never mind the quality feel the width - it allows subscribers to
natter on about non-music/literary subjects whilst knowing that the people you
are talking to have a common interest. So often on this list if
we hack off about current affairs or personal dilemmas,
favourite recipes or what I did on my holidays etc you are
shouted down because it's not about poetry. And yet poets live in
the real world and don't always want to contextualise (phew did I really use
that word) it around poetry but just want a common ground and common ear
to talk about sweet nothings that are mouthing off about war, injustice,
politics, Sudan to Sheffield to Scandinavia or Spots on yer Bot
etc.
Oh you get my point. The point is:
could we not expand this 'list' like a 'forum' and talk more
general. Mairead? Ian?
If we expand this list poets could talk to
other poets about anything? I've never divided my 'poet' me from my
'me-me'. I think if we expanded this list to be able to talk about
anything without fear of reprimand that we have strayed beyond the
remit may add a zest? Okay it opens the door for some really boring
stuff but not everyone will find it boring and there's always the 'delete'
button. But a place chatter about deep concerns and light
fripperies without having to be apologetic...
Late night thoughts - but I'm an owl so it's early days
for my... I think it's a good idea but ...
over to the Mr and Mrs Boss...
G.
