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not malicious; significantly wry maybe? ;) I took no offense, & I'm not quite sure what Candice was upset about; sure, Tad (who I didn't realise was TheOldMole, was confused!) could have initiated a discussion on why or why not non-subtle metapoetry is a comfortable phenomenon to people -- but so could I. if that was a defense, Candice ["Caddy. Caddy. Caddy." -- Faulkner]*, thank you in any case. *heh KS On 16/02/07, TheOldMole <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thank you, Alison -- I didn't mean it in any malicious way -- but the > responsibility is still mine. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alison Croggon" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 7:19 AM > Subject: Re: Early Snap - Famous > > > > Well, I should have kept my own mouth shut. > > > > For my part, I honestly didn't think Tad's posting of the poem to be > > malicious, and I'm sorry it's been taken that way. > > > > On 2/16/07, TheOldMole <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> I do apologize. There are lots and lots and lots of canonical poems that > >> I > >> wouldn't recognize -- probably more for me than most of the people on > >> this > >> list. > >> > >> The only thing I can say is that I wasn't attempting to justify anything, > >> because when I posted my second note, I hadn't realized that people had > >> critiqued Auden (and well, I thought). I should have posted this apology > >> sooner. > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "MC Ward" <[log in to unmask]> > >> To: <[log in to unmask]> > >> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 10:30 PM > >> Subject: Re: Early Snap - Famous > >> > >> > >> > Alison, > >> > > >> > Are you satisfied by Tad's "justification" of what he > >> > did? Myself, I feel that he should at least apologize > >> > to the list in general--and Anny and Kasper in > >> > particular--for making fools of us/them, if nothing > >> > else. > >> > > >> > I'm very upset by this, and I wonder what Anny and Joe > >> > think. > >> > > >> > Candice > >> > > >> > Let the water wash over your face > >> > I'll send it in waves > >> > Just to see you perform the great escape > >> > (Moby) > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > --- Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> > > >> >> I expect that Moley here didn't realise that people > >> >> wouldn't recognise > >> >> that poem! > >> >> > >> >> And I am, I confess, more than a little surprised. > >> >> Surely one of > >> >> Auden's best known? And that line, "poetry makes > >> >> nothing happen", one > >> >> of his most quoted? Certainly one of my favourites > >> >> of all time. (I'm > >> >> sure that Wystan would appreciate the workshopping; > >> >> that last stanza > >> >> is in my eyes pretty incredible...) > >> >> > >> >> All best > >> >> > >> >> A > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> Editor, Masthead: http://www.masthead.net.au > >> >> Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com > >> >> Home page: http://www.alisoncroggon.com > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > >> > Don't pick lemons. > >> > See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. > >> > http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html > >> > > > > > > -- > > Editor, Masthead: http://www.masthead.net.au > > Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com > > Home page: http://www.alisoncroggon.com > > >