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jeez, I had to write the same way all the time? I've never tried that. Always thought I had to shape form to content. Roger On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 9:55 PM, Judy Prince <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > R'Owl, I forget that email doesn't allow for irony------I was joking! See > this: <ggg>! > Can't figure out what you mean by your "inability to take into account the > people" you're talking to........or what that means for your poetry. I'm > not sure I'd want you to change, since I like (much of) your poetry as it > is. > > One thing that seldom can be said about a person's poems: They're so > different from one another. It's true about your works, though, as I've > read them over a span of more than 3 years on petc. Some might say that a > poet whose work varies so often and so much in tone, format, and style has > "not yet found" her or his "voice". I disagree rather violently, though > p'raps it can be said about some poets at some times. The key, of course, is > whether the poems WORK. And most of yours do, IM(never)HO. > > Judy > > 2008/8/23 Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> > >> Why am I tragic? >> >> one of my problems is an inability to take into account the people I'm >> talking to ... that informs nearly all of my poetry. Although I'm >> trying to change. >> >> Consider it as being a boy in a bubble. >> >> Roger >> >> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:40 PM, Judy Prince >> <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> > You're such a tragic figure, R'Owl. >> > I had known the quote, would never have known the margarine brand name, >> and >> > hereby brand _you_ a TUFFHAK (or a SICSPAC). >> > But still I _very_ like the poem. >> > >> > Holiday Hilda >> > >> > 2008/8/22 Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> >> > >> >> the ryhme goes >> >> >> >> "Is it in heaven, is it in hell >> >> that damned elusive pimpernel" >> >> >> >> Clapham == some place with a's in the it >> >> Lurpack should be Lurpak, a plastic tub of margarine >> >> not sure where tithe hack came from. running out of plays-on-words for >> >> TUPAC or TOPIC >> >> >> >> On 8/22/08, Judy Prince <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> > I _very_ like it. Explain "Clapham", "LURPACK" and "TITHE HACK", >> please. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > 2008/8/22 Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> >> >> > >> >> > > indeed, 'tis mine. Although with me you never can tell, can you? >> With >> >> > > a nod towards the "Scarlet Pimpernel" at the end. >> >> > > >> >> > > On 8/22/08, Judy Prince <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> > > > So is this "Your Stuff", R'Owl? Who wrote this poem? >> >> > > > H Hilda >> >> > > > >> >> > > > 2008/8/22 Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > > the legendary rhymer and rapper >> >> > > > > renowned for his >> >> > > > > digressions >> >> > > > > recessions >> >> > > > > impressions >> >> > > > > of a man never >> >> > > > > knowing where his TOE PACK was >> >> > > > > under his bulging bum bag? >> >> > > > > or in his clammy codpiece? >> >> > > > > He sought that TOOTH PICK >> >> > > > > everywhere >> >> > > > > is it in Clapham? >> >> > > > > Or is it in that LURPACK >> >> > > > > that damned elusive >> >> > > > > TITHE HACK >> >> > > > > -- >> >> > > > > My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/ >> >> > > > > "I began to warm and chill >> >> > > > > to objects and their fields" >> >> > > > > Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > -- >> >> > > My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/ >> >> > > "I began to warm and chill >> >> > > to objects and their fields" >> >> > > Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/ >> >> "I began to warm and chill >> >> to objects and their fields" >> >> Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/ >> "I began to warm and chill >> to objects and their fields" >> Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds >> > -- My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/ "I began to warm and chill to objects and their fields" Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds