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Welcome back Tina snaps are a bit shortvthese days all the old poets seem to
be past it!:-)

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From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Tina Bass
Sent: 16 June 2015 11:26
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: poems posted here

One lurker revealed...


Hello all!  I'm here/back/returned.
I might even send in a poem tomorrow.
t 
 

 
 
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In order that people may be
happy in their work, these three things are needed: they must be fit for it;
they must not do too much of it; and they must have a sense of success in
it.
-John Ruskin, author, art critic, and social reformer (1819-1900) 



 





> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:05:59 +1000
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: poems posted here
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 
> Yes, de-lurk brothers and sisters. And a touch more poetic discussion 
> would be handy, as well as poems.
> 
> Andrew
> 
> On 20 April 2015 at 21:17, Patrick McManus 
> <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> 
> > L Yes it was Patrick -and I will try harder in future to make 
> > malicious comments -him Patrick old mean nasty Raynes Parker
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics 
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
> > Sent: 20 April 2015 10:23
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: poems posted here
> >
> > Returning from silence.... I think it was Patrick who made a plea 
> > for others to post
> >
> > I was thinking, am thinking, it may be timely to remark to all that 
> > those of us who regularly post here do not have any privileged 
> > status to do so
> >
> > I'd encourage others to post - delurk brothers and sisters
> >
> > i find trying (thought sometimes failing) to post Wednesdays, does 
> > encourage me to produce
> >
> > I find the comments that follow to be supportive or at least neutral
> >
> > can't remember the last malicious comment even though it is unlikely 
> > that we are all sympathetic to everything: it seems to me to be a 
> > civilised place to post; and I welcome the sharing
> >
> > I often find myself explaining why I have done something i.e. not 
> > making any change; but I d learn from comments; and things such as 
> > exchanges of information about differences of usage I find 
> > interesting and helpful
> >
> > so...
> >
> > L
> >
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