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Hi Luke, I feel your earlier question should have received an answer. My view, which may be at variance with the rest of the list, is that rather than posting a long article you could offer a resume'. You seem to have come to the same view, but your question looks to me to have gone too far in the other direction and become a bit cryptic. I don't quite understand what you're asking. Are you asking whether different 'frames' - as in different expectations and standards - are required in response to different writing practices? And if not, can all poetry be judged or described according to similar criteria? Excuse me simplifying what is probably a much more complex set of questions. Jamie > On 11 Aug 2017, at 14:03, Luke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi, > > If I may, I will just ask a quick question, rather than post a stupidly long document... > > I'm writing a "reflective essay", and have come full circle. My question is whether all contemporary writing can be framed in the same way, whether the essay identifies features generic to all poetry (mostly I talk about subjective anxiety in it). I currently lead with it: > > A Hobgoblin’s Cant > > I hope to dereify1 theories of the avant garde: use them in a living critique of the new. I do so by simplifying my life, while using those theories to criticise its depthless story. > > 1 To cause no longer to be a single coherent entity; to cease to treat as a recognisable "thing" > > > > > >> On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 5:26 PM, Luke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> New to the list, which seems like a very solid resource (feel like I've already learnt something -- this week). I had two sharp questions, I hope fine to ask to anyone who may respond: >> >> 1. Would it be frowned upon to post a 5,000 word essay, on my MA portfolio, sometime in the next year? I think it could interest some, not sure. >> >> 2. I have a handwritten letter from a well known poet, encouraging me. Would it be frowned upon to post it on-line, publically, rather than sharing it with a handful of interested people? Not here. >> >> Sorry if these are bad questions. >> >> Best wishes, >> Luke E >