Yeah, makes sense. Luke On 8 March 2018 at 09:08, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Byron, probably. Pope, maybe, Dryden, possibly not. Fortunately > avant-garde poets are excepted from this charge as their intended targets > can't understand the insult. > > (That is a joke, ok ??) > > On 8 March 2018 at 01:54, Luke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> > "poets are sensitive" >> >> Verbal sadism, if not aggression, tends to reflect badly on people, I >> think. I wonder which poets find an intrinsic value in hurting others with >> their words? >> >> Luke >> >> On 27 February 2018 at 21:16, Luke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> > newsflash "poets are sensitive" >>> >>> How can I be sure, of that? Are poets sensitive? >>> >>> Luke >>> >>> On 12 February 2018 at 18:24, Rhys Trimble <[log in to unmask]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> nothing to do with political correctness just a few of us feel that >>>> luke was symptomatic of a POSITIVE CHANGE which is evident in the list's >>>> recent liveliness and to criticize was a little bad form as in general his >>>> influence has been very good and remember that was the second comment aimed >>>> at him by you >>>> >>>> newsflash "poets are sensitive" >>>> >>> >>> >> >