Glen Phillips tried to write
Well said! From Perth we do get the impression during the TV national weather
reports that the centre of the universe is Sydney(when it's not Melbourne).
John's weather report was, however, written for a Sydney paper. John as poetry
weatherman on TV. Now I'd like to see that!
Cheers
GP
Jill Jones wrote:
> on 6/2/01 11:02 AM, John Kinsella at [log in to unmask] wrote:
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> > of course i'm not saying that jill!!! the 'i see' is really not necessary.
>
> But now that the article has gone international there are people out there
> who may get the idea that Sydney belongs to one small group, or that the
> only poets in Australia worth reading are in this or that anthology. It just
> isn't so, John, and I'm sure everyone, including said 'group', would agree.
> I would hope you do to. There are other things happening here and if it
> doesn't see the light of day in the approved circles doesn't mean it isn't
> happening or that it isn't influential or won't become influential.
>
> I had no intention of entering this debate at all until this morning but I
> would be concerned if people thought there was only one game in town.
>
> best,
> Jill
>
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