Well, to make things quite clear: I've seen Geraldine read - she's is a
superb performer and I'd recommend people to see her. She's also a very
engaging and good-humoured person to talk to. Is that an example of animus?
BUT I still do not see the artistic reason for her appropriation of Donne,
as I said before, I think it a folly, aesthetically, as her language does
not match up to Donne's.
Best
Dave
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From: "Alison Croggon" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 12:15 AM
Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Fascicle 2
> On 15/2/06 11:02 AM, "Mark Weiss" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Ah, a lesson in etiquette.
>
> Maybe. We've had fights on this list about such issues many times; one
> woman's "impatience" might be another's unjustifiable personal attack. I
> think on a list like this that etiquette matters; it's the oil that
permits
> robust discussion. To my mind there was sufficient ad hominem in those
posts
> to raise the question; the poem was sufficiently mocked before it or the
> ideas that informed it were even read. Fwiw, I'd make the same points -
and
> in fact have - about poets whose work I don't enjoy.
>
> Best
>
> A
>
> Alison Croggon
>
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