[stylist] cummings.

Sat Oct 3 05:36:52 UTC 2009

I'd love to see that poem.

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From: "Susan Tabor" <souljourner at sbcglobal.net>
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> Hi, Alan:
>
> He writes a poem about a cat and the way the letters and words are
> configured makes me think about a cat sprawled on my page. It is
> amazing!--Susan
>
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> Behalf Of Alan
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> I think I sampled the work of E.E. cummings.  Always found it intriguing 
> how
>
> he never capitolized his name.
>
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> From: "Susan Tabor" <souljourner at sbcglobal.net>
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>> Hi, Alan:
>>
>> It's been a long time since I read it, but it was boring! I found myself
>> unimpressed by his metaphors, etc. I also didn't think his form was that
>> different from other writers of his time. So I didn't think he was as
>> revolutionary as my prof did. I experienced his poetry as very dark and
>> empty. There are other poets who write "dark" poetry but they also convey
>> the experience of what that "darkness" is like. My all-time favorite poet
>> is
>> e.e. cummings.--Susan
>>
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>> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Alan
>> Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 1:18 AM
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>> Having had no exposure to Ezra Pound, what is so bad about Pound's work?
>>
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>> From: "Susan Tabor" <souljourner at sbcglobal.net>
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>>
>>>I can promise you they WON'T be like Ezra Pound!--Susan
>>>
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>>> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf Of Barbara Hammel
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>>> Yeah, I'd be glad to read any of your contributions as long as they're
>>> not
>>> written like Ezra Pound.
>>> Barbara
>>>
>>> Snow is God's way of reminding us that beauty can be found even in the
>>> coldest hearts.
>>>
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>>> From: <LoriStay at aol.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 12:01 PM
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>>>> Welcome to the list, Susan.   There are always people who whether
>>>> meaning
>>>> to or not are able to squelch one's creativity.   I hope you decide to
>>>> stretch your writing wings once more and just ignore the slings and
>>>> arrows
>>>
>>>> of
>>>> jealous poets.
>>>> Lori
>>>> In a message dated 9/30/09 10:41:09 PM, souljourner at sbcglobal.net
>>>> writes:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The sad part is that also as I got older, my forays into creative
>>>>> writing
>>>>> became less frequent. I took an independent study in poetry writing
>>>>> once
>>>>> from an author whose work I liked and for all intents and purposes, my
>>>>> creativity was stifled if not temporarily killed--for a long time. She
>>>>> said
>>>>> one had to write like Ezra Pound in order to understand and write good
>>>>> poetry and I couldn't stand Ezra Pound.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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