Re: Kafka and rilke and Perplexity State University

From: Kim Johnson <haikux2@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed Jul 02 2003 - 14:26:58 EDT

--- tina carson <tina_carson@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Oh, Kim, I really must take issue with this one.
> Ever heard of Walt Witman?

was he the guy who had that hot three-way with emilie
dickinsen and ralph david emersen?

> Sorry, Kim, I still think
> you're being an advocate for sensorship, and perhaps
> a bit snobbish.

i'm an advocate for as much sensory experience as
possible.

it's safe to delete "perhaps" and "a bit".

> I
> don't know about other authors, but even though I
> would not duplicate it
> today, I certainly don't regret even the most naive
> of my works.

lucky you. (and, honestly, this is not said snidely.)

kim

> >is what i'm suggesting below censorship?
> >
> >i'm still allowing the smitten creator to
> buttonhole
> >any poor fool to hear her latest creation.
> >
> >i think the permanency of print should perhaps be
> >withheld until the muse's visitation is over, and
> >there can be a more judicious assessment of what
> >transpired.
> >
> >surely any number of writers would, if they only
> >could, wish back their headlong rush into print.
> >
> >even our dear doctor on our very own list, it seems
> to
> >me, if i read him correctly, regrets allowing his
> >first two books into print. and these weren't
> books
> >of mere juvenilia.
> >
> >kim
> >
> >--- tina carson <tina_carson@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Sensorship is the death of creativity, Kim
> > > tina
> > >
> > > >the sheer amount of contemporary poetry is
> > > >overwhelming. (i'm not sure if i should put
> poetry
> > > in
> > > >quote marks, or not.)
> > > >
> > > >personally, i feel we (the readers) would be a
> > > whole
> > > >lot better off if there were to be a stricture
> on
> > > >publishing poetry. no poems allowed in print
> until
> > > >they have survived at least a year in an
> airless
> > > desk
> > > >drawer.
> > > >
> > > >but you're free to read them to any unwitting
> soul.
> > > >
> > > >kim
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
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