tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531553.post6382495368312369528..comments2023-06-27T01:34:35.359-07:00Comments on Ted Burke LIKE IT OR NOT: Slate shuts down Poems sectionTED BURKEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16610296721891201100noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531553.post-76761128391044457672013-12-30T00:14:27.613-08:002013-12-30T00:14:27.613-08:00Hello Ted!
the convergence of two things brings m...Hello Ted!<br /><br />the convergence of two things brings me out to look for you today. <br /><br />1: a post-Christmas virus struck long enough to afford me time to look in on Robert Pinsky's Poetry Forum, where I read "The Man of Double Deed" and its (and your) accompanying comments.<br /><br />2. that same virus also afforded me enough time to clean my inbox (to remarkable success-- 3478 to 8, with 14 new folders, 7 deleted folders and 4 combined folders) wherein i found you again-- in a fairly recent email (6/ 15/ 13) titled "It Could Be Great." In that email, you described a "notion" to make a poetry thingee like we used to do on Slate. (I'm paraphrasing here.)<br /><br />well, Ted, is it still true? Could it still be great? <br /><br />is it possible that you will create the forum wherein, i might, every now and then (to the detriment of the stuff they're paying me for) show up and play the Mid-Sized Moderately-Annoyed Complainer to your Big Mean Critic?<br /><br />I like Robert Pinsky's Poetry Forum. I do. It's just that the comment section is a little hermetic-- a little waterproof. people post, Robert replies, others may reference your post. that's it. everything's all sealed up neatly. <br /><br />dont get me wrong, in the 8 years since i first posted on PoemsFray, I've gotten sixteen years older and tired-er. so i'm not up for the blood-letting that used to occasionally (weekly? hourly?) occur there, but the com boxes on the new Poetry Forum are missing a few "what the hell does THAT mean?"s.<br /><br />anyway, if the "Could Be Great" project has died in its sleep, so be it. if it breathes still, please keep me posted. either way, tonight i was happy to communicate with you through a comment section. just like old times. Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06719139442883271920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531553.post-64732605646434745912013-10-23T13:22:49.364-07:002013-10-23T13:22:49.364-07:00Sigh... another paying outlet for verse gone down....Sigh... another paying outlet for verse gone down. I guess you can't give this stuff away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com