tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828266702422314264.post9025298899707352547..comments2023-05-18T10:33:28.033+01:00Comments on A Thing for Poetry: Talking with the Internet about PoetryDavid Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00656839468664945706noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828266702422314264.post-56817916390697085982014-10-16T20:19:12.570+01:002014-10-16T20:19:12.570+01:00Hi David,
I agree the performative nature of onli...Hi David,<br /><br />I agree the performative nature of online communications tends towards entrenched opinions and polarised arguments, however I was recently discussing with someone the idea that, within print media, there aren't very many good poetry rammies - hatchet jobs and the like. Perhaps the heated discussions on social media are (in the case of poetry) a reaction to the fact that poetry criticism in print tends to range all way from damning with faint praise to praising with faint condemnation. Measured responses are fine, but perhaps we could measure them out with something larger than coffee spoons.<br /><br />Incidentally, talking of the 18th Century, I can't help but think of Samuel Johnson's 'Macpherson stick', which he took to carrying with him in case the author of the Ossian poems ever decided to make good on his threats of physical violence towards him.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Paul.Paul McMenemyhttp://www.lunarpoetry.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828266702422314264.post-29613253798132714702014-10-12T21:08:59.418+01:002014-10-12T21:08:59.418+01:00When conversations are both remote and anonymous t...When conversations are both remote and anonymous the social norms of not causing offence or a scene no longer apply. We're off the leash. Some people revel in it. Interesting perspective you have given.<br /><br />Anyhoo, I have just published a book of poetry called Feckquinox. It is available to DL from Amazon for £0 until Thursday the 16th of Oct 2014. I hope you get a chance to read it, and if you do I hope you get something from it.Carter Bluntnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828266702422314264.post-58833455852853810752014-10-11T11:07:39.915+01:002014-10-11T11:07:39.915+01:00Thanks David, for identifying and articulating thi...Thanks David, for identifying and articulating this phenomena so eloquently. I've watched several 'conversations' unfold and felt alternately amused and horrified by the rapid descents into name calling and unpleasantness, and would very much like to see more considered discussions taking place. I fear, however, that social media is not suited to rational debate. It seems inevitable within any group of people there will be those who will express their less than pleasant ideals in the same way that, more seriously and sadly, an expression of disgust at the bombing of Gaza can attract accusations of anti-Semitism. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com