tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post3514460841716953256..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: Instead of an article or letterGeorge Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-92129670716022918442011-08-06T18:11:18.609+01:002011-08-06T18:11:18.609+01:00I don't know that a blog is an ego trip, Leah,...I don't know that a blog is an ego trip, Leah, and I haven't 'asked' for comments. There is a comments facility that I opened up after some hesitation. I write the blog because it helps me think and I decided to welcome comments because it helps me think further. I have generally enjoyed the conversations I have had this way. <br /><br />Carol is a very fine poet - she knows I think that because I have reviewed her books in the past. I know exactly what she was referring to in her post on The Guardian and I believe I answered her on the Guardian site. I have had no quarrel with her in the past nor do I have one now. Or if I do she will be the one who lets me know it.<br /><br />I wrote the blog post on which you are commenting before I replied on The Guardian. It has been an exhausting and tense time: it is not always easy to be offering one's name at the head of a petition to which there seems to be no response and in the course of events in which such passions are brought to bear. I imagine Carol can understand that.<br /><br />As for you, if you have read so far, that's fine. You'll see I have answered. If not, then this comment is just water under the bridge.<br /><br />I don't usually print either my blog or the comments but I have never censored or removed a critical one. Abuse is different. I don't think you have abused me.<br /><br />Whether you contribute or not is a matter for you. Having answered now I probably won't answer again, since this exchange, like the matter of the Poetry Society, is likely to generate more heat than light.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-3012875869286463052011-08-06T12:49:24.613+01:002011-08-06T12:49:24.613+01:00Dear George,
To set the record straight, you were ...Dear George,<br />To set the record straight, you were quoted on the Guardian blog as saying, 'It shows the pitiable state of things that I have to come to a comment board to point this out.' That, I believe, is what Carol was referring to. I would add my own comment which Carol may or may not agree with: I think running a blog of one's own and asking for comments is an ego-trip. Therefore, beyond this comment to defend Carol Rumens, a wonderful poet who has always fought for human rights all over the world, I won't contribute further. Print this or not as you wish; answer or not.<br />Leah Fritzleah fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251595480972330134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-17677491457132319512011-08-05T09:44:39.991+01:002011-08-05T09:44:39.991+01:00Very well put George.Very well put George.Padhraig Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11010869074911253314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-87567974518551927902011-08-05T06:31:35.374+01:002011-08-05T06:31:35.374+01:00KatyEB ! symbol of Truths.. you made my day.
...KatyEB ! symbol of Truths.. you made my day. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.sampleletters.org/" rel="nofollow">Letters</a>syedshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12555667882791359184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-53897651242038904602011-08-04T22:19:24.402+01:002011-08-04T22:19:24.402+01:00Thank you, Morelle. As Katy Evans-Bush says in her...Thank you, Morelle. As Katy Evans-Bush says in her Comment the petition is the work of a lot of people and the requisition was at the initiation of Kate Clanchy. <br /><br />But it hardly matters who did or does what. The original issue is simple and clear enough if people bother to think as well as emote. Now, of course, the law is involved so it's not so simple. Or the law might be involved soon. Or later. Or has been in the past. Who knows? What we know is that lawyers have been involved because the bills are there.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-14842410790129130472011-08-04T22:07:37.896+01:002011-08-04T22:07:37.896+01:00Hallo George, you have done absolute wonders, begi...Hallo George, you have done absolute wonders, beginning with your clear-sighted summing up of what went on, when I found it all confusing - and others of course too, on the poetrysoc members website - but also in initiating the petition, and now in this comment you left, repeating until surely it must sink in, what the actual issues are. Thank you for all your efforts. I'm not surprised if you feel a bit exasperated I would be tearing my hair!<br /><br />I posted about this on my blog<br />http://rivertrain.blogspot.com/2011/07/poetry-society.html<br /><br />Thanks again, Morelledritanjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16025213970107184429noreply@blogger.com