[lit-ideas] Re: A Short Poem About Glory
- From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 12:11:58 -0500
DR:
People say, off-list, and once again, that I'm far too cryptic.
Nonsense. Those people obviously don't read Japanese poetry. When I read
the poem I liked it because I didn't know on first reading what you were
talking about. It caught my eye and piqued my curiosity. I guessed you
were celebrating the experience of tending to things, even beyond their
needs -- even to their detriment? -- celebrating the tending itself which
brings a satisfaction, joy, sympathy with being -- a sentiment to which I
subscribe even if my laziness precludes it. If your scent intent is
important to your reason for writing it, then a hint of it might be helpful.
Unable to out-do Mike with quality, I'm adopting the Wal-Mart strategy:
volume.
God, I do love compliments, but if there's any quality to my work it's pure
accident. Very pure. Thanks anyway.
Keep plowing and planting, Paisano.
Mike Geary
Memphis
------------------------------------------------------------------
To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off,
digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html
Other related posts:
