On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Jonathan P. Gill wrote:
 
> I
> also would like to suggest that bad poetry can be no less interesting than
> good poetry.
 
Heavens! I don't think I'm alone as a poet in having a black fear of
having my work described as "interesting"*, a term redolent of
pathological laboratories.  Slam it if it's bad, praise (if you like)
anything you find good, but keep it away from the men in white coats. Is
"interesting" really what we settle for in poetry?
RC
* (Don't worry, say my numerous critics, it's hardly likely in YOUR
case...)