----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Bray <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 4:23 PM Subject: Re: Peace! > At 06:57 AM 9/3/99 -0400, Mr. Stoneking wrote: ... & STILL I wait for an intelligent response to my play, Sixteen Words for Water... Is there anyone out there who cares enough about a living poet's work to take the time to frame an opinion? Then MR TIM BRAY Replied: > > The evidence strongly suggests that a poet's career, and interest in > his or her work, is strongly enhanced by said poet's death. From a > marketing point of view, a complicated and messy death that spreads > heartbreak in all directions is greatly to be preferred. Not that > any of the present company should take this as personal guidance. -T. TO WHICH I REPLY: Mr Bray observes all the niceties I have come to expect from this list... unfortunately... i have been gone from the States so long... when I left in the early 70s one could still find poetry among those whose love for learning exceeded their need to one-up a colleague.... My request still stands, i.e: I wait for an intelligent response to my play about Ezra Pound... is there anyone out there who would like to engage in conversation with a living poet? Stoneking