Comments on: The Day The Poetry Died http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/05/the-day-the-poetry-died/ From the city of three rivers to the city of three towers, and everywhere in between... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:23:37 -0700 hourly 1 By: mielikki http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/05/the-day-the-poetry-died/comment-page-1/#comment-2341 mielikki Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:03:06 +0000 http://www.lilacspecs.com/?p=391#comment-2341 yeah, what they said. Egan sounds like a moody Irish arsehole. Maybe he has a potato lodged up his nose. Or he'd like one lodged there... I hope you will, eventually, give poetry another whirl. I bet your poems are fantastic. yeah, what they said. Egan sounds like a moody Irish arsehole. Maybe he has a potato lodged up his nose. Or he’d like one lodged there…
I hope you will, eventually, give poetry another whirl. I bet your poems are fantastic.

]]> By: Queen of Shake Shake http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/05/the-day-the-poetry-died/comment-page-1/#comment-2291 Queen of Shake Shake Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:06:52 +0000 http://www.lilacspecs.com/?p=391#comment-2291 Do you know how many professionals, highly published and not, rejected Einstein's work? Lots. Hang in there. Don't give up on your dreams. Do you know how many professionals, highly published and not, rejected Einstein’s work? Lots.

Hang in there. Don’t give up on your dreams.

]]> By: Crazycath http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/05/the-day-the-poetry-died/comment-page-1/#comment-2275 Crazycath Fri, 30 May 2008 23:56:05 +0000 http://www.lilacspecs.com/?p=391#comment-2275 It didn't die. It hibernated to protect itself. I am over from David's and I am so glad you got POTD as you so deserve it. No one has the right to say that you have no natural talent. You clearly have. Writing cannot be learned. It is an art and it is <i>natural</i>. Any attempt to force it makes it false, worthless. Your writing has YOU in it. That is what makes it worthwhile. That is why people read it. If it is any consolation, I have a BA (Hons) in English and was just fortunate that English is my passion. We studied a lot of British / Irish poets. I live in the UK and have been to Ireland a number of times a few years ago. I have never heard of Desmond Egan. Keep going with the psychology (another of my interests) - if nothing else, it gives you insights into how people "tick" and why, and ultimately could help contribute to your writing. I wish you well. It didn’t die. It hibernated to protect itself. I am over from David’s and I am so glad you got POTD as you so deserve it. No one has the right to say that you have no natural talent. You clearly have. Writing cannot be learned. It is an art and it is natural. Any attempt to force it makes it false, worthless.
Your writing has YOU in it. That is what makes it worthwhile. That is why people read it.

If it is any consolation, I have a BA (Hons) in English and was just fortunate that English is my passion. We studied a lot of British / Irish poets. I live in the UK and have been to Ireland a number of times a few years ago. I have never heard of Desmond Egan.

Keep going with the psychology (another of my interests) – if nothing else, it gives you insights into how people “tick” and why, and ultimately could help contribute to your writing.

I wish you well.

]]> By: Sandi McBride http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/05/the-day-the-poetry-died/comment-page-1/#comment-2271 Sandi McBride Fri, 30 May 2008 21:28:54 +0000 http://www.lilacspecs.com/?p=391#comment-2271 Never let anyone's negitivity drown your postive attitude. This was a really wonderful post and it just goes to show that while you thrive, you put down adversity...yeah you! Sandi ps David sent me by... Never let anyone’s negitivity drown your postive attitude. This was a really wonderful post and it just goes to show that while you thrive, you put down adversity…yeah you!
Sandi
ps
David sent me by…

]]> By: Jo Beaufoix http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/05/the-day-the-poetry-died/comment-page-1/#comment-2267 Jo Beaufoix Fri, 30 May 2008 16:22:18 +0000 http://www.lilacspecs.com/?p=391#comment-2267 Hi lilacspecs. I kept meaning to come over and say hi cos I love the comments you leave for Holl and Cami and so many others, then you got there first. I loved this post. I am so mad at that arsehole and I'm so glad you're writing again. Now I'm off to read more. Hi lilacspecs. I kept meaning to come over and say hi cos I love the comments you leave for Holl and Cami and so many others, then you got there first.
I loved this post. I am so mad at that arsehole and I’m so glad you’re writing again. Now I’m off to read more.

]]> By: Daryl http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/05/the-day-the-poetry-died/comment-page-1/#comment-2266 Daryl Fri, 30 May 2008 16:12:31 +0000 http://www.lilacspecs.com/?p=391#comment-2266 Happy Birthday ... let this one be the first of many to come where you can thumb your nose at someone who clearly was and is a major asshole... the passion you evoke in this post alone proves how wrong he was/is. :-D Happy Birthday … let this one be the first of many to come where you can thumb your nose at someone who clearly was and is a major asshole… the passion you evoke in this post alone proves how wrong he was/is.

:-D

]]> By: Lucrèce http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/05/the-day-the-poetry-died/comment-page-1/#comment-2265 Lucrèce Fri, 30 May 2008 14:17:08 +0000 http://www.lilacspecs.com/?p=391#comment-2265 HAPPY BIRTHDAY dear Korie!!!! Big hug! xxx HAPPY BIRTHDAY dear Korie!!!! Big hug! xxx

]]> By: D / Momma http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/05/the-day-the-poetry-died/comment-page-1/#comment-2264 D / Momma Fri, 30 May 2008 11:48:43 +0000 http://www.lilacspecs.com/?p=391#comment-2264 Oh how short we sell ourselves! You are a writer, indeed. Many professors in the arts are so self-absorbed that they only want to surround themselves with students who will imitate them and stroke their egos. Pride yourself on the fact that you are <i>not like him</i>. You and I are very similar, and I invite you to visit my blog, too. I found you through David. Peace - D Oh how short we sell ourselves! You are a writer, indeed. Many professors in the arts are so self-absorbed that they only want to surround themselves with students who will imitate them and stroke their egos. Pride yourself on the fact that you are not like him.

You and I are very similar, and I invite you to visit my blog, too. I found you through David.

Peace – D

]]> By: holly http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/05/the-day-the-poetry-died/comment-page-1/#comment-2259 holly Thu, 29 May 2008 23:41:12 +0000 http://www.lilacspecs.com/?p=391#comment-2259 whoa whoa whoa. you're letting some guy judge you on a very subjective topic? ask 100 different guys, you get a 100 different answers! jeeeeeeez lilacs! go for it, sweetie, do what makes you HAPPY!!!! or i'm going to take that psychology degree back off you. i can do that, i have one too. and i got it in 5 years (switched degrees). in this world? it is what you *make* it. you rock, dear! don't make me come kick yer butt. whoa whoa whoa. you’re letting some guy judge you on a very subjective topic? ask 100 different guys, you get a 100 different answers! jeeeeeeez lilacs! go for it, sweetie, do what makes you HAPPY!!!! or i’m going to take that psychology degree back off you. i can do that, i have one too. and i got it in 5 years (switched degrees).

in this world? it is what you *make* it.

you rock, dear! don’t make me come kick yer butt.

]]> By: david mcmahon http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/05/the-day-the-poetry-died/comment-page-1/#comment-2256 david mcmahon Thu, 29 May 2008 22:27:30 +0000 http://www.lilacspecs.com/?p=391#comment-2256 What an amazing post. You're just proved him so, so, very wrong. Thanks for the nomination on Post of the Day recently. Sorry I didn't respond immediately - pressures of a new job .... What an amazing post. You’re just proved him so, so, very wrong.

Thanks for the nomination on Post of the Day recently. Sorry I didn’t respond immediately – pressures of a new job ….

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