tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144957.post6329010882336017948..comments2023-10-31T09:37:59.862-07:00Comments on Rocket Kid Writing: Internet poetry - an oxymoron?Rachel Dacushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15754712503067644226noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144957.post-72066423513276021132007-06-01T20:49:00.000-07:002007-06-01T20:49:00.000-07:00The Internet is the present.Thanks for this post, ...The Internet is the present.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this post, rachel.sam of the ten thousand thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378206265831223396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144957.post-67592099763047637702007-05-29T18:00:00.000-07:002007-05-29T18:00:00.000-07:00Let them be. They have their standards and the Int...Let them be. They have their standards and the Internet doesn't measure up, yet.<BR/><BR/>It's too bad. Personally, I feel sorry for them. They're caught in a paradigm shift and they're only trying to keep from becoming contaminated by the loose and disheveled. Purity is important to them and the internet is too low for such high minds. It's too undisciplined, too raw, rude and uneducated. And if they don't maintain their quo, the art form will suffer, you know. If they're seen as lowly <I><B>Internet Poets</B></I>, they'll be tarred forever. Imagine, being seen on the same stage with the 'not really' published and the 'too easily published'. That's sure to destroy the REAL poet's livelihood .. oh wait ..<BR/><BR/>People who take themselves that seriously need to be laughed more often, you know. <BR/><BR/>More worried with their rank than with the words.<BR/>Now here's an anthology ya can skip.<BR/><BR/>-blueBeau Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01570982615331590643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144957.post-70238971690779182812007-05-29T09:55:00.000-07:002007-05-29T09:55:00.000-07:00Hi Rachel -The internet flap surprised me too. I ...Hi Rachel -<BR/>The internet flap surprised me too. I wondered why anyone with those feelings would want to be involved in an internet community! Also I have read a lot of just so-so poems in reputable print journals. As a matter of fact, the array of fairly well-known poets who appear in online journals is striking.<BR/><BR/>Joyce NowerJoyce Nowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03381477364241233438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144957.post-35209292889070231172007-05-28T10:47:00.000-07:002007-05-28T10:47:00.000-07:00Rachel -Very interesting post. I read part of the ...Rachel -<BR/><BR/>Very interesting post. I read part of the discussion you are referring to, and am intrigued by these same thoughts -- these folks participate online, the anthology came to BE online, so what's the deal? Although I must admit that even all these years after I began to interact with poets and poetry online, I haven't fully given up my own bias toward print journals. But I'm coming along, albeit slowly! <BR/><BR/>- Kelly in NebraskaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com