From: Covenant@yabbs
To: Natalie@yabbs
Subject: re: just me complaining again
Date: Wed Jul 27 19:59:41 1994

you know, you've got a point Natalie.  I agree that the word 'poetry' has
become too broad.  The 'and creative writting' in the title of this group
is the only thing that I feel allows me on here anyway  :)

to tell the honest truth, i wouldn't know a good poem if it bit me.  but,
to coin an old phrase, 'I may  not know art, but I know what I like".  :)

the way I see it, is that writting is an emotinonal release for me.  I'm in the
engineeering/physical sciences so I really have no knowledge of the 'arts'.
Plus, the last thing I want to do is 'think' about my emotions  :)  writting 
sortof does that for me though.  I guess I'm just saying that writting is fun
because I don't know what I'm doing.  

However, I have the utmost respect (and a little envy) for those people who
can actually read a poem and understand it.  To prove my point, I'll ask 
this question:  What the hell is a sonnet??  :)   Is that when a poem 
rhymes?  I am completely art-illiterate.

see you all this September,

The Appalachian