tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597224.post114105073936244948..comments2023-12-16T08:22:13.053+00:00Comments on The Rik Files: A non-critique of Kenneth Goldsmith's uncreativityRikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10564300512472868098noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597224.post-1141084821824851202006-02-28T00:00:00.000+00:002006-02-28T00:00:00.000+00:00The audience I imagine for my poems is at least as...The audience I imagine for my poems is at least as critical of them as real life people, but the real audience tends to dislike different things.Glenn Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597224.post-1141071777038604872006-02-27T20:22:00.000+00:002006-02-27T20:22:00.000+00:00Rik,I have refused before but, to my recollection,...Rik,<BR/><BR/>I have refused before but, to my recollection, only people like poetry.com. I don't think I've ever refused someone legitimate, but they aren't exactly banging down my door.<BR/><BR/>I guess I was just curious if you'd link not seeking publication to refusing it. Dammit, I'm lazy, not snooty!Julie Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06878713173193835861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597224.post-1141063640286522062006-02-27T18:07:00.000+00:002006-02-27T18:07:00.000+00:00Julie - you have to make people ask you, otherwise...<B>Julie</B> - you have to make people ask you, otherwise they won't, and then you miss out on the pleasure of saying no. Anyways, you <I>were</I> asked (at least once, I remember). Did you refuse?<BR/><BR/><B>Ron</B> - the question is not the volume of audience, but rather its centrality to the endeavour. My audience is peripheral to the relationship I have to the poetry I write, but I am still very aware of it after the fact, so to speak.Rikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10564300512472868098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597224.post-1141056369966515262006-02-27T16:06:00.000+00:002006-02-27T16:06:00.000+00:00An audience of one is an audience nonetheless. Tha...An audience of one is an audience nonetheless. That it is oneself makes it no less.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597224.post-1141054514524178312006-02-27T15:35:00.000+00:002006-02-27T15:35:00.000+00:00"or someone who writes poetry and refuses to have ..."or someone who writes poetry and refuses to have it published by someone else ..."<BR/><BR/>*gulp*<BR/><BR/>It's not a refusal if no one is asking, and they ain't asking me. Right? RIGHT?Julie Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06878713173193835861noreply@blogger.com