Received: from SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po8.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA09161; Fri, 9 Oct 98 15:25:46 EDT Received: from xkey.com by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA10158; Fri, 9 Oct 98 15:25:41 EDT Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by xkey.com id MAA19366 for minstrel-outgoing; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 12:05:28 -0700 Received: (from smtp@localhost) by xkey.com id MAA19352 for ; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 12:05:26 -0700 Received: from raven.cc.ukans.edu(129.237.33.3) by xkey.com via smtp (V1.3) id sma019292; Fri Oct 9 12:05:20 1998 Received: from localhost by raven.cc.ukans.edu (8.8.7/1.1.8.2/12Jan95-0207PM) id OAA0000004333; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 14:05:15 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 14:05:15 -0500 (CDT) From: Elizabeth Naime To: minstrel@rt.com Subject: Re: minstrel: "Sleepy" list? In-Reply-To: <199810021100.EAA11803@xkey.com> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-minstrel@rt.com Precedence: bulk Conchobar wrote: > Ok, so how do y'all feel about a storytelling apprentice type (me) > *reading* his original poem, rather than reciting it? > > I mean, uh, "poetical apprentice type" as you may have guessed. It wouldn't bother me any in terms of thinking it Shouldn't Be Done. I might be perplexed, though. I can certainly understand reading a period work of great length. But I expect the author to pretty much "know" his own original poetry. It was all in your head to start with, wasn't it? Elspeth the ill-named Elizabeth Naime elspeth@ukans.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send email to majordomo@pbm.com containing the words "unsubscribe minstrel". If you are subscribed to the digest version, say "unsubscribe minstrel-digest". To contact a human about problems, send mail to owner-minstrel@pbm.com