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No one can force, cajole, encourage, or tempt anyone to create. It has to come from oneself; surely we all know that?
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Absolutely, and if someone simply has no desire to write, that's one thing, but Tom's post implies he quit writing because he's disillusioned with the way the poetry world works. I think Maz's point was that we shouldn't let that stuff get us down. For my part, I just see so much boring dreck out there that it's sad to see someone whose stuff I actually like giving up. It's like if pandas got depressed because they were endangered, and killed themselves.
[Edited in: Jeez, you guys are too quick to argue with, lol!]
[This message has been edited by Rose Kelleher (edited November 29, 2004).]