Hi Jayne,
I guess first, the Sphere offers up a broad range of contemporary English-language poetry, so I can keep one ear to what people are writing these days. Second, the threads; I find workshops entertaining in their own right, and they teach me a good deal. I studied literature for my degree but never creative writing (until a course at Iowa last year). I am starting, I hope, to get a sense of what appeals, and what does not, to a range of readers on a couple of continents. Third, you never know what you'll learn next: I just discovered datives of agent in Ancient Greek, for instance, thanks to Julie. And fourth but not last, I get priceless feedback on work of my own, which I hope makes it better suited to please an audience. So I vote yes to the Sphere.
Cheers,
John
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