[Janet Kenny]

Henry,
I thought you were setting it up as a coconut shy and me with it. Apologies if I erred.
It's the sort of poem that only those familiar with a certain Australian dialect and culture could possibly understand. It doesn't travel. I've read people outside the range of the vocabulary and images sneering at his work and I didn't want to play a part in aiding that process.

It's a powerfully innocent poem.

Sorry if I got the wrong end of the stick.

Janet

[Janet Kenny]

Edited out because this has, as Monty Python often remarked, become very silly.
Thanks for posting it Henry.
Janet



[This message has been edited by Janet Kenny (edited August 14, 2005).]

[Alexander Grace]

I think the conscious brain often gets in the way.

Or the bit that is conscious at the time.

[Janet Kenny]

Alexander,
You could say the bite that is semi-conscious. I bit Henry because I was tired and defensive. He deserves better.
Janet

[Duncan Gillies MacLaurin]

There's an intersting essay on the subject of poetic voice by James Aitchison in the most recent issue of The Dark Horse (#17, Summer 2005) - The Scottish-American Poetry Magazine.

Duncan