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Thanks Drohan, I appreciate your encouragement very much
It's not just these sonnets I'm on about - it's other stuff I've done or may do. These sonnets will probably have to be self-published or not at all - they're too weird and unlikely for people to take a commercial gamble on, I expect!
posted by
Antonionioni
on June 2, 2007 at 11:27 AM
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Hi Enigtastico!
posted by
Antonionioni
on June 2, 2007 at 11:25 AM
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Hi Bhaskar - no, the preparation in the kitchen is really the hard work
aspect not of the initial creation, which is work but has a fun element too, is a kind of play, like socialising or listening to music, but the real hard work, which is the marketing. That's why I refer to it as a 'foul' mix, and later on use the word 'distasteful' because this brought the effort to get published back to the idea of slaving away in the kitchen while others are relaxing somewhere and enjoying themselves. The analogy doesn't work as well for those who love cooking, but hopefully the structure of the poem provides the clues, albeit hard to find. I'm saying, really, I wish I had an agent to do all the approaching of publishers on my behalf, LoL!
posted by
Antonionioni
on June 2, 2007 at 11:24 AM
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Thanks Teddy - I wrote it to myself, if truth be told, not as a 'lesson'
or sermon - I've done this a few times now. just trying to gee myself up a bit. It doesn't really work, to be honest!
posted by
Antonionioni
on June 2, 2007 at 11:19 AM
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Yes, Mary, there will be no problem in eating my peas, at least!
posted by
Antonionioni
on June 2, 2007 at 11:17 AM
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TONYZONIT
BEAUTIFUL AND FULL OF POWER ,DON'T LEAVE YOUR KITCHEN AND BE YOUR SELF ALWAYS ,TO BE UNIQUE YOU PLEASE YOUR SOUL AND MIND NOT OTHERS AND ONE DAY ONE PUBLISHER SAME AS YOU WILL TELL YOU OO WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN
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posted by
drohan254
on June 2, 2007 at 10:29 AM
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Tony
posted by
Enigmatic68
on June 2, 2007 at 8:58 AM
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do the ....Correction
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on June 2, 2007 at 8:57 AM
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Hello Tony
Just as in the kitchen food that is prepared, we want it to be delicious, so also does the publishers desire the best of a writer, prepared in the kitchen of his writing table, and naturally in this he cannot be faulted. Is that what it means, Tony? Do not know whether my interpretation is correct.
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on June 2, 2007 at 8:57 AM
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Much Truth in this, Tony...quite something to heed beyond the reading...
posted by
teddypoet_TheGoodByeFade
on June 2, 2007 at 8:38 AM
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Tony
Ah, yes, the recipe for success! Never give in or give up. And DO eat your peas! lol
posted by
FoliageGold
on June 2, 2007 at 8:26 AM
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Hi Chris - you're right - the opening line is just a general remark, really
- then i got into the food theme, which still wa spretty general, then the publishing bit I thought would be relevant to most of the unpublished readers here or even those who have been published, because they must have had to do a fair bit of work to get published, but you're right it could be about anything! Thanks for reading! It's still sunny...
posted by
Antonionioni
on June 2, 2007 at 7:36 AM
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The poem is great Tony! It does not cover ONLY publishers-does it?
It's also for whatever else we are searching for in life! Chris.
posted by
Scramble
on June 2, 2007 at 6:52 AM
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Hi Afzal - thanks mister.
posted by
Antonionioni
on June 2, 2007 at 6:41 AM
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I agree with you .
posted by
afzal50
on June 2, 2007 at 5:48 AM
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