Letters to the Editor
I just want to say to the very brave and angry young woman who
shared the story of her rape with us, THANK YOU and GOOD FOR YOU
to put your experience out in a public forum. I know it doesn't
alleviate the pain or change anything to tell your story; but it
does help other people (for instance, I had my 14 year old son and my
my husband read it, and it changed their perspective forever-I think...hope.) I deeply admire your courage and applaud your conviction
Thank you so much. Walk in peace "Anastasia." All the best to you.
Dawn Peel
dpeel@iserv.net
Glad to find your site, I'm a frustrated writer who teaches
young children by day. It's wonderful to find a place to
write and share and be able to read others' work.
Thank you.
Mary
Lurch@funport.net
This looks like a very interesting place. I was wondering if you could connect me with information on the author, Harper Lee, who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird. I can find no information on her life or anything else about her. If you have any links or know anyrhing about her please send it to me as soon as possible, hopefully Wednesday May seven. Thanks very very much.
Jean Doherty
This really isn't towards any of the works.
I only read a few of the pieces.
I just wanted to thank you or whoever established
the "Scroll." It has offered me a place to write my
poetry and remain anonymous. I can't tell you how much that
means to someone who scares everyone he offers poetry to.
Anonymous
acgardin@stthomas.edu
Can you please tell me whether or not you are working on a current
issue. I couldn't help but notice that none of the poems in your
issues date past 1995. I like the forum and the fact that you
are publishing poetry but don't want to spin my wheels in mud.
(I hope you don't mind the pun.)
Please, please, please tell me you are not going to let this great
web site languish!
Susan Cunniff
Boston, MA
The poems that I read on this page were dissapointing. Not that
I expected throbbing masterpieces, but if not art, at least some energy.
The poems I read were about as engaging as a Hallmark card.
It's as if these writers had no interest, or excitment in language beyond the words of their own name. What annoyed me about these poems wasn't that they were too emotional, but that the emotional energy of the poems was so weak. One imagines the writers thinking that the mere fact of their feeling something means that others will feel it as well. That the emotional value automatically places itself on the page, and comminicates its intensity to the reader. Well it doesn't. To take one's own mind and translate it into interesting, sensual, and hypnotic expression to strangers takes creativity, talent, and patience. All qualities artists possess.
Reading the poems on this page, (though a few of the writers did their best to imitate artistry, with supple sighs, soul-bellows, and so on) I was amazed by how boring words can be made to seem. For a moment it confuses you. But it takes only a single line of Hamlet, (pick one at random) to feel the magic, orgasmic weight of words again. The immense difference between infinite and infantile English is clearly demonstrated by moving one's eye from Shakespeare, Duncan, or Creely,
to any given poem on this site. It that sense, the poems here serve a purpose---are useful as a monstrous contrast. To tell the truth, I wouldn't have taken the couple minute's time to write this complaint were it not for the description one finds next to the name of this site, stating how the site contains works of brilliance, insanity, and so on. There's not enough energy in this place to support a sigh.
If I were an English Prof., though I'm not (thank God!) I'd give the soul of every poet in this place an F.
Marc
mjbaez@ix.netcom.com
Editor's Note:
Fortunately, though it was a difficult task, we've lined up Shakespeare to contribute a few works to the upcoming Issue 9.
On the other hand - unfortunately - we've already got many an English professor sharing your cynicism towards anything other than the canon you reference, and propagating your blind adoration of the past. Thankfully, you haven't added your lack of vision to the pool of narrow-minded English professors (not that all of them are so - I've had some great ones myself!).
I enjoyed your poetry e-zine very much and sent 2 poems in July (hope you received them!). I was checking out your chat line but no-one was there. I like your idea of a set time for the chat. I have recently been published in a few poetry e-zines and I would very much like to interact with other writers to discuss poetry and ideas, etc. I hope others will feel the same and we can get this idea off the ground.
All the best.
Andrew R. Crow
Toronto, Canada
acrow@globalserve.net
I found it outstanding.
Dennis Suar y Fran
E-3500 Benidorm, Spain
tigerloto2001@ctv.es
Use the following form to write a Letter to the Editor to be included in the next issue.
 
|
|
Cherish
the Dark
|
Seek the
Light
|
Back to
the Scroll
|
Updated Thursday, 04-Mar-2004 14:57:25 PST