Politeness and Civilization
Hmm.
All fine.
But once in a while some fireworks, perhaps! Even if
that means a sharp comment here and there
of course
without transgressing into flame territory.
Without getting into a discussion of the correctness
of their respective positions, tell me how many of us
didnt enjoy the Ram Guha - Arundhati Roy exchange
some years back?
Anyway, the ultimate discretion lies with the
moderator I guess.
Question for the moderator: how prosaic can a post
get? I mean can non-poets like me post without a poem
in the text :-)
Cheers.
Abhishek
--- Farah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear All,
> A few things I would like to share,
>
> 1... Although I dislike most customs prevailing in
> my particular
> society; there is one, which I believe, needs to be
> promoted all
> over the world .i.e. Respecting my superiors, not
> just on the merit
> of wider experience and knowledge, but also on
> account of
> age...which means that I hold all memebers in this
> group in utmost
> respect, especially those older then me. Because I
> have a long way
> to go, and as one friend so kindly put it, I am
> "someone who is here
> to improve her craft"; therefore those (whom I see
> as) superior to
> myself in art and worldly knowledge, are going to be
> my guides...
>
> 2..."Politeness", or in other words, "manners", have
> always been and
> always will be, a proof of man's cultivated mind. No
> one can call
> oneself civilized, while displaying uncouth
> behaviour...One of the
> dilemmas of current times is a horrifying disdain of
> manners and in
> particular, politeness, among the more recent
> generation...I don't
> hold with this New World Order, it is capable of
> producing only
> ugliness. And manners for poets, whose aesthetics
> are rather
> sensitive, are vital; and someone who cannot learn
> to behave, ought
> to leave the field of poetry and enter the arena of
> Wrestling
> Federation...
> The conclusion of this boring tirade is simply this
> : Mutual
> politeness is not "mutual Flattery", its just a nice
> way of saying
> things...
>
> 3...And for a poet, any poet, his creation is
> without doubt
> a "sacred text". Suggestions are always welcome, but
> only if they
> are presented nicely, i.e. like a sugar-coated
> aspirin. Then it will
> serve its purpose without being a nuisance. No
> "creative growth" is
> possible otherwise, only a "verbal duel" is.
>
> 4..."Lastly, can we have some poems on the poet's
> ego?"...hmm, well
> I do have a poem, but I doubt if it will qualify as
> one for a poet's
> ego. It more of a feminist's ego. This time I am
> giving a foot note,
> hopefully to prevent further avenging avalanches!
> Here it is...
>
> A POINT OF VIEW
>
> They say I'm a flower,
> "a pretty pretty flower",
> That I must be kept daintily,
> Like a flower should...
> In a delicate Vase,
> To adorn the drawing room table top.
>
> Humiliating!
>
> I'd rather be a crow than a flower!
> Atleast he can fly
> And fight for his right,
> And present his views,
> When he wants to talk...
> Even if it be CROWING!
>
> Farah(1998)
> (written in a lot of frustration after a visit from
> my In-Laws)
> Sugar-coated aspirins are most welcome, wrestlers
> are not!
>
>
>
>
>
>
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