http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/08/scattered-notes/ How can we live without the unknown before us? —Rene Char Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:32:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/08/scattered-notes/#comment-602217 Dave Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:55:47 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=2612#comment-602217 Thanks, Jo and Dick. I'm glad to hear this works from two of the online poets whose work I most admire. And hey, feel free to launch your own variation on this exercise. We're kind of hoping this goes viral. (My inspiration for the correspondence was <a href="http://openlibrary.org/b/OL3577797M">Braided Creek</a>, by Jim Harrison and Ted Kooser - among the finest work of both poets.) Thanks, Jo and Dick. I’m glad to hear this works from two of the online poets whose work I most admire. And hey, feel free to launch your own variation on this exercise. We’re kind of hoping this goes viral. (My inspiration for the correspondence was Braided Creek, by Jim Harrison and Ted Kooser – among the finest work of both poets.)

]]> http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/08/scattered-notes/#comment-601896 Jo Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:45:46 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=2612#comment-601896 Yep, what Dick said.....your writing, always excellent, is even stronger when infused with such personal insights. Great job. Yep, what Dick said…..your writing, always excellent, is even stronger when infused with such personal insights. Great job.

]]> http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/08/scattered-notes/#comment-601889 Dick Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:26:36 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=2612#comment-601889 Excellent, Dave. Language conversational, voice clear and beautifully constructed. If in first draft, I'd say it was pretty close to keeper status. Excellent, Dave. Language conversational, voice clear and beautifully constructed. If in first draft, I’d say it was pretty close to keeper status.

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