Comments on: Poetry is alive and well all over the world http://shortpoem.org/poetry-is-alive-and-well-all-over-the-world/ if compression is the first grace of style Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:40:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Camincha http://shortpoem.org/poetry-is-alive-and-well-all-over-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-721 Camincha Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:33:11 +0000 http://shortpoem.org/poetry-is-alive-and-well-all-over-the-world/#comment-721 Hola sin pepas: Thnk U 4 taking da time 2 e-m me. In Spanish there is both, poeta & poetisa. & in French is poèt & poétesse. 2 answer Ur ?: I translated not edited. The word is polygamous. Bst of da bst 2 U. Hola sin pepas: Thnk U 4 taking da time 2 e-m me. In Spanish there is both, poeta & poetisa. & in French is poèt & poétesse. 2 answer Ur ?: I translated not edited. The word is polygamous. Bst of da bst 2 U.

]]> By: sin pepas... http://shortpoem.org/poetry-is-alive-and-well-all-over-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-683 sin pepas... Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:08:31 +0000 http://shortpoem.org/poetry-is-alive-and-well-all-over-the-world/#comment-683 What I meant to ask was, "may I know why the word is different here?" What I meant to ask was, “may I know why the word is different here?”

]]> By: sin pepas... http://shortpoem.org/poetry-is-alive-and-well-all-over-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-682 sin pepas... Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:06:22 +0000 http://shortpoem.org/poetry-is-alive-and-well-all-over-the-world/#comment-682 well... I just read the original poem and Lizardo actually wrote "pederasts" not "polygamous", may I know the word is different here? are you actually editing the translation of the poem or what? and as for the word "poets" in Spanish "poetas" (I assume he said like that) includes both, male and female althogh -like in French- it is "el poeta" (m) and "la poeta" (f). well… I just read the original poem and Lizardo actually wrote “pederasts” not “polygamous”, may I know the word is different here? are you actually editing the translation of the poem or what? and as for the word “poets” in Spanish “poetas” (I assume he said like that) includes both, male and female althogh -like in French- it is “el poeta” (m) and “la poeta” (f).

]]> By: Camincha http://shortpoem.org/poetry-is-alive-and-well-all-over-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-603 Camincha Wed, 06 May 2009 04:56:32 +0000 http://shortpoem.org/poetry-is-alive-and-well-all-over-the-world/#comment-603 Beautfl people of GSR: I'm reading & rereading Ur comments. I'm thoroughly enjoying them. So much so, just wrote about it in http://camincha.blogspot.com/ & I'll b honored if U also ck http://web.mac.com/camincha & would lv Ur comments, please. Camincha Beautfl people of GSR: I’m reading & rereading Ur comments. I’m thoroughly enjoying them. So much so, just wrote about it in http://camincha.blogspot.com/ & I’ll b honored if U also ck http://web.mac.com/camincha & would lv Ur comments, please.
Camincha

]]> By: Neal Whitman http://shortpoem.org/poetry-is-alive-and-well-all-over-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-601 Neal Whitman Wed, 06 May 2009 00:28:03 +0000 http://shortpoem.org/poetry-is-alive-and-well-all-over-the-world/#comment-601 Well, I still do not "get" it. Yes, the French language requires a feminine or masculine article in front of a noun| (I'm no linguist and Kristina already knows I got a C in high school French. Did no better in Latin. But, never took ancient Greek, so it may be my lack of knowledge in thinking its origin of "poet" is "maker" with no gender affixed.) ... so they put le or la in front of THE SAME WORD, "poete." But, why fight city hall? People should be called why they want to be called. Okay: Now its Poetess Emily Dickinson. Poetess Amy Lowell. Poetess Gertrude Stein. Poetess Sylvia Plath. Poetess Camincha. Poetess Kristina. I can get used to it. Hmmm... how would we have felt about Presidentette Hillary Clinton? Viva la difference! Amicus poeticae, Neal Well, I still do not “get” it. Yes, the French language requires a feminine or masculine article in front of a noun|

(I’m no linguist and Kristina already knows I got a C in high school French. Did no better in Latin. But, never took ancient Greek, so it may be my lack of knowledge in thinking its origin of “poet” is “maker” with no gender affixed.)

… so they put le or la in front of THE SAME WORD, “poete.” But, why fight city hall? People should be called why they want to be called. Okay: Now its Poetess Emily Dickinson. Poetess Amy Lowell. Poetess Gertrude Stein. Poetess Sylvia Plath. Poetess Camincha. Poetess Kristina. I can get used to it. Hmmm… how would we have felt about Presidentette Hillary Clinton? Viva la difference!

Amicus poeticae,

Neal

]]> By: Kristina Baer http://shortpoem.org/poetry-is-alive-and-well-all-over-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-600 Kristina Baer Wed, 06 May 2009 00:21:31 +0000 http://shortpoem.org/poetry-is-alive-and-well-all-over-the-world/#comment-600 Hi Dale... This takes me back to my glory days with Nota Bene software (a user not a creator!). But that's another story... I have a Toshiba laptop; OS= Windows XP, browser = Firefox or Explorer (no luck with either in GSR). No problem with diacriticals when I use Outlook Express. Isn't life complicated enough? (Diacriticals are disappearing anyway, after much debate among French Academy members.) I see a Mac in my future...which would solve the keyboard problem, I believe. Hi Dale… This takes me back to my glory days with Nota Bene software (a user not a creator!). But that’s another story…

I have a Toshiba laptop; OS= Windows XP, browser = Firefox or Explorer (no luck with either in GSR). No problem with diacriticals when I use Outlook Express. Isn’t life complicated enough? (Diacriticals are disappearing anyway, after much debate among French Academy members.) I see a Mac in my future…which would solve the keyboard problem, I believe.

]]> By: S. Dale Knight http://shortpoem.org/poetry-is-alive-and-well-all-over-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-599 S. Dale Knight Tue, 05 May 2009 22:14:54 +0000 http://shortpoem.org/poetry-is-alive-and-well-all-over-the-world/#comment-599 Kristina, It's not us! Whether one can type diacriticals (grave è) (acute é) in GSR depends mostly on your browser, your keyboard or your operating system. And how lazy the webmaster is feeling on any given day. Dale Kristina, It’s not us! Whether one can type diacriticals (grave è) (acute é) in GSR depends mostly on your browser, your keyboard or your operating system. And how lazy the webmaster is feeling on any given day.

Dale

]]> By: Kristina Baer http://shortpoem.org/poetry-is-alive-and-well-all-over-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-598 Kristina Baer Tue, 05 May 2009 22:11:34 +0000 http://shortpoem.org/poetry-is-alive-and-well-all-over-the-world/#comment-598 Usage update: Once considered pejorative (!!), the French noun "poetesse" (acute accent over the first -e-) no longer is. Vive la France! Latin also had both m and f forms: poeta, -ae (m); poetria, -ae (f). Usage update: Once considered pejorative (!!), the French noun “poetesse” (acute accent over the first -e-) no longer is. Vive la France! Latin also had both m and f forms: poeta, -ae (m); poetria, -ae (f).

]]> By: Kristina Baer http://shortpoem.org/poetry-is-alive-and-well-all-over-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-597 Kristina Baer Tue, 05 May 2009 21:34:31 +0000 http://shortpoem.org/poetry-is-alive-and-well-all-over-the-world/#comment-597 French has a different solution--of course! You have "le poete" (m) and "la poete" (f), where only the article signs gender. (Note: GSR doesn't support diacriticals; there is a grave accent over the first "e"). But then again, you have "le romancier" (m) and "la romanciere" (f)--here, too, there's a grave accent over the first -e- in the "feminine" form. Much ado about nothing? Not at all. I agree with Camincha--use it, or lose it. So much for ars poetica and lingua franca! French has a different solution–of course! You have “le poete” (m) and “la poete” (f), where only the article signs gender. (Note: GSR doesn’t support diacriticals; there is a grave accent over the first “e”). But then again, you have “le romancier” (m) and “la romanciere” (f)–here, too, there’s a grave accent over the first -e- in the “feminine” form. Much ado about nothing? Not at all. I agree with Camincha–use it, or lose it.

So much for ars poetica and lingua franca!

]]> By: Camincha http://shortpoem.org/poetry-is-alive-and-well-all-over-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-596 Camincha Tue, 05 May 2009 19:12:01 +0000 http://shortpoem.org/poetry-is-alive-and-well-all-over-the-world/#comment-596 Neal, thank you for your comments. Yes. Brackets mean, poetesses, was my choice. I also use comediennes and waitresses and aviatress/aviatrix, etc. They are all in the dictionary. I'm a lover of semantics and appreciate the variety of choices offered by all languages, including English. Also love being a woman and use the feminine form in all languages I know. &, going alng w/pte trend wrte lik ths mst of th time. & U knw? I lv it & hv lts of fun dong it, & or readng messags writn lik ths. Again, thnk U, Neal. Camincha Neal, thank you for your comments. Yes. Brackets mean, poetesses, was my choice. I also use comediennes and waitresses and aviatress/aviatrix, etc. They are all in the dictionary. I’m a lover of semantics and appreciate the variety of choices offered by all languages, including English. Also love being a woman and use the feminine form in all languages I know.
&, going alng w/pte trend wrte lik ths mst of th time. & U knw? I lv it & hv lts of fun dong it, & or readng messags writn lik ths.
Again, thnk U, Neal.
Camincha

]]> By: Neal Whitman http://shortpoem.org/poetry-is-alive-and-well-all-over-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-595 Neal Whitman Tue, 05 May 2009 15:11:12 +0000 http://shortpoem.org/poetry-is-alive-and-well-all-over-the-world/#comment-595 Camincha, Thank you for helping to promote the universal voice of poetry that lives in each of us as readers and writers. But, in paraphrasing a 15-year old boy, why do you add in brackets, "poetesses," and repeat the diminutive feminization of the word, poet, in your concluding "alive and well" declaration. Was this his word choice or yours? Your young poet says he likes "funny realism," so do you also like to call funny women, "comediennes"? I am no scholar of ancient Greek, but long ago learned that "poet" is derived from the word for "maker." Please do not make a mess of language. Of course, I am ready and willing to reconsider my resistance if British Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, first woman chosen after 341 years, asks to be called, "Poetess Laureate." Neal Whitman, GSR's monthly Poetry Prof Camincha,

Thank you for helping to promote the universal voice of poetry that lives in each of us as readers and writers. But, in paraphrasing a 15-year old boy, why do you add in brackets, “poetesses,” and repeat the diminutive feminization of the word, poet, in your concluding “alive and well” declaration. Was this his word choice or yours? Your young poet says he likes “funny realism,” so do you also like to call funny women, “comediennes”? I am no scholar of ancient Greek, but long ago learned that “poet” is derived from the word for “maker.” Please do not make a mess of language. Of course, I am ready and willing to reconsider my resistance if British Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, first woman chosen after 341 years, asks to be called, “Poetess Laureate.”

Neal Whitman, GSR’s monthly Poetry Prof

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