tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post8580305430373642555..comments2008-07-23T20:23:05.477-04:00Philip Metreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05449159681282927289pmetres@jcu.eduBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post-1371712525067796462008-07-23T20:23:00.000-04:002008-07-23T20:23:00.000-04:00Marguerite,<BR/><BR/>thanks so much for your comment; and I agree with Brodsky that the important thing is the quality of the reader, not the quantity.Philip Metreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05449159681282927289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post-11051371231297002302008-07-23T17:25:00.000-04:002008-07-23T17:25:00.000-04:00Dear Phil,<BR/><BR/>What a beautiful poem. I so wish I had seen it before and your book too because I just wrote a chapter for a book on Post 9/11 on poetry as dissent. Your poem moved me very much.<BR/>And a reminder. the television program 20/20 interviewed Joseph Brodsky years ago and asked him, "How many people do you need to feel you have a good audience?" and he answered, "three." Don't worry about the numbers.<BR/>MargueriteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post-78443452303569763342008-07-11T07:50:00.000-04:002008-07-11T07:50:00.000-04:00I <I>am</I>? Woo hoo! *pours cognac* *begins re-reading <I>The Necessary Angel</I>*Chaerephonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09560454800266555074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post-9736303998503292582008-07-10T07:24:00.000-04:002008-07-10T07:24:00.000-04:00Thanks, Jim. But you are a playboy and a poet.!Philip Metreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05449159681282927289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post-72072820081945310012008-07-10T06:05:00.000-04:002008-07-10T06:05:00.000-04:00"I'm not a playboy or a poet<BR/>There's no cool water from the well<BR/>I wish you had a big house<BR/>And that your work would start to sell"<BR/><BR/>--The Go-Betweens, "Love Is a Sign"Chaerephonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09560454800266555074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post-87029761475436007722008-07-09T19:19:00.000-04:002008-07-09T19:19:00.000-04:00Thanks JR! You should be getting some good news in the mail shortly. How's that for a fortune cookie?Philip Metreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05449159681282927289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post-65448052132556452832008-07-09T13:50:00.000-04:002008-07-09T13:50:00.000-04:00Congratulations Phil -- I'm glad "To See The Earth" is getting more play! Peace, JosephJoseph Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12846489752701500697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post-73087546754680652022008-07-09T07:51:00.000-04:002008-07-09T07:51:00.000-04:00Tyrone, thanks for checking in...Philip Metreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05449159681282927289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post-15704892199001312622008-07-09T07:42:00.000-04:002008-07-09T07:42:00.000-04:00Congratulatiosn Philip on the Poetry Daily appearance. More later on your book...<BR/><BR/>Tyronetyronehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10893356047914344813noreply@blogger.com