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alexanmj@muss.cis.McMaster.CA (M.J. Alexander) writes:

>>and you posted hate poetry -- obscene poetry -- in a newsgroup
>>in which all participants understand the topic is writing. It is not for
>>posting your prose or poetry.
>>
>>Feel free to post again when you learn to write. Or learn not to.
>>
>>Posted as a public service by .............................. D. Citron
>>

>not to denigrate this enlivening thread any, but you mention this is NOT
>a newgroup to post prose or poetry......can you name a newsgroup that
>IS designated for that, as that is the whole reason I am reading all
>these posts (some of which have provided much laughter....alll with you,
>if you know who you are).....by the way, I know I spelled designated wrong
>since it looks so alien, but I can't reach the dictionary))


Well, let's see now.  If I were to head over to dejanews 
(http://www.dejanews.com/) and plop "poetry" into their search
engine and click the little "newsgroups" radio button, it
would probably come up with, among others,

rec.arts.poetry, and
rec.arts.prose, and
alt.prose

to name a few.

If I were to just take a look at my own .newsrc (news configuration
file), and "grep" on the word "poetry" or "poem" I'd probably
have the same result.

Just a guess.

Anyone is welcome to hang out here in misc.writing ... and even
post.  But, for some strange reason, we don't really like to see
works posted here.  It's in the FAQ.  I suppose it would be because
then we'd get a bunch of people posting their work, and then getting
all bent out of shape when no-one comments on it.

We're not here to critique other people's work.  We're really here
to just write witty and pithy and thought-provoking stuff to entertain
ourselves and to, maybe, shed some light on this bizarre business that
is writing.

And insert penises.  And discuss scrapple.  And compare tildes.
And look at each other's shoes.  And eat chocolate.  And weild
butterknives.

Did I leave anything out?


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