poemranker ::Replying

ReplyTo a comment on Haiku Gymraeg by Nicholas Jones.

-=SeTTle=-19 Nov 2002

OKAY SO IT SHOULD PERHAPS HAVE A CAPTION THAT SAYS "IF YOU DON'T KNOW WELSH IT DOESN'T MATTER, JUST READ IT ANYWAY". I AGREE WITH YOUR OPINIONS IN REGARD TO ENGAGING AN AUDIENCE - THIS IS PART OF THE JUSTIFICATION OF A WORK THAT I DISCUSSED. ALTHOUGH I GUESSED IT WAS WELSH I ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT WAS HIGHLY DISTORTED PHONETIC REDNECK. BUT THEN I DECIDED TO JUST READ IT ALOUD. IF IT WERE ANY LONGER IT WOULD SUCK, AND IDEALLY IT WOULDN'T MAKE USE OF A SPECIFIC POEM FORMAT - THAT'S MY MAIN CRITICISM - "HAIKU" IMPARTS FAR TOO MUCH UNINTENDED MEANING.