Comments on: Anatomy of a poetry workshop. http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/09/25/anatomy-of-a-poetry-workshop/ I write, therefore I drink tea Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:30:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Helen http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/09/25/anatomy-of-a-poetry-workshop/comment-page-1/#comment-294 Helen Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:56:07 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=61#comment-294 Oh, yes please. I am now about to go and have a cup of tea with people who believe their babies can breathe fire, jump through rings at read Shakespeare at 10 months old. My baby, in the meantime, will be playing with a piece of junk mail in the background. I am not looking forward to it. Oh, yes please. I am now about to go and have a cup of tea with people who believe their babies can breathe fire, jump through rings at read Shakespeare at 10 months old. My baby, in the meantime, will be playing with a piece of junk mail in the background. I am not looking forward to it.

]]> By: Reed http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/09/25/anatomy-of-a-poetry-workshop/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Reed Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:38:29 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=61#comment-293 Oh good. I thought I was marooned alone on my own little coral atoll of oddity. If you lived in the same hemisphere as me I'd invite you to tea. Oh good. I thought I was marooned alone on my own little coral atoll of oddity. If you lived in the same hemisphere as me I’d invite you to tea.

]]> By: Helen http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/09/25/anatomy-of-a-poetry-workshop/comment-page-1/#comment-291 Helen Tue, 26 Sep 2006 04:36:51 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=61#comment-291 I felt as if I was there...! Ooh, Pam Ayres! I almost wee-ed myself! I can so imagine! And the Penis! As I was reading I thought I would be the Anal Retentive. I'd be sitting there impatiently, thinking: "When are we going to do proper stuff?" and analysing the leader's teaching style, then halfway through I would realise what I was doing and get annoyed at myself or annoyed at someone else depending on the situation. In fact I have used that classroom before, it appears that the Poetry Kit Standard Model also makes classrooms for Australian colleges. For 4.5 years I spent each breaktime rearranging tables and never made the situation any better. And there was always a dead moth in the corner. And I still carry extra pens and paper around with me, months after I left my job. I felt as if I was there…! Ooh, Pam Ayres! I almost wee-ed myself! I can so imagine! And the Penis!

As I was reading I thought I would be the Anal Retentive. I’d be sitting there impatiently, thinking: “When are we going to do proper stuff?” and analysing the leader’s teaching style, then halfway through I would realise what I was doing and get annoyed at myself or annoyed at someone else depending on the situation.

In fact I have used that classroom before, it appears that the Poetry Kit Standard Model also makes classrooms for Australian colleges. For 4.5 years I spent each breaktime rearranging tables and never made the situation any better. And there was always a dead moth in the corner. And I still carry extra pens and paper around with me, months after I left my job.

]]>