tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070994655591158907.post5805269329362880256..comments2023-09-30T11:51:27.224+01:00Comments on We liked it but not quite enough: What Matters in Poetry, the Poems, the Poet or the Times in Which we Live?Writearoundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04820159609095158259noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070994655591158907.post-83523634749328928722010-09-03T17:47:21.705+01:002010-09-03T17:47:21.705+01:00Those kind of comments about MAWPs really bug me -...Those kind of comments about MAWPs really bug me - for a start there are also a lot of middle aged male poets out there who aren't getting any stick, but also a lot of women come back to writing later on as we are busy doing the gritty stuff of life in our youth - bringing up the kids etc. etc... <br /><br />I tend to feel that if someone finds their writing voice later on that still makes them a new voice - surely it shouldn't be about but about freshness of vision? And why is it that ageism seems to be applied more to women than men?Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090382196937582571noreply@blogger.com