tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post895654771381789282..comments2024-01-31T13:17:39.976-08:00Comments on Various: Soft Landing for the PoemonomyNiamh Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-33563430783430844612010-05-28T15:40:51.533-07:002010-05-28T15:40:51.533-07:00Perhaps there will be word rationing - you'll ...Perhaps there will be word rationing - you'll get 30,000 as a poet, so use them sparingly (actually, that sounds ok), proportionately more for prosies. After all, we have a nation to save.Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07969968811464343064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-7924732554660797522010-05-28T00:04:22.244-07:002010-05-28T00:04:22.244-07:00Ross, I believe the age of retirement for poets is...Ross, I believe the age of retirement for poets is going up (even further), but haven't heard anything on the poetry card. There is to be a 10% levy on all new poems - where 10% of the spare words have to be excised from poems immediately after writing and sent to the government to help rebuild the poemonomy, but otherwise no other cut backs...Niamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-69037455431543512532010-05-27T11:04:24.613-07:002010-05-27T11:04:24.613-07:00I hear the PSE (Poetry Service Executive) is going...I hear the PSE (Poetry Service Executive) is going to withdraw the universal over 70s poetry card and that it will be means-tested. Is this true?Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07969968811464343064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-47496677278093715912010-05-27T07:34:54.816-07:002010-05-27T07:34:54.816-07:00They were Lorenzo, and it is.
Yes TFE - surely not...They were Lorenzo, and it is.<br />Yes TFE - surely nothing to worry about - the poetry developers seem to think it's good news.<br />Peter, that is most organised, but I find it hard to believe you managed get those all accurately valued in such a short time, are you sure there mightn't be more good poems among those 430?<br />Watercats - that's like saying you don't trust the universe or random strangers with silly thoughts... you've got to trust it!Niamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-8075108155327463822010-05-27T06:02:08.853-07:002010-05-27T06:02:08.853-07:00I don't know if I trust it though...I don't know if I trust it though...Batteson.Indhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10846214578565824955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-81734802669203885512010-05-27T05:59:03.897-07:002010-05-27T05:59:03.897-07:00I've already organised sending 430 of my bad p...I've already organised sending 430 of my bad poems to PAMA, leaving only my 2 good poems clogging up my C Drive.Peter Gouldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292063172122249202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-35501610539845173972010-05-27T02:27:01.432-07:002010-05-27T02:27:01.432-07:00I've just heard they're setting up P.A.M.A...I've just heard they're setting up P.A.M.ATotalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-5606043292746883572010-05-27T02:20:45.403-07:002010-05-27T02:20:45.403-07:00Well, that's a relief. Things were starting to...Well, that's a relief. Things were starting to get out of hand ...Lorenzo — Alchemist's Pillowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07522265816460154722noreply@blogger.com