minstrel: "Sleepy" list?

[Elizabeth Naime]

Conchobar wrote:

> Ok, so how do y'all feel about a storytelling apprentice type (me)
> *reading* his original poem, rather than reciting it?
> 
> I mean, uh, "poetical apprentice type" as you may have guessed.

It wouldn't bother me any in terms of thinking it Shouldn't Be Done.  I
might be perplexed, though.  I can certainly understand reading a period
work of great length.  But I expect the author to pretty much "know" his
own original poetry.  It was all in your head to start with, wasn't it?
<grin>

Elspeth the ill-named
Elizabeth Naime
elspeth at ukans.edu


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