tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5480816070832499989.post1330395216848061219..comments2023-12-03T14:46:14.337-08:00Comments on Poetry-Arts Confidential: That awkward moment when I wasn't allowed to talk about June Melby.Terry McCartyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11773608967317465220noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5480816070832499989.post-29244038969618238062014-02-24T22:58:21.596-08:002014-02-24T22:58:21.596-08:00I guess there's nothing I can say to dissuade ...I guess there's nothing I can say to dissuade you from a simplistic "its all YOUR fault" interpretation of my post. Actually, Larry's not "mad" at me; he seems to feel he has be in solidarity with Jim. And sometimes Jim, entertaining host that he undoubtedly is, can be less than enchanting as a person.<br /><br />Essentially, I angered someone who was a Very Important Person in the literary poetry community and about seven years of goodwill with Larry and Jim vanished, though Larry did take awhile to talk to me about the Incident after it happened. And, especially after apologizing to them, I thought the relationship could be healed.<br /><br />And, in the years since the Incident and Jim wildly overreacting later, I've been well-behaved when I've visited Coffee Cartel either as audience or as open-mic poet.<br /><br />But, if Larry and Jim feel "wary" (as Larry put it years ago in an e-mail to me) and years of good behavior from 98-04 and from, say, the few occasions in 06-12 when I attended aren't sufficient atonement for misdeeds, then I do not want or need to be at Coffee Cartel--saving myself, Jim and Larry from needless and unnecessary stress.Terry McCartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11773608967317465220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5480816070832499989.post-24482081463157262562014-02-24T19:40:13.522-08:002014-02-24T19:40:13.522-08:00How does someone get Larry and JIM mad at them? I ...How does someone get Larry and JIM mad at them? I agree with your sentiments regarding the incestuous state of So Cal poetry readings, but you seem to rub people the wrong way. It seems your status as an outcast is for good reason. Damn shame...<br />AGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02691761519265282319noreply@blogger.com