Saturn wrote:Hey guys I couldn't and wouldn't even if I had the power to, take away this place, it's had such an influence in my life I will cling onto as long as it can exist in this form.
What I will say is that I am merely the steward, the caretaker of this place, not a shepherd to herd people here, round them up in any way.
Every one of you reading this has the power to change the discussion, to initiate it, to begin new threads, new areas of exploration.
If you know anyone interested in Keats or poetry and literature point them this way, encourage them to join up and participate.
There can still be a place for forums like this if there is a collective will to keep them going by lively and frequent debates.
Those of you who long for a 19th century forum for discussion perhaps you could [confidentially] swap addresses, write letters, things like that, make your participation seem more 'real'.
I can't withhold the tide of progress, nor would I wish to do so, there is much that is great about the internet and how it has developed in the last 10-15 years but you only get out of it what you decide to put into it.
It doesn't have to be anything about Keats, or poetry or anything else; we have the miscellaneous section for discussions of any kind.
No man [or woman] is an island but nor are a few disparate souls a community. A community can only be forged by interaction and sharing of ideas and thoughts.
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