I reupped with Poetics mostly just to see how Gmail works, not that I need Gmail at this time (emergencies like last winter's computer outages). gee, what a pointless list. even with a welcome message trying to explain the point. no creative work allowed. danger Will Robinson! it is just not done. you got to talk poetics stuff, theory in many words. well, I don't think you can get the free exchange of ideas ball going if you limit mode of expression. even if that mode of expression includes flames, which it will in a listserv, flames being an intrinsic fart in listservs. good with bad, like in life. it seems like a poem would be a form of poetics in action. Gmail, for one, segregates posts by threads, so in a glance you can zap the bad ones. and message filters keep you free of infection from bad sorts, if you need that protection. so what's the dillio? check with the rules committee for more info.