Really? I was shrieking in the shower just yesterday with Ashbery's "The
Faint of Heart" taped to the wall.
Rachel
Ally Kerr wrote:
>
> I can't think of a single "hilarious" poem
> by a woman. Or a man, for that matter.
> Wry, whimsical, mildly funny, yes - many
> poems nake me smile. But "hilarious" is
> screaming with laughter and wiping your eyes,
> right? Like I do when reading the Flashman
> books, or like I don't when reading Flann
> O'Brien and wondering where the hell the joke's
> meant to be? And I can't think of a single poem
> that has ever truly done that to me.
Rachel Loden
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