> It's beneath contempt, and it goes against everything that you or I care
> about in poetry. But it may serve the occasion the way Hallmark Cards
serve
> birthdays and weddings.
I have to side in with Mark here. And think, "Man, I shoulda suggested a
poem!" But siding in with Mark, there's no reason to lower my poetic sights
in the name of an event, which is not being uppity but rather a recognition
of the really great poems that have passed through my eyes and ears.
(Sorry, Doug, I love ya but the poem really sucks.)
- Frank
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>
> I'd guess you know and like the poet. Otherwise this seems at odds with
> your usual taste.
>
> Mark
>
> At 01:40 PM 1/31/2001 -0700, BarbourDoug wrote:
> >ah comeon Mark, not that bad, & remember that it's meant for that huge
> >audience. But then, I know Page's work, & while she has written many
better
> >poems, this fits. She is considered one of Canada's finer poets, & has
been
> >since the 40s. Her best lyrics really do work. I would agree that this
poem
> >feels more like the kind of poem a political rally like the UN thing
would
> >want, but let's not get carried away in pissing on it...
> >
> >And to david, that was the title of Neruda's poem quoted as epigraph
(which
> >I suspect you knew...).
> >
> >Douglas Barbour
> >Department of English
> >University of Alberta
> >Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2E5
> >(h) [780] 436 3320 (b) [780] 492 0521
> >http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
> >
> > You may allow me moments
> > not monuments, I being
> > content. It is little,
> > but it is little enough.
> >
> > John Newlove
> >
> >
>
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