Quite marvelloius this. Well done, thanks for sharing.

FRank

The Tales of Faust poetry page can be found at:
http://www.hotkey.net.au/~flp/F_index.htm

>*
>
>Letter Found in a First Edition
>of Leaves of Grass
>
>Mr. Whitman:
>
>The Board of Directors
>of the First National Bank
>of Emerson have instructed
>me to inform you
>that unless you deposit
>five hundred lines
>of Standard Poetry
>within five days of receipt
>of this letter, we will
>have no choice but to close
>your accounts with our institution.
>
>Said deposit must conform
>to the proper meter and rhyme
>as outlined in the Specie Act
>of 1869. Free verse
>or other forms found
>in socialist or heathen nations
>may be discounted
>up to ninety percent,
>depending on their variation
>from the Sonnet Benchmark of 1803
>as determined by our Board
>of Standards.  All deposits
>will be reviewed by the Bureau
>of Moral Certitude
>and if found obscene,
>reported to the proper
>civil authorities for potential prosecution.
>(Irish limericks are exempted
>by the O'Leary Amendment of 1972.)
>
>
>Sir, if I may continue
>on a more personal note,
>I admire your work as a journalist.
>Your investigation of Mr. Gould's
>attempts to corner the market
>of ghazals and pantoums
>was excellent work
>and much admired among
>my colleagues.
>
>Therefore, let me suggest
>you avail yourself of a good school.
>Longfellow's College of Ballads
>or the New Rochelle Institute
>of Verse are highly recommended
>and government certified.
>In addition, I have taken the liberty
>of enclosing the card
>for a private tutor, E. Dickinson,
>whose fees may be more in line
>with your current financial condition.
>
>Yours truly,
>S. V. Benet.
>
>(From a note attached to the letter:
>
>Really, Benet, you must be tough
>with these rapscallions.  Despite
>every warning, they continue
>to pollute American verse
>with their scribbling.  Please
>remember, the French did not
>control the so called impressionists
>and their nation's financial condition
>is now in a state of utter shambles. - AB)
>
>
>November with Janet from Oz at:
>http://gardawg.homestead.com/homestead.html,
>
>Submissions: http://www.writershood.com/index.html
>
>Poets for Peace.  ˇPoemas sí, balas no!


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