> Hello Gary,
I´m not sure how easily I would have responded to this in a different context. But here, in the light of your previous sub, and my comment on it, I found it an amusing and witty piece of self-parody and perhaps also with a relevant question about the place of lists in poetry.
Best wishes, Mike
> Lähettäjä: Gary Blankenship <[log in to unmask]>
> Päiväys: 2003/11/08 la PM 08:23:47 GMT+02:00
> Vastaanottaja: [log in to unmask]
> Aihe: The Poet Listing, to Starboard
>
> The Poet Listing, to Starboard
>
> Be forewarned,
> tis time for another list -
> the red and green of last night's venue,
> sunset behind the Olympics,
> the weather,
> gunslingers and slickbacks,
> football, leaves and starlings,
> the weather again -
> poems dead before a line written
> where once I imagined
> I breathed life into the most mudane,
> ordinary subject.
>
> On the net,
> I read a discussion,
> "What is poetry?"
> full of quotes, classical references
> and three dollar words.
>
> Better to ask
> what is a poet
> and why does he wear
> galoshes to wade puddles
> left after last night's rain.
>
> The list
> floats wet and muddy,
> dropped in a moment of inattention.
>
>
> The homepage on hold until ???--- Writer's Hood, the best poetry on the web,
> at http://www.writershood.com/ Poets for Peace.... ¡Poemas sí, balas no!
>
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