And I dont care which ones are the parodies, Jon, as they are all
rather bland etc. But I would say the point is that one should read
some other journals, or books. Of course 90% of what's being published
is bad, but we probably wont agree on where the 10 or 5 % that count
are to be found. I would say, tho, that I dont bother checking out
Poetry (is it?), but do check out what people I trust tell me about, or
the new work by people I already feel have something interesting to
offer me. And there are still a number of those who are USAmericans.
Others are British, Irish, Australian, New Zealanders, & Canadians, &
others in various parts of the world, among those writing in English.
Doug
On 1-Jan-05, at 3:36 PM, Stephen Vincent wrote:
> Jon, you ask for close reading on Jan 1. Ambitious you! I read a few -
> point
> made - and fell snoozing off my rock(er). Sorry if I did not identify
> your
> parody.
> Maybe try again on Jan 7.
>
> S
>
>
>> Now that you've read it, you should know that only seven of the nine
>> quoted
>> excerpts from poems published during 2004 in that most prestigious of
>> American
>> poetry journals were genuine: the other two I made up as parodies.
>> I have no
>> doubt that those members of the list whose approbation for
>> contemporary
>> standards of poetic excellence has led them to complain that Simic's
>> criticisms are insulting hogwash will have instantly spotted which
>> ones they
>> were.
>>
>>
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