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On 11/30/05, Mairead Byrne <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> No, my son. And if I were to post my jewel at this point people may well say, Ah, that is not a sexist poem, that is an exquisitely-formed small crafted object of rare beauty and fine filigree & pedigree too, Mairead, why did you worry your pretty little head it might be sexist, pray, that is what you guys might well say. I can only refer you to my chapbook VIVAS (Wild Honey Press 2005).
> Goodnight Mark,
> Mairead
>
> >>> [log in to unmask] 11/29/05 11:55 PM >>>
> Ah, throw them pearls before us swine, Mairead.
>
> Mark the Pork
>
>
> At 10:59 PM 11/29/2005, you wrote:
> >Dear Knut,
> >
> >I could post my sexist poem but that would not be very loyal. Why send it
> >out like a lamb to the slaughter without a warm voice to protect it, or
> >the creamy covers of a chapbook to give it refuge if need be.
> >
> >I'm a believer in the Muse. Also variousness. So I take responsibility
> >for what I write but have some tolerance for anomalies, in my own work and
> >that of others.
> >
> >The question of audience plays into it as well.
> >
> >Cryptically yours,
> >
> >Mairead
> >
> >
> > >>> [log in to unmask] 11/29/05 6:43 AM >>>
> >On Nov 26, 2005, at 21:55, Mairead Byrne wrote:
> >
> > > Do we have critical standards for poems about flowers, sunrises, and
> > > rivers? Anyway,
> > > I'm much more interested in questions about sexist poems I have
> > > written myself.
> > > They're good poems, I think. They make people laugh. But dammit
> > > they're sexist. Should I be ashamed?
> > >
> >
> >I'm curious about these, Mairead. I see poems which are overtly
> >offensive to the point of being on the verge of camp, and I see some
> >which are offensive-with-a-sense-of-humor, but sincerely
> >sexist/"incorrect" poetry surely is a rare thing in today's
> >publications.
> >
> >These last lines graced a poem of John Stammers' in this summer's
> >Poetry Review:
> >
> >The minx's eyes ignite,
> >"Oh Johnny", (Johnny!) she purrs,
> >"Could you bear to give me a lift up to Elstree?"
> >She shifts the weight of her sweet little backside;
> >her thighs kiss like delicate lesbians.
> >"Well, naturally, what I meant is
> >she gave me the /use/ of it, /sometimes/.
> >I spoke using what's called a /convention/,
> >as you'd've realised if you had half a brain
> >you talentless little bimbo."
> >
> >Clearly in the camp category. It's marked "after Catullus," by the way,
> >so those more well-read in the classics may be able to point out an
> >original for this.
> >
> >--Knut
>
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