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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