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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