Thanks for the url, Stephen, and it's funny and interesting, though I thought
Kimball's study of how the poems parallel each other was more interesting than
the poem, which is perhaps the point? the poem that results from these two
seems less a New Yorker poem than one that might be found in Fence.
Interesting possibilities,
best,
Rebecca
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>Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 09:03:08 -0800
>From: Stephen Vincent <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: down with the down with poetry crowd
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>> And the same is true for the
>> endless string of suburban poets filling the designated poetry spaces in
>> the New Yorker.
>
>I don't know if 'suburban' applies to the New Yorker poet 'typique'. But, if
>you want to read some hilarious about New Yorker poems, Jack Kimball (a poet
>and faux press publisher) has a wonderful entry on his blog sight
>http://pantaloons.blogspot.com/
>where he literally inter-marries a Seamus H poem with a Louise Gluck poem -
>the author is given the name "Seamus Gluck."
>The exercise is a study in how each poem parallels each other's structure,
>nature of outcome, etc. Definitely a model for an interesting workshop
>exercise, possibly, as well.
>
>Stephen V
>Blog: http://stephenvincent.durationpress.com
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