On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 12:43:59 +0100, Knut Mork Skagen <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
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>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.
>
I'll post separately an incorrect poem I wrote; it may have appeared on this
list previously, but not for some time.
>These last lines graced a poem of John Stammers' in this summer's
>Poetry Review:
>
[...]
>
>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.
Catullus 10. I'm not sure I'd call the poem quoted "camp," at least in my
understanding of the word. Besides, I thought something couldn't be camp if
it was trying to be camp.
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