I, on the contrary, understand there are more people writing poetry than
reading it and that it is the poetry readers, not poets, that are in
danger of becoming extinct; if so, what *is* poetry *doing* to the
philoprogenitive propensity of its readership?
mj
Mark Weiss wrote:
> The male poet's courtship display: we lift our tail feathers, puff out
> our chests and circle the female poet, who expresses interest by
> feigning confusion and attempting to run for the exit. Courtship
> success rate is so low that the species is constantly threatened with
> extinction.
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The self that shines in the greying sunshine
of the immediate is actual, though it is
not all that is there. - Douglas Oliver
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