Are you proposing that we sprinkle viagra dust on our books?
At 05:35 PM 5/5/2006, you wrote:
>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.
>>
>
>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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