Aw, I used the term first in this discussion & I was just trying to piss of
any New Formalists who might be reading. Not a very nioce thing for the new
co-"owner" of this list to do, I guess. (Nota: Nobody owns this beast;
nobody every could.)
jd
On 1/21/07, Ken Wolman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> If you write such a thing, there is no excuse for you writing again. I've
> heard that silly term applied to "Ode to a Nightingale" and "There Once
> Was
> a Man From Nantucket." I suppose they both are perfection. But look what
> happened to Keats. And who knows the name of the person who committed the
> limerick?
>
> Ken
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and
> > poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Jon Corelis
> > Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 11:26 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Poifection
> >
> >
> > > Is anybody up for defining a 'perfect poem'?
> >
> > It's the one I keep trying to write.
> >
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> > Jon Corelis www.geocities.com/jgcorelis/
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Joseph Duemer
Professor of Humanities
Clarkson University
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