the funny thing is no one in Bosnia seems to quite know which side Princeps
was on - or where the bridge was
----Original Message Follows----
From: Roger Day <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Poetry subsidies proposed
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 20:27:06 +0100
Gavrilo Princips shot the Achduke Franz Ferdinand.
On 4/1/07, Peter Cudmore <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Yeah, I thought the 'how' of it was more interesting than the 'what'.
>
>It just crossed my mind, is Gavril Princips Serbian for April 1st?
>
>P
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jennifer Compton
> > Sent: 01 April 2007 18:16
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Poetry subsidies proposed
> >
> > I would have picked this as an April Fool's joke - if i had
> > seen it first - it is plainly foolish
> >
> > ----Original Message Follows----
> > From: Peter Cudmore <[log in to unmask]>
> > Reply-To: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Poetry subsidies proposed
> > Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 17:10:15 +0100
> >
> > Presumably in some language Narr either means 'first' or 'fool', eh?
> >
> > P
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics
> > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jon Corelis
> > > Sent: 01 April 2007 16:21 > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Poetry subsidies proposed > > I thought people
> > in this group might be interested in this:
> > >
> > >
> > > ----------------------
> > >
> > >
> > > FEDERAL POETRY SUBSIDIES PROPOSED
> > >
> > > Washington, D. C. (CNS) -
> > >
> > > In a surprise move, the Bush Administration has announced
> > > that it will propose legislation in Congress to subsidize
> > the > production of verse by American poets.
> > >
> > > The program, which will be modeled on the longstanding >
> > federal agricultural price support program, will be designed
> > > to ensure a market at a basic price support level for the
> > > nation's poetry output.
> > >
> > > According to administration spokeswoman April Narr, a goal
> > of > the subsidies will be to ensure the continuing
> > production of > particular types of verse for which the
> > market is currently > weak. "For instance," she said at a
> > news conference this > morning, "not too many people write
> > sonnets or heroic > couplets any more, so those types of
> > verse would be eligible > for special price supports."
> > >
> > > Narr also said in response to questions that although the
> > > details have yet to be worked out, subject matter may also
> > be > taken into account to determine the price support
> > levels of > different types of poems. "There are plenty
> > poems being > written about having an affair or traveling in
> > Europe or > watching your child grow up," she said, "so that
> > sort of > poetry probably needs less subsidy. But poems
> > about junk > yards or shaving cream or peeling an orange are
> > more rare and > may be deserving of more price support."
> > >
> > > When questioned as to whether the public will accept a >
> > government program which channels taxpayers' dollars to >
> > poets, Narr replied, "It's really not such an unusual idea >
> > when you think of it. After all, if the federal government
> > > can pay farmers to produce soybeans, why can't it pay poets
> > > to produce sonnets?"
> > >
> > > --
> > > ===================================
> > >
> > > Jon Corelis www.geocities.com/jgcorelis/
> > >
> > > ===================================
> > >
> >
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