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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