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On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 13:38:43 -0800 Joe Green wrote:
When he won the prize I expected to see him featured on the most popular
poetry blog on the internet but nary a word -- even tho he was connected
with Spicer and Blaser. Nothing..maybe because he was now associated with
the school of Quietude.
from "The Deaths of Cruel Joe Green"
Then God made Joe read Silliman, Ron.
Then insisted that he cry "Tres bon"
Mean Joe died in a little while.
Done to death by Ron's prose style.
Cruel, cruel Joe Green.
And on mean Joe Ron micturated.
And declared him somewhat dated.
Cruel, cruel Joe Green.
Then God said "Joe, have you heard the rumor?
Your verse is despised by the great Joe Duemer!"
Which shows that God has a sense of humor.
Unlike cruel, cruel Joe Green
I have been very explicit. My remarks go way beyond the grotesqueness of
the Silliman perplex.
Maybe if I am very specific once again, it will be possible to see that my
initial melancholy was caused by more than by the fact that a dull remark
by Silliman was taken seriously.
Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I agree wholeheartedly with Rachel's sentiments.
Joe, your antipathy towards Ron is well-documented and I find your
interventions against Ron Silliman rather lacking in civility which is
a shame as I think what we do deserves better. One unintended
consequence of your intervention this time is that I shall go back and
re-read the article in question.
Roger
On 7/10/07, Rachel Loden wrote:
> Joe, I mostly can't make head or tail of what you're saying, esp. in the
> last message, except that you think it would be best not to take Ron
> Silliman seriously. I simply don't agree with this.
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