Indeed. Unfortunately I'd ignored that piece of doggerel.
Roger
On Dec 3, 2007 1:38 PM, Barry Alpert <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 13:38:43 -0800 Joe Green wrote:
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> 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.
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> from "The Deaths of Cruel Joe Green"
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> Then God made Joe read Silliman, Ron.
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> Then insisted that he cry "Tres bon"
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> Mean Joe died in a little while.
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> Done to death by Ron's prose style.
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> Cruel, cruel Joe Green.
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> And on mean Joe Ron micturated.
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> And declared him somewhat dated.
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> Cruel, cruel Joe Green.
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> Then God said "Joe, have you heard the rumor?
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> Your verse is despised by the great Joe Duemer!"
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> Which shows that God has a sense of humor.
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> Unlike cruel, cruel Joe Green
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> I have been very explicit. My remarks go way beyond the grotesqueness of
> the Silliman perplex.
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> 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.
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> Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I agree wholeheartedly with Rachel's sentiments.
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> 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.
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> Roger
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> On 7/10/07, Rachel Loden wrote:
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> > 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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