Hey, you do, & the past two have been fascinating, as were Tina's.
But I think we have to admit that some poets (I sometimes envy,
sometimes think of them as 'traitors' to poetry) have written very
fine prose, indeed, that very Cohen being one, Ondaatje another (just
here in Canada we have a number of writers who began in poetry but
have become best known for their work in prose).
Doug
On 9-Mar-08, at 4:06 AM, kasper salonen wrote:
> and you may notice from my ambling paragraphs that I do enjoy writing,
> and also talking about myself.. but I know few concepts more revolting
> than a poet trying to write prose for the first time -- think what an
> ugly cross-breed it'd be.
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