At 08:17 AM 4/3/2003 -0500, Henry Gould wrote: ><<Yes, it's only us illiterate dough-heads & yokels who support (& fight) >this war.>> "So Joab put the words in her mouth" (2 Samuel 14:1-3). Never said this, Henry. ><<Your idea of "poet" is in the sentimental Allen Ginsberg mold.>> I don't know how anyone who knows my work could call it sentimental. Nor's my stance regarding the role of a poet sentimental or ginsbergian -- or anything remotely Beat for that matter. In fact, I have nowhere written about -- even on this list-- what my "idea of 'poet' is" or is not.