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Jon, you ask for close reading on Jan 1. Ambitious you! I read a few - point made - and fell snoozing off my rock(er). Sorry if I did not identify your parody. Maybe try again on Jan 7. S > Now that you've read it, you should know that only seven of the nine quoted > excerpts from poems published during 2004 in that most prestigious of American > poetry journals were genuine: the other two I made up as parodies. I have no > doubt that those members of the list whose approbation for contemporary > standards of poetic excellence has led them to complain that Simic's > criticisms are insulting hogwash will have instantly spotted which ones they > were. > > > ===================================== > Jon Corelis [log in to unmask] > > www.geocities.com/joncpoetics > ===================================== > > > ____________________________________________________________________ >