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I just want to point out that poifection is Hawaiilish for the making of anything from fermented taro root, and that as a native Hawaiian I resent its expropriation. Will neocolonialism never end? At 01:20 PM 1/21/2007, you wrote: >Aw, I used the term first in this discussion & I was just trying to piss of >any New Formalists who might be reading. Not a very nioce thing for the new >co-"owner" of this list to do, I guess. (Nota: Nobody owns this beast; >nobody every could.) > >jd > >On 1/21/07, Ken Wolman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>If you write such a thing, there is no excuse for you writing again. I've >>heard that silly term applied to "Ode to a Nightingale" and "There Once >>Was >>a Man From Nantucket." I suppose they both are perfection. But look what >>happened to Keats. And who knows the name of the person who committed the >>limerick? >> >>Ken >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and >> > poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Jon Corelis >> > Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 11:26 AM >> > To: [log in to unmask] >> > Subject: Poifection >> > >> > >> > > Is anybody up for defining a 'perfect poem'? >> > >> > It's the one I keep trying to write. >> > >> > -- >> > =================================== >> > >> > Jon Corelis www.geocities.com/jgcorelis/ >> > >> > =================================== >> > >> > >> > -- >> > No virus found in this incoming message. >> > Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.0/639 - Release Date: >> > 1/18/2007 6:47 PM >> > >> > > > > >-- >Joseph Duemer >Professor of Humanities >Clarkson University >[sharpsand.net]