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narr == fool in german On 4/1/07, Patrick Mc Manus <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Nar-Danish -fool > P > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Peter Cudmore > Sent: 01 April 2007 17:10 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Poetry subsidies proposed > > Presumably in some language Narr either means 'first' or 'fool', eh? > > P > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jon Corelis > > Sent: 01 April 2007 16:21 > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Poetry subsidies proposed > > > > I thought people in this group might be interested in this: > > > > > > ---------------------- > > > > > > FEDERAL POETRY SUBSIDIES PROPOSED > > > > Washington, D. C. (CNS) - > > > > In a surprise move, the Bush Administration has announced > > that it will propose legislation in Congress to subsidize the > > production of verse by American poets. > > > > The program, which will be modeled on the longstanding > > federal agricultural price support program, will be designed > > to ensure a market at a basic price support level for the > > nation's poetry output. > > > > According to administration spokeswoman April Narr, a goal of > > the subsidies will be to ensure the continuing production of > > particular types of verse for which the market is currently > > weak. "For instance," she said at a news conference this > > morning, "not too many people write sonnets or heroic > > couplets any more, so those types of verse would be eligible > > for special price supports." > > > > Narr also said in response to questions that although the > > details have yet to be worked out, subject matter may also be > > taken into account to determine the price support levels of > > different types of poems. "There are plenty poems being > > written about having an affair or traveling in Europe or > > watching your child grow up," she said, "so that sort of > > poetry probably needs less subsidy. But poems about junk > > yards or shaving cream or peeling an orange are more rare and > > may be deserving of more price support." > > > > When questioned as to whether the public will accept a > > government program which channels taxpayers' dollars to > > poets, Narr replied, "It's really not such an unusual idea > > when you think of it. After all, if the federal government > > can pay farmers to produce soybeans, why can't it pay poets > > to produce sonnets?" > > > > -- > > =================================== > > > > Jon Corelis www.geocities.com/jgcorelis/ > > > > =================================== > > > -- My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/ "Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious." Oscar Wilde