Prestige, eh? I hate it when any of that stuff rubs off
on me. Takes weeks to get the stink out.
Ironic use, eh? Wish I'd thought of that.
Hal
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On Sep 18, 2006, at 10:18 AM, Mark Weiss wrote:
> And sometimes the prestige associated with the form or, as I think
> in Hal's case, an ironic use of same.
>
> Mark
>
>
> At 10:14 AM 9/18/2006, you wrote:
>> A bit of a joke, Kasper, but I apologize.
>>
>> The thing is, since the middle of the 20th century, the term
>> sonnet has opened up a lot, as such practitioners of that more
>> open form as, to name just two, Lowell & New Zealand poet, James K
>> Baxter, demonstrate. It seems that all they finally want to keep
>> is the fourteen lines, &, perhaps, an inner turn...
>>
>> Doug
>> On 17-Sep-06, at 4:16 PM, Kasper wrote:
>>
>>> Douglas, I'm not sure my question warranted as curt a reply as
>>> yours.
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>> Where philosophy stops, poetry is impelled to begin. He was
>> a man, far away from home, biting his nails at destiny.
>>
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