I cannot remember where I first heard the exclamation:
"Poifect"
such a full-mouthed surmounted by moustache
self-gratifying expression of round-bellied irony
On 1/21/07, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> 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/
> >> >
> >> > ===================================
> >> >
> >> >
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> >
> >
> >--
> >Joseph Duemer
> >Professor of Humanities
> >Clarkson University
> >[sharpsand.net]
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