Patrick's Danish reminded me of the punch line to a
Beowulf joke: what does Grendel like for breakfast?
Just a couple of....
Candice
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> Roger Day wrote:
>
> > 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/
> >> >
> >> > ===================================
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
>
> --
>
> The art of being civilized is the art of learning to
> read between the lies. - Kenneth Rexroth
>
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