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Michael Pendragon wrote:

> On Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at 9:50:14 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> Michael Pendragon wrote:
>> > George J. Dance wrote:
>
>> >> >>> Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
>> >> >
>> >> >>> Always Marry an April Girl, by Ogden Nash
>> >> >>> [...]
>> >> >>> April golden, April cloudy,
>> >> >>> Gracious, cruel, tender, rowdy;
>> >> >>> [...]

https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/04/always-marry-april-girl-ogden-nash.html

>
> >> > Nash definitely was the master of his niche in poetry.
>
> >>> Oh, yeah. As an example:I remember one textbook I picked up in the last
> >>> half of the last century. It was very modern in its approach to verse.
> >>> First, it ignored rhythm / meter completely. Second, it pontificated
> >>> that rhyme was good only for humorous effect;
>>
>> > What an appallingly horrid little work that must have been.
>>
>> > And a textbook, yet (implying that it was actually taught in classrooms).
>>
>> > One need look no farther to understand why poetry has become a dead language and an obsolete art form.
>>
>> > And, yes -- I would consign that book to be burned along with
>> Your burn list includes some of the best poets:
>>
>> Allen Ginsberg
>> Charles Bukowski
>> Jack Kerouac

> I don't see any poets on that list

Thus, your ignorance of certain forms of poetry is confirmed.