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On Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 4:30:20 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> Michael Pendragon wrote:
>
> > On Thursday, May 5, 2022 at 3:00:15 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> >> 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.
>
> > I'm familiar with all of their writings
> You've read, what, two paragraphs of Jack Kerouac, I think you've stated?

You're exaggerating, Donkey.