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On Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 8:33:30 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> On Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 8:07:35 PM UTC-4, michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote:
> > 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.
> In what way?

You only wrote one sentence, Donkey.  Figure it out.


Michael Pendragon
"I've been hanging out with the snuggliest love-balls and it's spectacular."
-- Clay Dockery ("Not that there's anything wrong with that.")