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On Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at 3:30:18 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> Michael Pendragon wrote: 
> 
> > On Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at 11:55:28 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote: 
> >> On Monday, May 30, 2022 at 8:44:57 PM UTC-4, michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote: 
> >> > On Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 11:35:12 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote: 
> >> > > George J. Dance wrote: 
> >> > > > 
> >> > > > Today's poem on Penny's Poetry blog: 
> >> > > > 'Tis May Now in New England, by Bliss Carman 
> >> > > 
> >> > > > Back to the golden marshes 
> >> > > > Comes summer at full tide 
> >> > > > [...] 
> >> > > > https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/05/tis-may-now-in-new-england-bliss-carman.html 
> >> > > Perhaps we'll known in Canada, Bliss Carman is definitely somewhat obscure here in the U.S. 
> >> > Wrong, Donkey. He's somewhat obscure in Shitholeville, Georgia. 
> >> > 
> >> > To those of us with a 5th grade education, or higher, he's extremely well known. 
> >> > > The most famous Canadian poet here would have to be Leonard Cohen. 
> >> > Cohen was a folk singer, you jackass. 
> >> As George Dance corrected you, Leonard Cohen was a poet years before he became a singer and songwriter, you shit slinging little monkey. 
> >> 
> 
> > But he wasn't *successful* as a poet until 1984
> Not true, Leonard Cohen had critical success with his poetry from the very start, years before he bagan his song-writing era. 
> 
> Look it up.

I've looked it up, Donkey -- and posted the proof.

Having some good reviews and a prize does not equate to "critical success."  Poe had several good reviews and a couple of prizes, but he was not a critically successful poet during his lifetime.

Of course anyone who thinks a "Perky" is a sign of critical success must think that Cohen's minor plaudits were astounding.

Michael Pendragon
"I stink, therefore I am."
(fœtor, ergo sum.)
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