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Re: Two views of writing poetry

#827936
From: Will Dockery
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 17:36
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On Friday, July 22, 2022 at 8:32:30 PM UTC-4, michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Friday, July 22, 2022 at 4:07:32 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote: 
> > On Friday, July 22, 2022 at 3:57:08 PM UTC-4, michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote: 
> > > On Friday, July 22, 2022 at 3:51:20 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote: 
> > > > On Friday, July 22, 2022 at 2:42:42 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote: 
> > > > > 
> > > > > "Philip Larkin would leave half-finished poems in a drawer for decades 
> > > > > until he found the right lines to complete them. Let’s reserve the word 
> > > > > 'poet' for writers who respect language enough to do things like that." 
> > > > > https://www.theage.com.au/culture/music/bob-dylan-a-great-poet-a-great-delusion-more-like-it-20220502-p5ahrz.html 
> > > > > 
> > > > > "Dumb ass. Real poets can write a poem as easily as some of us think. 
> > > > > In other words, it doesn’t take fucking decades." 
> > > > > https://groups.google.com/g/alt.arts.poetry.comments/c/i7lvIdnUvwU/m/PV9DS2-UAgAJ?hl=en 
> > > > Well put, George. 
> > > We can now add "well put" to the ever-growing list of words and phrases Will Donkey refuses to understand. 
> > No, I understand it perfectly.
> Obviously not. 
> 
> George copy/pasted two quotes. 
> 
> He didn't *write/explain* anything, so your "well put" would not apply.

Sure it does.

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