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Article #828017Re: Two views of writing poetry
From: will.dockery@gma
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2022 13:35
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2022 13:35
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NancyGene 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 > > https://groups.google.com/g/alt.arts.poetry.comments/c/-bFKGJLZdFc/m/s1b3V2taCQAJ > He also didn't correctly copy the link to ME's comment. He posted the link to the thread but not to the post George probably wanted to give the entire thread, for context. HTH and HAND.
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