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Re: Two views of writing poetry

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From: parnellos.pizza@
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2022 16:34
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NancyGene wrote:

> On Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 1:35:19 PM UTC, Will Dockery wrote:
>> 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.

> Bull shit


<Nancy Gene's bullshit snipped>

Not really, the link provides the quote in context.

HTH and HAND.

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