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Re: Two views of writing poetry

#828344
From: Will Dockery
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2022 14:18
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On Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 4:37:35 PM UTC-4, ME wrote:
> On Saturday, 23 July 2022 at 16:14:46 UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote: 
> > On Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 4:11:38 PM UTC-4, ME wrote: 
> > > On Saturday, 23 July 2022 at 16:06:54 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 
> > > > And, lest we forget: 
> > > > 
> > > > "Truth be told, I really don’t like poetry that much." -"ME" 
> > > > 
> > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.arts.poetry.comments/MCQ8uk0Il10/aoJ1qmfWCAAJ 
> > > > 
> > > > And so it goes. 
> > > > 
> > > YOu and dance are really desparate
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> to contribute intellegent
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Nancy Gene, where are you when your friends need your proof-reading expertise?

HTH and HAND.

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