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Re: 'Tis May Now in New England / Bliss Carman

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From: will.dockery@gma
Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 19:29
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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.

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