Should the US adopt countermeasures against dreadful poetry, as the Brits have?
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November 8, 2007
PW Question of the Day [Dan Collins]
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Comment by Jonathan on 11/8 @ 3:01 pm #
Seems wise. There are a whole lot of soulful undergraduates out there who should have their fountain pens confiscated before they craft another verse about oppressed something or others.
Comment by ThomasD on 11/8 @ 3:02 pm #
Yes, and mimes too. What with all this recent U.S.- French amity there’s no telling when they’ll try to stage a comeback.
Comment by McGehee on 11/8 @ 3:04 pm #
The best countermeasure against mimes that I know of, is a speeding truck.
Comment by Jeffersonian on 11/8 @ 3:18 pm #
Yes, and this ass clown will be the first to get a ride in Ol’ Sparky.
Comment by SGT Ted on 11/8 @ 3:24 pm #
I’m thinking carpet bombing.
Comment by B Moe on 11/8 @ 3:31 pm #
Damn, Jeffersonian, I didn’t read it all but this:
Like an Owl exploding
In your life in your brain in your self
Like an Owl who know the devil
All night, all day if you listen, Like an Owl
Exploding in fire. We hear the questions rise
In terrible flame like the whistle of a crazy dog
…is some seriously bad shit.
Comment by maggie katzen on 11/8 @ 3:32 pm #
whooooo?
Comment by Dan Collins on 11/8 @ 3:34 pm #
Allen Ginsberg: Owl
Comment by Jeffersonian on 11/8 @ 3:55 pm #
Indeed
Comment by JohnAnnArbor on 11/8 @ 3:58 pm #
So she writes about exploding hooters. East meets West.
Comment by Swen Swenson on 11/8 @ 4:11 pm #
To answer this I’d like to quote the wisdom of Marcel Marceau:
Comment by B Moe on 11/8 @ 4:12 pm #
…is some seriously bad shit.
Indeed
Word:
http://tinyurl.com/ynrsxa
Comment by John F. Kerry on 11/8 @ 5:00 pm #
To get back to topic. I’m in favor of this since it passes the international test.
Comment by John F. Kerry on 11/8 @ 5:02 pm #
I”m opposed to this as I’m sure it will repress someone.
Comment by Squid on 11/8 @ 5:06 pm #
And she worked at Heathrow. How charming.
Comment by village peasant on 11/8 @ 5:06 pm #
HELP HELP I’M BEING REPRESSED!
Comment by JD on 11/8 @ 5:26 pm #
John Effin’ Kerry was in favor of this contest before he was against it.
That was the most pathetic excuse for “poetry” I have ever seen. I am exponentially more dumb for having read it.
Comment by Andrew on 11/9 @ 5:47 am #
Before we take this question SERiously, shall we consider the impact across all genres? What may be good in lyric poetry may be bad in epic, and in dramatic poetry. The reverse is likewise true.
Surely the market disincentives — mockery, parody, failing to get co-ed phone numbers at slams — preclude the need for authoritarian intervention.
Bloody Peasants…
Comment by Dan Collins on 11/9 @ 5:51 am #
Andrew, I’d prefer to let the market take care of it, too, but I’ve noticed that there’s a remarkable recidivism rate here.
Comment by Andrew on 11/9 @ 5:51 am #
[removes glasses]
Before we take this question SERiously, shall we consider its impact across all genres? What is “good” in lyric poetry may be “bad” in epic or dramatic. The reverse is equally true.
Surely the market disincentives — mockery, parody, not getting the number or URL of hot co-eds at slams — preclude the need for authoritarian intervention.
[returns glasses, admires eggy shape of head in mirror]
Bloody Peasants.
Comment by Andrew on 11/9 @ 5:54 am #
See? the distinction between dramatic and lyric is thus plain before you.
As are double-posting pricks, but you knew that…