[New-Poetry] cummings haters

[Suzanne Baran]

WELL SAID!!!!

On 12/28/06, Alexander Dickow <alexdickow9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Lo,
> "In less, of course, you meant"
> I see you are an expert in perfect grammar.
> I find your remarks about Cummings sort of
> presumptuous, since I think what he did opened up many
> possibilities that have yet to be exhausted. Although
> not a rabid fan of Cummings, I find the alternative
> position -- "you should respect grammar" to be rather
> repulsive for all kinds of reasons, at least insofar
> as it becomes a "position". _Write your English good_
> if you want, but don't discourage others from building
> their _style_ in whatever sense they wish.
> What's certainly most vexing to me -- perhaps I'm
> alone on this -- is your rather tactless remarks to
> Raven, which look like flaming to me. Others here have
> succeeded in offering criticism in a both
> uncompromising and much more kind fashion, Lo.
> Keep reading, keep writing, Raven.
> Amicalement,
> Alex
>
> www.alexdickow.net/blog/
>
>   les mots! ah quel désert à la fin
>   merveilleux. -- Henri Droguet
>
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