[New-Poetry] 6 & out

[JforJames at aol.com]

Certain critics (Wm. Logan comes to mind) operate using the “Richelieu  
Principle”…they’ll readily hang a poet on as few as six lines: 
"Qu'on me donne six lignes écrites de la main du plus honnête homme, j'y  t
rouverai de quoi le faire pendre."  
If one would give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest  man, I 
would find something in them to have him hanged. 
--Cardinal  et Duc de Richelieu (1585–1642) French clergyman, noble, and  
statesman
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