[New-Poetry] Lyrical

[Jason Quackenbush]

at's dylan innit?

David Graham wrote:
>>On 05/09/2006, at 6:13 AM, jfq at myuw.net wrote:
> 
> 
>>> take, for example, the magnetic fields, regina spektor,
>>>or beck and you'll see a great deal of lyrical sophistication in
>>>pop music that one would be hard pressed to find in, say, billy
>>>collins or glyn maxwell,
> 
> 
> Yeah, there are boatloads of good lyricists out there in any number of pop
> genres (some making the kind of cash that makes Billy Collins's paycheck
> look downright paltry).
> 
> I wonder if the following stanza appeared in, say, *Fence*'s next issue,
> whether anyone would think it particularly out of place?
> 
>    Is this just vulgar electricity
>    Is this the edifying fire
>    (it was so pure)
>    Does your smile's covert complicity
>    Debase as it admires
>    (just a flu with a temperature)
>    Are you just checking out your mojo
>    (oohoo)
>    Or am I just fighting off growing old
>    (just a high fever)
>    All I ever wanted
>    Was just to come in from the cold
> 
> [Extra credit to anyone who can name the author without Googling.]
> 
> 
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