[New-Poetry] Calling Dr. Giggles

[TheOldMole]

Whoops. Well, I was just being a smartass.

jforjames at aol.com wrote:
> Tad,
> I'm afraid dearth is one my words. A word that I like to 
> think has wedded death to earth.
>
> Anyway, David Graham knows the whole story. I think he wrote a letter 
> to her (I think
> her name is Emily, you could check the masthead) citing a number of 
> contemporary
> poets who were no strangers to the comic. I'm sure she was probably right
> if the measurement was a random sampling of her slush pile.
> Finnegan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TheOldMole <Opus40-01 at opus40.org>
> Bcc: jforjames at aol.com
> Sent: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 8:22 pm
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Calling Dr. Giggles
>
> If he uses words like "dearth," no wonder he doesn't get much funny 
> stuff. 
>  
> jforjames at aol.com <mailto:jforjames at aol.com> wrote: 
> > One of the asst. editors of Poetry (in the special Humor issue) > 
> complained that there was dearth of comic poetry among the many > 
> submissions they get each year. 
> > 
> > Finnegan 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: TheOldMole <Opus40-01 at opus40.org <mailto:Opus40-01 at opus40.org>> 
> > Bcc: jforjames at aol.com <mailto:jforjames at aol.com> 
> > Sent: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 7:32 pm 
> > Subject: [New-Poetry] Calling Dr. Giggles 
> > 
> > Anyone have any sense of what literary publications are more likely 
> to > be welcoming to humor, satire, parody or buffoonery in poetic 
> endeavor? > > 
> > 
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