[New-Poetry] Calling Dr. Giggles

[Suzanne Burns]

On 9/6/07, jforjames at aol.com <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



What is this big aversion people have to funny, witty poems?  I have never
been able to figure that out.   I think humor is one of the highest forms of
intelligence.  Its a kind of emotional transcendance, an ability to break
through the bullshit and defalte it with laughter.    What could be more
valuable in a poem?  A lack of a sense of humor just stinks of cowardice.

Someone explain this to me please.

Suzanne Burns
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