[New-Poetry] Calling Dr. Giggles

[Halvard Johnson]

Not to mention the "om."

Hal

"I think pigs should be allowed to
  run free--just like politicians."
                 --Edna Buchanan

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On Sep 7, 2007, at 11:05 AM, Skip Fox wrote:

> And a coma inside of every comma, see?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: new-poetry-bounces at wiz.cath.vt.edu [mailto:new-poetry- 
> bounces at wiz.cath.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Halvard Johnson
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 10:35 PM
> To: NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &Views
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Calling Dr. Giggles
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>
> "Dearth" is a wonderful word. So much in there besides "death"
>
> and "earth." There's "heart" and "art" and "heat" and "dear."
>
> Oh, "dart" and "ear" as well. And I've probably forgotten
>
> some.
>
>
> Hal
>
>
> "Imagination is more important
>
>  than knowledge."
>
>                         --Albert Einstein
>
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> Halvard Johnson
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> http://www.hamiltonstone.org
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> http://home.earthlink.net/~halvard/vidalocabooks.html
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>
> On Sep 6, 2007, at 8:35 PM, jforjames at aol.com wrote:
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>
>
>
> 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 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-----
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> > Bcc: 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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