[New-Poetry] Billy Collins, former laurite

[Anny Ballardini]

We must be talking of two different Laurites. There is a Laurite, the one I
know, classified among aethereal substances. More later, day - a material
substance - is pressing here.

On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 1:42 AM, James Cervantes
<cervantes.james at gmail.com>wrote:

> Laurite, as we know, is a rare mineral usually found embedded in concrete,
> with highest concentrations in the sidewalks of New York.  Its special
> properties include an immediate appeal to the eye and a projection of
> instant recognition - even to the uninitiated - that this is the real deal:
> a bright, shiny object.  Closer inspection of the mineral reveals a tendency
> for fractal behaviour, with repeated patterns and amplification of its other
> special properties.  Laurite, in a sense, speaks for itself.
> - Dr. Patch Elbow
>
> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 3:56 PM, David Graham <grahamd at ripon.edu> wrote:
>
>>  How can one fail to wish to read more, when a student essay begins like
>> this?
>>
>> "Billy Collins, former poet laurite, is a very interesting man.
>>  Interesting not only in a way with his poetry, but also in a way that makes
>> him Billy Collins, and this does indeed come out in his poetry."
>>
>>
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>> David Graham
>> grahamd at ripon.edu
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