[New-Poetry] Letter Machine Editions
David Baratier
editor at pavementsaw.org
Fri Apr 24 11:09:48 EDT 2009
Dear Folks,
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Anselm Berrigan's To Hell With Sleep
and
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> 1. Happy birthday (TheOldMole)
> 2. Re: Poetics Question (Bob Grumman)
> 3. Re: Poetics Question (Bob Grumman)
> 4. Re: Poetics Question (John Jeffrey)
> 5. Re: Re: Poetics Question (Judy
> Prince)
> 6. Re: A Punctuation Poem for Winter
> (Anny?)-Correction
> (Anny Ballardini)
> 7. a new site (Anny Ballardini)
> 8. Re: Poetics Question (Bob Grumman)
> 9. Re: Re: Poetics Question (Bob
> Grumman)
> 10. Re: Re: Poetics Question (Judy Prince)
> 11. Re: Re: Poetics Question (Halvard Johnson)
> 12. RE: Spam Sonnet (browning)
> 13. Re: Spam Sonnet (Halvard Johnson)
> 14. Re: Re: Poetics Question (Judy Prince)
> 15. Re: a new site (TheOldMole)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:58:43 -0400
> From: TheOldMole <Opus40-01 at opus40.org>
> Subject: [New-Poetry] Happy birthday
> To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News
> & Views"
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> Charles Mingus.
>
> --
> Tad Richards
> Read my NY Writing Careers Examiner column today!
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:12:17 -0500
> From: Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Poetics Question
> To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News
> & Views"
> <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
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> John Jeffrey wrote:
> > I'm still chuckling at using the space on a bookshelf
> as an analogy
> > for promoting (or not) poetry.
> >
> > The bookshelf analogy is flawed simply because the
> shop owner--if he's
> > trying to stay in business, that is--is allocating as
> little space as
> > possible to poetry, regardless of the style (plaintext
> or
> > textwanting). And even the books chosen say
> nothing about the
> > critical worth of the poetry. And even if the
> shop owner fancies
> > himself a poetry maven, it doesn't mean that his
> acuity is at all in
> > line with the accepted beliefs (whether common man or
> critics). And
> > even if he does live in a certain critical suburb
> (either Wilshberia
> > or Gummbennettville), that doesn't mean that's what
> will be populated
> > in 50 years. Or 500. And even if that
> critical suburb is still busy
> > with commuters 500 years from now, it will have
> nothing to do with
> > whether this or that poet's book was one of the
> twently on the shelf
> > 500 years before. And even if...
> >
> > (On&on, world without end)
> My point was that when one applauds any X, one necessarily
> is attempting
> to raise its value, which necessarily entails lowering the
> value of the
> competition.
>
> --Bob G.
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:15:32 -0500
> From: Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Poetics Question
> To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News
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> TheOldMole wrote:
> > I agree. It's like saying if you have two kids you've
> gotta love the
> > first one less.
> >
> Oh, no, Mole. Love is infinite. And, for
> poets, so is shelfspace.
> And for Americans, so is money, so our current
> problems are imaginary.
>
> --Bob G.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:51:40 -0700 (PDT)
> From: John Jeffrey <jjeffreymail at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Poetics Question
> To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News
> & Views"
> <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
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> I understand your point; I just don't agree with it.
> I don't think saying, "Dickinson is good, buy her book,"
> lowers Whitman's value. Nor do I think that if I owned
> a shop and stocked her but not him, it would affect his
> value as a poet. (It may affect his book sales if
> everyone followed my lead, but he's dead anyway.)
>
> Now, I think I'll go read some Cummings or Larkin, which
> doesn't mean that Stevens or Hughes is no good. Then
> again, the bookshelf IS getting a bit crowded.
> Hmmm. It may be time for a purge. Let's see, who
> will be voted off the shelf...?
>
> JohnJ
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>
> To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News & Views"
> <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 11:12:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Poetics Question
>
> John Jeffrey wrote:
> I'm still chuckling at using the space on a bookshelf as
> an
> analogy for promoting (or not) poetry.
>
> The bookshelf analogy is flawed simply because the shop
> owner--if he's
> trying to stay in business, that is--is allocating as
> little space as
> possible to poetry, regardless of the style (plaintext or
> textwanting). And even the books chosen say nothing
> about the critical
> worth of the poetry. And even if the shop owner
> fancies himself a
> poetry maven, it doesn't mean that his acuity is at all in
> line with
> the accepted beliefs (whether common man or critics).
> And even if he
> does live in a certain critical suburb (either Wilshberia
> or
> Gummbennettville), that doesn't mean that's what will be
> populated in
> 50 years. Or 500. And even if that critical
> suburb is still busy with
> commuters 500 years from now, it will have nothing to do
> with whether
> this or that poet's book was one of the twently on the
> shelf 500 years
> before. And even if...
>
> (On&on, world without end)
>
> My point was that when one applauds any X, one necessarily
> is
> attempting to raise its value, which necessarily entails
> lowering the
> value of the competition.
>
> --Bob G.
>
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:14:42 -0400
> From: Judy Prince <jbalizsprince at googlemail.com>
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Re: Poetics Question
> To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News
> &, Views"
> <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
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> David,
> Somewhat responding to Bob G's tantalizing, if illogical,
> distractions from
> what you're saying here that others have supported with fun
> analogies, I
> want to confirm your analysis [below], and add a bit for
> folks to play with.
>
>
> Some time on this list Robin Hamilton said that all the
> canonised poets had
> been hugely successful and well recognised in their
> lifetimes, two
> exceptions being Blake and Dickinson. Let's assume
> he's correct. Let's
> also assume that countless similarly worthy Poet Worthies
> didn't get read at
> all for reasons we could enumerate, and that other Worthies
> only got read by
> their family, friends, and neighbours, none of whom had the
> status or ear of
> Those Who Can Get A Worthy Published.
>
> We're left, then, with a highly winnowed list of
> Worthies. These folks'
> works have been bought and read by millions for hundreds of
> years---and for
> the reasons you posit.
>
> We're left, then, with something like Bob's WEPD [What
> Excellent Poems Do]
> to explain WHY the Worthies continue to be canonised.
>
> Now I'll title and briefly describe certain lumps of poets
> being touted by
> educators/critics/poet-"historians"/anthologisers for, say,
> decades, and
> then dropped off The List. [Bob will like this
> because it categorises and
> has new names for categories]
>
> And after that, I'll say what the following lumps of poets
> lack that
> precludes their staying Worthy in the eyes/ears of "us"
> over the centuries
> who keep poets at the top.
>
> SHAKERS N BREAKERS: Let's try anything new, or
> bunions gone wild, or goose
> fur or....
>
> DISSECTERS: Look at line-length---no, look at
> repetition repeatedly---no,
> look at....
>
> INTELLECTERS: Whatever works the mind into a frenzy
> can't miss, I'm
> thinking.
>
> RE-FRESHENERS: I got rhythm better than they did!
>
> BACK TO GROUND ZEROERS: I got rhythm and it's all I
> need....'til I get
> semi-colons.
>
> BEEN THERE DONE THAT LET'S DO IT SOME MORE:
> Imitation, imitation,
> imitation.
>
> INCOMPREHENSIBLERS: You figure it out; it ain't my
> job.
>
> LET'S PRETEND IT'S POETRYERS: 2 X 5+8 = po & tree
> w no fullstop
>
> What do these poet-groups lack? Something very like
> meeting the tick-list
> [WEPD] that Bob offered a couple months ago. It's not
> rocket science. It's
> just damned difficult to write Excellent poetry.
>
> Best,
>
> Judy
>
> 2009/4/22 David Graham <grahamd at ripon.edu>
>
> > "Acceptance" is a somewhat tricky concept, seems
> to me. For starters,
> > are we thinking about critical or popular
> acceptance? Academic or common
> > reader? Other writers or the educated
> reader? Think of the career of
> > Donald Justice, for example. A good example of a
> poet's poet, seems to me.
> > Well reviewed and rewarded, always, with many
> glowing blurbs by fellow
> > poets. A thoroughly Establishment poet, and in
> my view a wonderful one.
> > But in terms of sales, never truly popular, even
> in the small pond of
> > contemporary poetry, to the extent that many others of
> that generation have
> > been.
> >
> > There are further complications. As Michael
> Snider has pointed out,
> > there's only one kind of acceptance that counts in the
> long run, and that's
> > durability over time. A critic, anthologist,
> talk show host, or whomever
> > might well generate some boosted sales today, but if
> people don't like what
> > they read, that work will fade eventually into
> oblivion. No amount of
> > critical boost will rescue work that readers don't
> enjoy. Oblivion will be
> > the fate of almost every poet, in fact.
> >
> > What Helen Vendler says about, say, Dave Smith or
> Jorie Graham will
> > ultimately not matter. And contemporary book
> sales likewise won't matter;
> > just look at all those volumes of Stephen Vincent
> Benet or Edwin Arlington
> > Robinson mouldering away in used bookshops. Who
> is today's version of S.V.
> > Benet is a fun game to play, but by definition we
> won't be around to learn
> > the answer.
> >
> > I remember pulling a book off the library shelf once
> when I was in college.
> > The gimmick was that the poet put a comma after
> every word, I suppose to
> > make some point about language, I don't
> know. Emphasizing the materiality
> > of words? It was extremely irksome reading, in
> any event, and I never
> > finished the book. But *someone* had found that
> book worthy, had gone to
> > the trouble and expense to publish it, and the library
> had in turn
> > purchased, catalogued, and preserved it.
> >
> > Even at age 18, however, it was obvious to me that no
> amount of promotion
> > would make such a book last. As of
> course it hasn't, and I long ago forgot
> > the author's name.
> >
> > Now if I wished, I could trumpet loudly the Comma
> Poet's virtues. I could
> > call for greater acceptance of punctuationally rich
> poetry. I could issue
> > manifestoes on the subject. I could complain
> that Helen Vendler et al.
> > persistently ignore the very existence of the Comma
> Poet. After all, is it
> > too much to ask that mainstream critics devote some
> brief attention to the
> > fascinating topic of Comma Poetry? They must be
> closed minded. By ignoring
> > Comma Poetry, they refuse to acknowledge the full
> variety of what's out
> > there.
> >
> > I might even have a jolly good time at it.
> Fine. But nothing I did or
> > said or wrote would alter the outcome. Oblivion
> will arrive--sooner for
> > some, later for others--but it will come. For
> our poor Comma Poet oblivion
> > was speedy indeed, mainly because what he wrote was
> silly and annoying and
> > most sensible readers rightly ignored him even if he
> happened to cross their
> > paths.
> >
> >
> >
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> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:13:18 +0100
> From: Anny Ballardini <anny.ballardini at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] A Punctuation Poem for Winter
> (Anny?)-Correction
> To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News
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> Accepted! #
> I am abroad at the moment, as soon as I get back I will
> upload it.
> Best to all, Anny
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 2:47 AM, Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >> sky
> >>
> >> 's piecemeal descent
> >> of buildings' & trees'
> dark sides;
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
> its mix with
> >>
> >>
> tr,a,f:f;i;c.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --Bob Grumman, 1964
> >>
> >
> >
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> --
> Anny Ballardini
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> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:18:22 +0100
> From: Anny Ballardini <anny.ballardini at gmail.com>
> Subject: [New-Poetry] a new site
> To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News
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> Poetry through the Ages
>
> --
> Anny Ballardini
> http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/
> http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome
> http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html
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> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:17:15 -0500
> From: Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Poetics Question
> To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News
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> <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
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> Well, John, I can't understand your reasoning. If the
> amount of space
> in a bookstore is not infinite, how can stocking Dickinson
> and not
> Whitman neither promote nor demote either one--for that
> bookstore?
>
> I won't argue this anymore.
>
> --Bob
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 9
> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:47:35 -0500
> From: Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Re: Poetics Question
> To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News
> & Views"
> <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
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> Judy Prince wrote:
> > David,
> >
> > Somewhat responding to Bob G's tantalizing, if
> illogical
> What's illogical?
>
> Amusing list, Judy, but why is
> > 2 X 5+8 = po & tree w no fullstop
> not a poem? If it's not a poem, what is it.
> Understand that I'm not
> asking whether or not it is a good poem.
> > What do these poet-groups lack? Something very
> like meeting the
> > tick-list [WEPD] that Bob offered a couple months
> ago.
> Unfortunately, we don't know that. They may just be
> lacking good pr.
> If Poet A writes great poetry but no critic of his time
> understands it,
> there's a good chance it won't reach the attention of later
> generations.
>
> --Bob
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:42:41 -0400
> From: Judy Prince <jbalizsprince at googlemail.com>
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Re: Poetics Question
> To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News
> &, Views"
> <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
> Message-ID:
> <7db1d01b0904230442v6c5e8c2p8d53c5c04afdeb34 at mail.gmail.com>
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> Hi, Bob,
> You had a clever pack of poets who argued you down and with
> good humour; I
> can't do better.
>
> I'm glad you enjoyed my list.
>
> If anything can be labelled a poem, then my purpose-built
> nonsense math-word
> formula is a poem. I do feel pride of parenthood
> about it, so let's call
> me, for the moment, a member of my last 'lump' group, the
> LET'S PRETEND IT'S
> POETRYERS.
>
> As doubtless has happened countless times, unrecognised
> worthy poets, as you
> note, may be misunderstood Worthies. Perhaps we'll
> see and understand....or
> p'raps our great-grandchildren will.
>
> Best,
>
> Judy
>
>
>
> 2009/4/23 Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>
>
> > Judy Prince wrote:
> >
> >> David,
> >>
> >> Somewhat responding to Bob G's tantalizing, if
> illogical
> >>
> > What's illogical?
> >
> > Amusing list, Judy, but why is
> >
> >> 2 X 5+8 = po & tree w no fullstop
> >>
> > not a poem? If it's not a poem, what is
> it. Understand that I'm not
> > asking whether or not it is a good poem.
> >
> >> What do these poet-groups lack? Something
> very like meeting the tick-list
> >> [WEPD] that Bob offered a couple months ago.
> >>
> > Unfortunately, we don't know that. They may just
> be lacking good pr. If
> > Poet A writes great poetry but no critic of his time
> understands it, there's
> > a good chance it won't reach the attention of later
> generations.
> >
> >
> > --Bob
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:43:35 -0400
> From: Halvard Johnson <halvard at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Re: Poetics Question
> To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News
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> Aha! The Battle of the Nomenclators is joined. Have at it,
> guys and gals. Maybe you can make the list of 10 Best
> Wars.
>
> Hal
>
> "The secret of managing is to keep the guys
> who hate you away from the guys who are
> undecided."
>
> --Casey Stengel
>
> Halvard Johnson
> ================
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> http://www.hamiltonstone.org
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 7:47 AM, Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>wrote:
>
> > Judy Prince wrote:
> >
> >> David,
> >>
> >> Somewhat responding to Bob G's tantalizing, if
> illogical
> >>
> > What's illogical?
> >
> > Amusing list, Judy, but why is
> >
> >> 2 X 5+8 = po & tree w no fullstop
> >>
> > not a poem? If it's not a poem, what is
> it. Understand that I'm not
> > asking whether or not it is a good poem.
> >
> >> What do these poet-groups lack? Something
> very like meeting the tick-list
> >> [WEPD] that Bob offered a couple months ago.
> >>
> > Unfortunately, we don't know that. They may just
> be lacking good pr. If
> > Poet A writes great poetry but no critic of his time
> understands it, there's
> > a good chance it won't reach the attention of later
> generations.
> >
> >
> > --Bob
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> Message: 12
> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:01:36 +0200
> From: "browning" <browning at splitthisrock.org>
> Subject: RE: [New-Poetry] Spam Sonnet
> To: <halvard at gmail.com>,
> "'NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &
> Views'" <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
> Message-ID:
> <B701191A9E0C42858886C45D7937B4BB at SBLAPTOP>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Great, Hal. My own spam offering:
>
>
>
> Subject: Fucking St. Valentine
>
> Found poem
>
>
>
> What are you to do if you have
>
> bad erection? Especially
>
> in the forthcoming Saint Valentines Day???
>
> Don't worry, it is not the last of pea-time...
>
> The most simple way is to
>
> visit our site,
>
> order the medication and
>
> that is all you are to do!
>
>
>
> Do not kill the clock!
>
>
>
>
>
> Sarah
>
>
>
> **
>
> Sarah Browning
>
> Co-Director
>
> Split This Rock Poetry Festival
>
> c/o Institute for Policy Studies
>
> 1112 16th Street, NW, Suite 600
>
> Washington, DC 20036
>
> <mailto:browning at splitthisrock.org>
> browning at splitthisrock.org
>
> <http://www.splitthisrock.org/>
> www.splitthisrock.org
>
> 202-787-5210
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: new-poetry-bounces at wiz.cath.vt.edu
> [mailto:new-poetry-bounces at wiz.cath.vt.edu]
> On Behalf Of Halvard Johnson
> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 9:17 PM
> To: NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &,Views;
> Poetryetc
> Subject: [New-Poetry] Spam Sonnet
>
>
>
> Spam Sonnet
>
> A la recherche d'un emploi? You won't ever have to explain
>
> your flaccidness to her again. You can have the meds you
> need
> for 70% less. Looking for a new foundational opportunity?
>
> Do you want scientifically to debunk the Bible? You can
> view
> this message as a website here. Hi man, was thinking of the
> old
> times and thought of you. Sign in here to chat awhile.
> Replica
>
> watches, direct from manufacturer. Spanish fly! This may
> solve
> the only real problem you have. Anyone with sufficient
> work
> experience can become a CEO. Do you prefer to spend less,
>
> get more? Don't let food be your greatest concern. Nothing
> heals better! Beautiful Russian women are eager to meet
> you!
>
>
>
>
>
> Hal
>
> Halvard Johnson
> ================
> halvard at gmail.com
> http://sites.google.com/site/halvardjohnson/Home
> http://entropyandme.blogspot.com
> http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com
> http://www.hamiltonstone.org
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>
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> Message: 13
> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:30:49 -0400
> From: Halvard Johnson <halvard at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Spam Sonnet
> To: browning at splitthisrock.org
> Cc: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News
> &, Views"
> <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
> Message-ID:
> <f160a1210904230530x45697dc0he5c41455510501ec at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"
>
> And thanks for yours, Sarah. I enjoyed it.
>
> Hal
>
> "The secret of managing is to keep the guys
> who hate you away from the guys who are
> undecided."
>
> --Casey Stengel
>
> Halvard Johnson
> ================
> halvard at gmail.com
> http://sites.google.com/site/halvardjohnson/Home
> http://entropyandme.blogspot.com
> http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com
> http://www.hamiltonstone.org
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 8:01 AM, browning <browning at splitthisrock.org>wrote:
>
> > Great, Hal. My own spam offering:
> >
> >
> >
> > Subject: Fucking St. Valentine
> >
> > * Found
> poem*
> >
> >
> >
> > What are you to do if you have
> >
> > bad erection? Especially
> >
> > in the forthcoming Saint Valentines Day???
> >
> > Don’t worry, it is not the last of pea-time...
> >
> > The most simple way is to
> >
> > visit our site,
> >
> > order the medication and
> >
> > that is all you are to do!
> >
> >
> >
> > Do not kill the clock!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Sarah
> >
> >
> >
> > **
> >
> > Sarah Browning
> >
> > Co-Director
> >
> > Split This Rock Poetry Festival
> >
> > c/o Institute for Policy Studies
> >
> > 1112 16th Street, NW, Suite 600
> >
> > Washington, DC 20036
> >
> > browning at splitthisrock.org
> >
> > www.splitthisrock.org
> >
> > 202-787-5210
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > *From:* new-poetry-bounces at wiz.cath.vt.edu
> [mailto:
> > new-poetry-bounces at wiz.cath.vt.edu]
> *On Behalf Of *Halvard Johnson
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 22, 2009 9:17 PM
> > *To:* NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News
> &,Views; Poetryetc
> > *Subject:* [New-Poetry] Spam Sonnet
> >
> >
> >
> > Spam Sonnet
> >
> > *A la recherche d’un emploi*? You won’t ever have
> to explain
> > your flaccidness to her again. You can have the meds
> you need
> > for 70% less. Looking for a new foundational
> opportunity?
> >
> > Do you want scientifically to debunk the Bible? You
> can view
> > this message as a website *here*. Hi man, was thinking
> of the old
> > times and thought of you. Sign in here to chat awhile.
> Replica
> >
> > watches, direct from manufacturer. Spanish fly! This
> may solve
> > the only real problem you have. Anyone with sufficient
> work
> > experience can become a CEO. Do you prefer to spend
> less,
> >
> > get more? Don’t let food be your greatest concern.
> Nothing
> > heals better! Beautiful Russian women are eager to
> meet you!
> > *
> >
> > *
> >
> >
> > Hal
> >
> > Halvard Johnson
> > ================
> > halvard at gmail.com
> > http://sites.google.com/site/halvardjohnson/Home
> > http://entropyandme.blogspot.com
> > http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com
> > http://www.hamiltonstone.org
> >
> >
> >
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> Message: 14
> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:51:14 -0400
> From: Judy Prince <jbalizsprince at googlemail.com>
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Re: Poetics Question
> To: halvard at gmail.com,
> "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &,
> Views" <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
> Message-ID:
> <7db1d01b0904230751h64c3c685k35482f17e77143f2 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> Gaaaa! I always love a cheering section!
> Best,
>
> WonderWoman
>
> 2009/4/23 Halvard Johnson <halvard at gmail.com>
>
> > Aha! The Battle of the Nomenclators is joined. Have at
> it,
> > guys and gals. Maybe you can make the list of 10 Best
> Wars.
> >
> > Hal
> >
> > "The secret of managing is to keep the guys
> > who hate you away from the guys who are
> > undecided."
> >
> --Casey Stengel
> >
> > Halvard Johnson
> > ================
> > halvard at gmail.com
> > http://sites.google.com/site/halvardjohnson/Home
> > http://entropyandme.blogspot.com
> > http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com
> > http://www.hamiltonstone.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 7:47 AM, Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>wrote:
> >
> >> Judy Prince wrote:
> >>
> >>> David,
> >>>
> >>> Somewhat responding to Bob G's tantalizing, if
> illogical
> >>>
> >> What's illogical?
> >>
> >> Amusing list, Judy, but why is
> >>
> >>> 2 X 5+8 = po & tree w no fullstop
> >>>
> >> not a poem? If it's not a poem, what is
> it. Understand that I'm not
> >> asking whether or not it is a good poem.
> >>
> >>> What do these poet-groups lack?
> Something very like meeting the
> >>> tick-list [WEPD] that Bob offered a couple
> months ago.
> >>>
> >> Unfortunately, we don't know that. They may
> just be lacking good pr. If
> >> Poet A writes great poetry but no critic of his
> time understands it, there's
> >> a good chance it won't reach the attention of
> later generations.
> >>
> >>
> >> --Bob
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> New-Poetry mailing list
> >> New-Poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu
> >> http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry
> >>
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> Message: 15
> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:02:10 -0400
> From: TheOldMole <Opus40-01 at opus40.org>
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] a new site
> To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News
> & Views"
> <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
> Message-ID: <49F082F2.9060501 at opus40.org>
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>
> This is a very neat site.
>
> Anny Ballardini wrote:
> > http://www.webexhibits.org/poetry/index.html
> >
> > Poetry through the Ages
> >
> > --
> > Anny Ballardini
> > http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/
> > http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome
> > http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html
> > I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give
> birth to a
> > dancing star!
> >
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > New-Poetry mailing list
> > New-Poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu
> > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry
> >
>
> --
> Tad Richards
> Read my NY Writing Careers Examiner column today!
> http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner
>
> http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/
> http://opusforty.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
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