[New-Poetry] Excellence

[Chris Lott]

Just to be clear (since Marcus is probably scanning the mail
constantly for his name)-- I know that the checklist doesn't negate
subjectivity (being simply a manifestation of it)... but considering
the paucity of suitors, I think it'll do.

c

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Chris Lott <chris.lott at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net> wrote:
>> Well, all I can say, Michael, is that I think one can use a check-list to
>> come close to deciding whether most poems are excellent
>
> Marcus Bales is probably falling in love with you at this very moment.
> At one point, at least, his mission was to rip all subjectivity from
> aesthetic appreciation.
>
>> I can't see how any poem can give
>> anyone lasting pleasure;
>
> Proof that you and I, at least, are different species. But then we knew that...
>
> c
>



-- 
Chris Lott