[New-Poetry] Scholarly dispute

Rsgwynn1 at cs.com Rsgwynn1 at cs.com
Mon Nov 15 18:34:52 EST 2010


In a message dated 11/15/2010 4:03:03 PM Central Standard Time, 
jlm8047 at louisiana.edu writes: 
> 
> As for the flagwavers, thank goodness that usually happens in genres I'm 
> not passionate enough about to keep up with: but even "Okie from 
> Muskogee" has its very creepy moments (or as, was it, Jerry Garcia?, 
> said, "C'mon, Merle, lighten up." 

I do salute "Okie from Muskogee" as being one of the few country songs in 
iambic/trochaic pentameter.  Besides, who could get much better than "Boots 
are still in style for manly footwear"?
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