I want to respond to Mr. Kane’s most recent post by posting something that has nothing to do with anything he said. Here are two quotes, by two dissimilar poets: John Donne and ee cummings. The quotes are about philosophy vs. poetry and wonder. “[T]he clarity of literal language satisfies the intellect by giving knowledge, […]
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Response to "Typical Anne"
25
Aug 2009
Category: ee cummings, John Donne, Philosophy, Poetry, Wonder
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Pedantry: Don’t Leave Home Without It
06
Aug 2009
Cigarettes are $6.00 in Phoenix, so, if you come here, make sure to stock up first. Here’s a narrative poem I wrote at some point. Aeneus and Dido Meeting I.bursting into the hall—spilling chickenwings, cold from refrigeration (you hadwaited until midnight to be ableto eat them) and glossy with barbequeand hot and hot-barbeque, tumbling outof […]
Category: chicken wings, Narrative Poetry, Poetry, Smoking
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Of late I was privy to that scummy hovel,that breeding ground of licentiousness,the Dallas Aquarium.Yeah, so I saw the bottom of some sharks,and a three-toed sloth (The very name is a sin!),and some jellyfish.I can find no argument against warming the globeif it means wiping these inane things off the planet. Finding my system, and, […]
Category: Dallas Aquarium, Ode, Poetry, Sloth
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