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That symbol is almost pornographic, isn't it. Or maybe it's just me.

http://deeperstory.com/incarnated-poetry/

"There are no extra words in a poem and there are no extra events in our life."



That sentence would look better with a comma after "poem"....methinks.

http://www.theimaginativeconservative.o ... lkien.html

From http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2014/07/quiet-desperation-english-way.html : "Clearly, Western man all along has been quite tongue-tied as to the definition of the very thing that most distinguishes him from all other creatures, and, as an individual, from all other men. Suffice ...

Well, I've been away from my home and computer for a couple weeks, so that's my excuse for recent lack of posts. I'm ready to rumble when you are.

Yeah, that's a fun one.

"logic is not the most important thing in poetry"

http://coldfrontmag.com/i-gather-the-li ... nosticism/

This section was growing cobwebs, so I thought I'd toss something in for the spiders to eat.


http://www.wikihow.com/Critique-Poetry

"When we have a criticism that does nothing but praise, readers know poetry critics are idiots."

http://www.cprw.com/william-logan-and-t ... oet-critic

Years ago, when I was a member of Wild Poetry Forum (which still exists, by the way), they had numerous distinct places to post poems for critique. They included (according to my vague recollection) 1. a place to practice posting and try out the forum, 2. a place for beginners to post for general c...

"Poetry needs to be profane as well as sacred."

http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2 ... epoem.html



PS: Sports suck.

I have to stop. I am too busy to do this well, as the latter stuff shows. Bummer. I've always wondered what it's like to have a life. :lol: Still, I don't think lack of "busy" in life necessarily makes better poetry. Sometimes it's just luck grabbing the golden chicken when it runs by. :s...