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   j r sherman to All   
   Re: Ping: Henrietta K. Thomas   
   03 Mar 05 11:38:29   
   
   XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments, us.arts.poetry, alt.poetry   
   XPost: alt.writing   
   From: jrst@earthlink.net   
      
   In article <1109877808.303495.270640@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, Will   
   Dockery   
   says...   
   >   
   >   
   >j r sherman wrote:   
   >> In article <1109874081.987060.141530@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,   
   >Will Dockery   
   >> says...   
   >> >   
   >> >> >> >> rather strange claim. how can you prove it?   
   >> >> >> >   
   >> >> >> >The poem you *snipped* would be a great start:   
   >> >> >>   
   >> >> >> really? how is it a bad poem?   
   >> >> >   
   >> >> >First, do you consider it a *good* one? Or even a poem at all?   
   >> >>   
   >> >> how is my opinion on whether it's a good or bad poem relevant to   
   >the   
   >> >discussion?   
   >> >> you said it was a bad poem. so now i'm waiting for you to either:   
   >> >>   
   >> >> a) explain how it's a bad poem.   
   >> >   
   >> >Let me make this easier for you, JRS.   
   >> >   
   >> >I'll apply *your* [and Kabol] style of critique on the poem:   
   >> >   
   >> >Review:   
   >> >This is *not* a poem. It's *unspeakable shit.   
   >>   
   >> really? so how is it unspeakable shit?   
   >   
   >It would be easier for me to answer what about it is *not* unspeakable   
   >shit.   
   >   
   >The answer to that would be "nothing". Everything about this non-poem   
   >reeks of unsepakable shit:   
      
   in what way does everything about this non-poem reek of unspeakable shit? can   
   you be specific, or are you just talking out of your ass again?   
      
      
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