When did you consider poetry?
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(09-18-2021, 11:36 AM)TranquillityBase Wrote:  I think I first read poetry for other than a ego-trip reasons when I discovered Allen Ginsberg.  Maybe when I was 17-18?  Read lots of poetry for about a decade, got married, had kids, and then I read mostly prose (although I'd argue Ulysses has more poetry in it than most collected works of card carrying poets).  About once a season I'd try to write a poem.  That doesn't work too well.
Did I read that you taught a poetry class?

(09-18-2021, 10:09 AM)busker Wrote:  I think music with words is an abomination. One of the reasons I like opera is that I don’t quite understand what is being said.
I have so much to say on this subject, but I'll leave it at 'i love singing along to Carmina Burana in it's entirety'
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When did you consider poetry? - by CRNDLSM - 09-18-2021, 09:18 AM
RE: When did you consider poetry? - by busker - 09-18-2021, 10:09 AM
RE: When did you consider poetry? - by CRNDLSM - 09-18-2021, 02:19 PM
RE: When did you consider poetry? - by RiverNotch - 09-21-2021, 03:03 PM



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