[split] A Greenfly (A Conachlon)

[rayheinrich]

Yeah, well, don't really know; but if I were to wager a bet on it,
I'd take the ones that wrote in the pubs.

Though, on the other side of it: some of my favorite poets are in
university. But they usually do it backassward: writing their poems
and publishing first, then getting hired to teach "creative writing".
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"in English we tend to privilege rhyme "

That's because writers are a perverse lot (even if lazy), and tend
to honour what's more difficult. Rhyming in Gaelic (or Italian) is so
damn easy that the Irish had to add something to up the ante.
In English, it's hard enough just to rhyme, even when we're willing
to sacrifice reason.

(Insert Italian rhyming dictionary joke here.)

(And don't get me started on how easy it is to fill their shoes with feet.)