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Poetry, dammit!

As Lauren has been saying, April is National Poetry Month. I, a self-proclaimed po [...]

By: Lauren

Lauren — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 03:51:51 +0000

Chris: I adore DS29. I chose this one in particular because it’s funny and despairing at the same time. Berryman had a real talent for expressing the manic depression of otherwise banal events.

I think I’m going to like poetry month this year.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 03:45:07 +0000

Since the “Mr. Bones” voice in Dream Songs speaks in black dialect, I always hear that last line as “They is.”

Dream Song 29 (which you didn’t post, but linked to) is, I think, one of the most haunting lyrics I have ever spent time with, And people who like these and want one more that’s amusing, they might want to try DS 14:

Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.
After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns,
we ourselves flash and yearn,
and moreover my mother told me as a boy
(repeatingly) “Ever to confess you’re bored
means you have no

Inner Resources.”

Thanks for the moment with such an underappreciated writer!

By: Heliologue

Heliologue — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 22:34:49 +0000

Here’s hoping I win one or both of the local contests I entered this month. That’s horrible of me to say, I know, but I’m not ashamed of enjoying monetary benefit. Time to go read some Mike Kadela.