tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12675490.post115504653239481792..comments2023-09-21T05:16:43.144-04:00Comments on They Shoot Poets - Don't They?: The Long & Short of ItNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06602358126864479992noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12675490.post-1155154706052522172006-08-09T16:18:00.000-04:002006-08-09T16:18:00.000-04:00Jeanine, thanks for this poem by Gluck! :-)Jeanine, thanks for this poem by Gluck! :-)Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06602358126864479992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12675490.post-1155150285975378422006-08-09T15:04:00.000-04:002006-08-09T15:04:00.000-04:00Louise Gluck's "Telemachus' Detachment:"When I was...Louise Gluck's "Telemachus' Detachment:"<BR/><BR/>When I was a child<BR/>looking at my parents' lives, you know<BR/>what I thought? I thought<BR/>heartbreaking. Now I think<BR/>heartbreaking, but also<BR/>insane. Also<BR/>very funny.<BR/><BR/>Short, baby. Supershort.Jeanninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419593830749483323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12675490.post-1155071618048937072006-08-08T17:13:00.000-04:002006-08-08T17:13:00.000-04:00"Get off the cross, Bill, we need the wood. "LOL!"Get off the cross, Bill, we need the wood. "<BR/><BR/>LOL!Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06602358126864479992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12675490.post-1155070470970673132006-08-08T16:54:00.000-04:002006-08-08T16:54:00.000-04:00Oh, and did mention he's bitter as well? Didn't FS...Oh, and did mention he's bitter as well? Didn't FSG offer to publish a selected poems collection of his and he blew them off??? Say what? So now he just publishes poems on his blog because he thinks he's too good for FSG or big magazines because he percieves some old slight? Maybe if he had actually gotten out and promoted his books rather than hoping a small imprint like BOA would do it for him, he might have had more success. Get off the cross, Bill, we need the wood.Collin Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03777180960376039699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12675490.post-1155069930533459562006-08-08T16:45:00.000-04:002006-08-08T16:45:00.000-04:00Bill Knott can kiss my buttons. His ancient, acade...Bill Knott can kiss my buttons. His ancient, academic ramblings are part of what's wrong with poetry today. Ignore the old bastard and write what you want.Collin Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03777180960376039699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12675490.post-1155063507452511542006-08-08T14:58:00.000-04:002006-08-08T14:58:00.000-04:00Just to be fair to Randy he did have this chorus a...Just to be fair to Randy he did have this chorus as part of his song: <BR/><B><I><BR/>Short People are just the same<BR/>As you and I<BR/>(A Fool Such As I)<BR/>All men are brothers<BR/>Until the day they die<BR/>(It's A Wonderful World)</I></B>Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06602358126864479992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12675490.post-1155059492965980982006-08-08T13:51:00.000-04:002006-08-08T13:51:00.000-04:00If short poems aren't real poems then I guess I pr...If short poems aren't real poems then I guess I prefer unreal poems. <BR/><BR/>Reminds me of Randy Newman's song "Short People." Just substitute "poems" for "people"<BR/><BR/>Short Poems got no reason<BR/>Short Poems got no reason<BR/>Short Poems got no reason<BR/>To live<BR/><BR/>They got little hands<BR/>Little eyes<BR/>They walk around<BR/>Tellin' great big lies<BR/>They got little noses<BR/>And tiny little teeth<BR/>They wear platform shoes<BR/>On their nasty little feet<BR/><BR/>Well, I don't want no Short Poems<BR/>Don't want no Short Poems<BR/>Don't want no Short Poems<BR/>`Round here<BR/><BR/>I've yet to write anything longer than a sestina. For me, that's long. <BR/><BR/>AgnesAgneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01647973221532833038noreply@blogger.com