SUBJECT>Re: yes. that was a deliberate risk with anti-poet POSTER>M EMAIL>mfarmer356@aol.com DATE>1110581430 IP_ADDRESS>pcp446887pcs.bartlt01.ga.comcast.net PREVIOUS>84628 NEXT> 84637 IMAGE> LINKNAME> LINKURL>

Anti-poetics? Ha. Just take your lumps. The poem sucks. Now, if you are saying you used special techniques to make it a poem that sucks, that looks like a poem written by someone with minimal to practically non-existent poetic talent, then it is a smashing success.

: to see if the well-known "no-no" of
: four same end-rhymes would in this case help
: to induce a certain feeling of monotony and
: repetitiveness on the reader. (In case you
: might be thinking something more jejune, I
: was not attempting to mimic a bell tolling
: for the dying father ...)

: But I recognize and your respect your viewpoint
: that even if anti-poetics work, they may not
: necessarily be a good idea.

: Best regards
: David Halitsky