Essay: In Praise of Difficult Poetry

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Author Message Gary Blankenship Moderator Username: garydawg Post Number: 16413 Registered: 07-2001 Posted on Monday, April 23, 2007 - 7:20 pm:    http://www.slate.com/id/2164823 Trust me. Smiles. Gary MV Senior Member Username: michaelv Post Number: 467 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Monday, April 23, 2007 - 8:10 pm:    Thanks, GB, you trustworthy Dawg MV     Zefuyn Intermediate Member Username: zefuyn Post Number: 399 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Monday, April 23, 2007 - 8:47 pm:    Oooh. Thanks Gary, just what I need right now. Melanie Lazarus Advanced Member Username: lazarus Post Number: 1358 Registered: 10-2005 Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 6:38 am:    Very interesting and provocative. The last poem to they attribute to Shakespeare and it was by-lined a Pinsky, maybe he reformatted? The close was a bit blunt. I wanted more, but maybe that's part of the point. "The trouble with poetry is that it encourages the writing of more poetry" ~Billy Collins