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Re: i

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From: le roy aka the king
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 00:00
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spurlock23@aol.com (Spurlock23) wrote:
>I think it was e.e. cummins who said that publishing poetry is like
>dropping a rose petal down a well and listening for an echo. Apparently
>publishing poetry on a newsgroup is like dumping a box of Slinkies and
>blasting caps down the old well....stand back.
>
>I guess it's some testimony to the power of art (or the power of cross
>posting).
>
>I didn't think it was all *that* bad.
>
>-Rick Broussard
>

Well then you don't about the author then. I'm sure there will be someone 
coming along who is better informed about him and will reply to this. It's 
not the poetry that people are slamming it is the author. If he is trying 
to make amends I think he should do it in another way.

-- 
le roy 
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From: le roy  aka the king <leroyc@hooked.net>
Subject: Re: i
Date: 1996/03/15
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