Slog - Comments on Not Bad http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/not_bad Hey, Kay Ryan is the new poet laureate. Not a bad choice at all. Christopher wrote a nice column about her when she came to Seattle Arts & Lectures in 2005: The idea most people have of poets is that their job is to identify and distill the meaning of human experience or the heaviness of being alive or whatever. "I loathe the idea of the poet," Ryan said. Which is why it's hard to find heavy poetic intent in Ryan's poems. "I hate significance and I really hate added significance," she said, talking about "Home to Roost," a poem... Copyright 2008 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:10:13 -0800 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:45:35 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by paulus I don't get all the breaks.

]]> paulus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/not_bad#c1077077 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/not_bad#c1077077 Books Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:33:28 -0800 Comment by annie Check out all that end rhyme! There have to be breaks.

It's something like ABCBBB DEFGEF HIIJK LJL.

]]> annie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/not_bad#c1077093 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/not_bad#c1077093 Books Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:45:45 -0800 Comment by Bob Like Billy Collins only less serious and important.

]]> Bob http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/not_bad#c1077097 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/not_bad#c1077097 Books Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:49:47 -0800 Comment by paulus But the rhymes would still be there without the breaks. They make me want to pause at the end of each line. Which makes it awkward.

]]> paulus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/not_bad#c1077109 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/not_bad#c1077109 Books Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:00:24 -0800 Comment by Catman What a dyke!

]]> Catman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/not_bad#c1077124 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/not_bad#c1077124 Books Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:28:18 -0800 Comment by Gaylord Way too gay, sorry.

]]> Gaylord http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/not_bad#c1077176 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/not_bad#c1077176 Books Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:59:04 -0800 Comment by poetess 5, no it was

"pull your finger from that dyke"

i decided to cut that line

]]> poetess http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/not_bad#c1077204 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/not_bad#c1077204 Books Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:04:30 -0800 Comment by Reverse Polarity I liked the poem Paul Constant wrote earlier in the day better. And half the poems in the comments too.

]]> Reverse Polarity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/not_bad#c1077215 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/not_bad#c1077215 Books Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:23:16 -0800 Comment by nk Kay Ryan is a gem. thanks for sharing the poems.

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]]> ClarkKent http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/not_bad#c1077313 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/not_bad#c1077313 Books Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:36:45 -0800 Comment by RonK, Seattle So, when do George and Laura have Kay and Carol over for tea?

]]> RonK, Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/not_bad#c1077384 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/not_bad#c1077384 Books Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:43:20 -0800 Comment by RonK, Seattle paulus @ 1 -- Few poets ever get any breaks.

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