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      <title>Comments On: Mark Doty: &quot;It&apos;s especially ugly for these words to be used against gay men.&quot;
    
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      <![CDATA[It's very Platonic, the whole notion of "mackerel essence".
        
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      <![CDATA[Holy crap, that's a beautiful poem.  The letter writer has committed a crime against art, and the serendipitous outcome has been to introduce people like me to Doty and his work.
        
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      <![CDATA[@2.  If you think the gay community doesn't read, you should try looking at the straight community.
        
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      <![CDATA[maybe the silver lining on this cloud is that more people will want to read mark's work. he's a sadly under read writer.
        
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      <![CDATA[I love Mark Doty.  Love. Him.
        
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      <![CDATA[Those eyes, wow
        
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      <![CDATA[He's cute.<br />
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And @6, continue like that and the terrorist has already won!
        
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      <![CDATA[@ 5 Maybe YOU wrote the letter.  Reading Doty reminds you of Bishop???  That demonstrates a level of familiarity with queer poets that can't help but put you under a cloud of suspicion.  <br />
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On a separate note I just read Doty's memoir "Heaven's Coast."  Reading it helped deepen my reading of his elegies about Wally.
        
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      <![CDATA[That is a beautiful and touching poem.<br />
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After reading it Elizabeth Bishop's poem "The Fish" came to mind: <a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-fish/">http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-fish/</a><br />
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For me, both poems illuminate transcendence, finding "the other" in a being out of its element.
        
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      <![CDATA[How wonderful of him to write!
        
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    <author><![CDATA[get the pink pitchforks!!!]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[maybe HE wrote the letter!!!!<br />
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Witch HUNT!!!
        
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      <![CDATA[Seems that the author of the letter in question is fairly erudite.  I have been a fan of Doty's work for years, but he isn't exactly a household name, even or perhaps especially in the gay community which doesn't necessarily pride itself on being well read.
        
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      <![CDATA[diabolical
        
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