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delilah contrapunctal Female, 93, United States (7/11/2012 11:55:00 AM)

you all know me well enough to know that for me, having fun is the stuff of my life...that said, I shall not cast a vote for the " AntiSocialist" , and, according to me, Wallace Stevens wrote quite a few " perfect" poems.....or as close to that bandied-about term as any mortal has done....it's good to see some life here on forum......'])

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  • Lamont Palmer (7/11/2012 6:55:00 PM) Post reply | Read 1 reply

    I agree on Stevens but since few of us, (or any out there in Po-Biz) play in his ballpark, I figured it was useless to make that point. Of course you don't have to write 'perfect' poetry to write good poetry, or even great poetry. Thank goodness.

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    • delilah contrapunctal (7/13/2012 8:37:00 AM) Post reply

      I'm in whole hearted agreement with you on this, Lamont. Thank goodness, indeed... Be well, D. just now I'm resisting the urge to respond by creating and using some baseball analogies...ano ... more

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