Re: I critique, you critique

Scottie, some of us have better things to do with our minds than use them
to fawn over great names without stopping to think about what they're
actually saying :).

Never questioned Wordsworth's capacity as a poet -- remarkable. Just
questioned what he was employing that capacity to Say.

But I suppose you swallow everything the greats say without question?

Jim

Scottie Bowman wrote:

> The sight of Cecilia & James finding each other's gaze
> across our very own Algonquin sent me searching for another
> Scene From Literary Life.
>
> What was it? The two mobsters in Kiss Me Kate?
> ('The goils today, In soceye-etee, Go fer classical poh-etree,
> But to win their hoits, You must quote with ease,
> Eeskilus, And EuRIPedeez.')
>
> No. After all, those poor hoods were PRAISING pohtry.
> Our two critics were being rather more superior.
>
> I know. Of course. Noel Coward & Gertie Lawrence drooped
> across a white Steinway, cigarette holders apiece, putting down
> Norfolk. ('Very flett, Norfolk.')
>
> To manage two or three images that will live forever is something
> far beyond the reach of most of us. To feel able dismiss
> 'Hence in a season of calm weather....' requires a damnable,
> bloody cheek equally far beyond the reach of most of us.
>
> Scottie B.
>
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