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THE GINOINE AR-TICKLE, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet's Biography First Line: Talkin' o' poetry, - there're few Last Line: Sich poetry as that from end to end. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Nature; Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
TALKIN' o' poetry, -- There're few men yit 'At's got the stuff b'iled down so's it'll pour Out sorgum-like, and keeps a year and more Jes' sweeter ever' time you tackle it! Why, all the jinglin' truck 'at hes been writ Fer twenty year and better is so pore You cain't find no sap in it any more 'N you'd find juice in puff-balls! -- And I'd Quit! What people wants is facts, I apper-hend; And naked Natur is the thing to give Your writin' bottom, eh? And I contend 'At honest work is allus bound to live. Now them's my views; 'cause you kin recommend Sich poetry as that from end to end. | Other Poems of Interest...ANCIENT HISTORY, UNDYING LOVE by MICHAEL S. HARPER ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB |
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