tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534598933965521300.post638178173817396551..comments2023-04-26T02:28:13.648-07:00Comments on Madame L Has an Opinion: Madame L: Poetry's Number One FanMadame Ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08265879154586439823noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534598933965521300.post-21888894591552350042013-03-10T19:46:14.968-07:002013-03-10T19:46:14.968-07:00I enjoyed this post very much, and I wish I had so...I enjoyed this post very much, and I wish I had something smart or cool to say about it, but I don't; just that I enjoyed reading about how much you enjoy poetry, and rutabagas, and stuff like that. Have a great day!Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09599902121403028430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534598933965521300.post-10053151849798602962013-03-10T18:42:56.869-07:002013-03-10T18:42:56.869-07:00Awesome. Short and full of imagery.
Madame Elle&#...Awesome. Short and full of imagery.<br /><br />Madame Elle's favorite husband also reads poetry, but hasn't written a single (serious) poem since he married her, lo these years ago. The reason is because he has been happy all that time since. <br /><br />Being a Welshman helps to write poetry, but despite the sad history of Welsh poets, alcohol is not in Madame Elle's favorite husband's toolbox. It's been 46 years since he last touched the stuff, but that's not why he no longer writes poems (see previous paragraph).<br /><br />However, he READS poetry, generally from occasional books he comes across that have titles like "Best Poems of... ."<br /><br />This selective strategy especially helps to weed out the wordier poems, and the ones written to pad out an otherwise thin book. It also especially helps someone, who reads at least two orders of magnitude slower than Madame Elle, to wade through the dross more efficiently.<br /><br />And it's all about efficiency, of course. Of course!<br />~~~~~ AskTheGeologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354833219992420022noreply@blogger.com