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01-24-2014, 08:19 AM

Is chocolate better than an ocean breeze? You still don't get it. "Better" implies a relationship between two similar things -- just because two people write poetry, they are not necessarily similar. W.H. Auden's "Letter to Lord Byron" and Marriott Edgar's "Asparagus" both make me laugh when I read them, but I don't consider them similar or even comparable. Both are examples of excellence in matching form, subject, purpose and audience. Poetry is not a small term to be confined to a hierarchy of perceived quality.

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Poetry and the Masses - by Todd - 12-08-2013, 11:42 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by billy - 12-08-2013, 11:55 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by Leanne - 12-08-2013, 12:30 PM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by Wjames - 12-08-2013, 02:57 PM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by milo - 12-08-2013, 03:14 PM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by trueenigma - 12-08-2013, 04:54 PM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by milo - 12-08-2013, 11:01 PM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by tectak - 12-13-2013, 05:05 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by jdvanwijk - 12-08-2013, 08:29 PM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by rayheinrich - 12-10-2013, 12:35 PM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by ellajam - 12-10-2013, 01:55 PM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by trueenigma - 12-10-2013, 04:30 PM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by heslopian - 12-12-2013, 10:42 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by trueenigma - 12-12-2013, 10:51 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by Nihil Loc - 12-13-2013, 04:59 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by bena - 12-13-2013, 07:10 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by milo - 12-13-2013, 07:58 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by bena - 12-13-2013, 11:14 PM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by milo - 12-14-2013, 01:13 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by pochinuk - 12-14-2013, 04:11 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by rayheinrich - 12-14-2013, 02:24 PM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by Leanne - 12-14-2013, 05:02 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by BedsideFungus - 01-18-2014, 04:18 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by rowens - 01-18-2014, 04:53 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by Leanne - 01-18-2014, 05:57 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by milo - 01-20-2014, 01:22 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by DonMar - 01-20-2014, 01:49 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by milo - 01-20-2014, 11:29 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by rowens - 01-18-2014, 06:46 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by cheyrn - 01-19-2014, 03:33 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by tomoffing - 01-18-2014, 11:34 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by shemthepenman - 01-18-2014, 11:57 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by rowens - 01-19-2014, 04:13 AM

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RE: Poetry and the Masses - by cheyrn - 01-20-2014, 04:25 AM

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RE: Poetry and the Masses - by cheyrn - 01-20-2014, 05:28 AM

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RE: Poetry and the Masses - by clemonz - 01-20-2014, 06:04 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by trueenigma - 01-20-2014, 06:12 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by rowens - 01-20-2014, 06:06 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by rowens - 01-20-2014, 06:34 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by Leanne - 01-20-2014, 08:09 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by clemonz - 01-20-2014, 08:10 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by Leanne - 01-20-2014, 08:12 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by clemonz - 01-20-2014, 08:14 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by Leanne - 01-20-2014, 08:20 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by clemonz - 01-20-2014, 08:22 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by Leanne - 01-20-2014, 08:23 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by clemonz - 01-20-2014, 08:27 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by tectak - 01-20-2014, 08:29 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by Leanne - 01-20-2014, 08:29 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by clemonz - 01-20-2014, 08:32 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by Todd - 01-20-2014, 08:46 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by Leanne - 01-20-2014, 11:37 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by milo - 01-20-2014, 11:56 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by trueenigma - 01-20-2014, 12:02 PM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by milo - 01-20-2014, 12:05 PM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by Leanne - 01-20-2014, 12:08 PM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by milo - 01-20-2014, 12:28 PM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by Leanne - 01-20-2014, 12:34 PM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by trueenigma - 01-20-2014, 01:35 PM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by Leanne - 01-20-2014, 01:44 PM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by milo - 01-20-2014, 01:51 PM

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RE: Poetry and the Masses - by milo - 01-21-2014, 01:16 AM

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RE: Poetry and the Masses - by Leanne - 01-21-2014, 05:43 AM

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RE: Poetry and the Masses - by rowens - 01-22-2014, 09:42 AM

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RE: Poetry and the Masses - by rowens - 01-22-2014, 09:56 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by trueenigma - 01-22-2014, 10:09 AM

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RE: Poetry and the Masses - by trueenigma - 01-22-2014, 10:10 AM

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RE: Poetry and the Masses - by Wjames - 01-22-2014, 10:17 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by milo - 01-22-2014, 10:22 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by rowens - 01-22-2014, 10:23 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by Leanne - 01-22-2014, 11:04 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by trueenigma - 01-22-2014, 11:26 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by just mercedes - 01-22-2014, 12:46 PM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by Leanne - 01-22-2014, 11:43 AM

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RE: Poetry and the Masses - by Leanne - 01-22-2014, 01:02 PM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by clemonz - 01-22-2014, 01:56 PM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by billy - 01-22-2014, 05:48 PM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by Leanne - 01-22-2014, 02:03 PM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by clemonz - 01-22-2014, 02:04 PM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by Leanne - 01-22-2014, 04:56 PM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by clemonz - 01-24-2014, 02:16 AM

RE: Poetry and the Masses - by Leanne - 01-22-2014, 05:54 PM

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RE: Poetry and the Masses - by rowens - 01-24-2014, 04:14 AM

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RE: Poetry and the Masses - by Leanne - 01-24-2014, 07:13 AM

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