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How come he’s not known better?
Or is it just me?
I’m in awe.
Look at this one:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48576/a-boat
A Boat
BY
RICHARD BRAUTIGAN
O beautiful
was the werewolf
in his evil forest.
We took him
to the carnival
and he started
crying
when he saw
the Ferris wheel.
Electric
green and red tears
flowed down
his furry cheeks.
He looked
like a boat
out on the dark
water.
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The richard brautigan link provided was necessary for me. Clearly you are not alone. I mean 'trout fishing in america'!
Peanut butter honey banana sandwiches
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It’s a very irritating poem.
This is an anti-war/anti-draft protest piece? It brings the idea of Dr Jekyl/Mr. Hyde/the werewolf into the Vietnam war. Good men did evil things and were dislocated from big spinning clockwork. The green and red, I assume, were the landing lights on an airstrip?
None of that makes it a good or bad poem. Just picking another fight.
A yak is normal.
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Love this poet
Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.
--mark twain
Bunx
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I read all of his work I could find in paperback form in the... Seventies, I guess, maybe late Sixties. "The Revenge of the Lawn," "Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork," "A Confederate General from Big Sur" ... he had, not just a way with words, but a dab hand with titles
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(06-19-2024, 10:51 PM)dukealien Wrote: I read all of his work I could find in paperback form in the... Seventies, I guess, maybe late Sixties. "The Revenge of the Lawn," "Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork," "A Confederate General from Big Sur" ... he had, not just a way with words, but a dab hand with titles
Duke, you might be old enough to remember the fateful day when a large meteorite impacted off the Yucatàn coast, causing the rise of small furry creatures.
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(06-20-2024, 01:37 AM)busker Wrote: (06-19-2024, 10:51 PM)dukealien Wrote: I read all of his work I could find in paperback form in the... Seventies, I guess, maybe late Sixties. "The Revenge of the Lawn," "Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork," "A Confederate General from Big Sur" ... he had, not just a way with words, but a dab hand with titles
Duke, you might be old enough to remember the fateful day when a large meteorite impacted off the Yucatàn coast, causing the rise of small furry creatures.
Oh, those. Good for snacks, but devilish hard to catch. Cheeky blighters.
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(06-20-2024, 09:55 AM)dukealien Wrote: (06-20-2024, 01:37 AM)busker Wrote: (06-19-2024, 10:51 PM)dukealien Wrote: I read all of his work I could find in paperback form in the... Seventies, I guess, maybe late Sixties. "The Revenge of the Lawn," "Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork," "A Confederate General from Big Sur" ... he had, not just a way with words, but a dab hand with titles
Duke, you might be old enough to remember the fateful day when a large meteorite impacted off the Yucatàn coast, causing the rise of small furry creatures.
Oh, those. Good for snacks, but devilish hard to catch. Cheeky blighters.
