MaryAnn:

this sharp, witty and instructive Culturebox article by Robert Pinsky --

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You're joking, right? Sharp? Witty? Instructive? How about inconsistent, evasive, and ultimately needlessly insulting? If that last bit was meant to be witty, then it was in exceedingly poor taste.

Mr. Pinsky reminds me of a professor and church minister I once knew, who ultimately ended up doing untold damage to the lives and faith of tens of thousands of people thanks to the kind of arrogance demonstrated in Mr. Pinsky's essay. Of course, when you're dealing with poetry the effects may not be so far-reaching, but then again art has such profound metaphysical implications that Mr. Pinsky may not realize with what kind of fire he's playing.

That opined (and I give that rejoinder as my opinion, no more, no less), I've just weighed in on Culturebox. I've tried to be as matter-of-fact there as I am not necessarily being here. Comments here and there are welcome, even if I may not be able to answer them (this coming weekend being Passover and the first Day of Unleavened Bread, an extraordinarily busy time for me).

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