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Re: These One-Word Titles Are Hard to Pun (A Sonnet)
Now you've done it...now I'm wondering how Foobs will react to all of this. :) By the way, Mr. Breslin, Foobs is at his absolute best when the Tuesday Poem is at its absolute worst. And I (the Other Surviving Infamous Parodist of the Fray, since NoStar shows up so seldom) don't have the heart to skewer ''Siren'' ... because, after all, it wails ...
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White_Rabbit
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July 25, 2008
P.S.: See my other P.S. below...
...I'd forgotten just how double-minded my reviews sometimes are (more positive in one thread, more negative in another). wr ()()
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White_Rabbit
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July 24, 2008
I've missed Mr. Breslin too...
Amen to the lot, NoStar. Plus: NoStar:Your civil acknowledgment of White Rabbit's criticism is an example for all who feel the lash of a bad review. You and Mr. Breslin ''ain't seen nuthin' yet'' if you think that was a bad review. If it were a bad review, then I would've set the text to ''Home on the Range'' and stampeded the thing off the ...
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White_Rabbit
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July 24, 2008
Mr. Breslin, I will never be able to thank you enough.
Several years back, you helped me as I wrote my first pantoum ''Dish It Up'' as an exercise in public revising. Your help and encouragement gave me a stonger confidence in my writing ability. I have missed your presence on the Poem fray. Others may criticize your individual works, but your worth here as a poet and especially as a teacher is ...
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NoStar
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July 23, 2008