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  • White_Rabbit weighs in on Culturebox...

    MaryAnn:this sharp, witty and instructive Culturebox article by Robert Pinsky -- http://www.slate.com/id/2189318/ 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 ...
    Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on April 18, 2008
  • Y'all might want to rethink that schedule...

    (Johanan Rakkav is filling the chair of the night shift over at the Triumvirate, and thinks this is worth his assessment as a theologian...wr) The projection of (fill in the blank) billion years is based on the assumption that the Designer won't intervene first. He will -- and a whole lot sooner than that. One result is that we will have ...
    Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on March 12, 2008
  • ()() "Acorns" (aka "Fall on the Tin")

    Well, I have to hand it to this one: its form definitely follows its function. A decent poem, a pleasant little diversion, a better-than-usual message for Tuesdays...and a wonderful target for my usual schtick. (Parodist sings solo:) An oak tree's at warWith the house right next door,Where a poet just happens to live.Please pardon my guts:All ...
    Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on March 4, 2008