tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post4426819645710048455..comments2024-02-05T15:01:44.563-05:00Comments on Cleveland Poetics: a place for cleveland's writers and readers: Speaking of bad poetry...michael salingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717310933948991992noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-60959752348923552632009-05-27T11:39:37.415-04:002009-05-27T11:39:37.415-04:00Gee thanks Geoff -
I never figured he wanted it t...Gee thanks Geoff -<br /><br />I never figured he wanted it to be re-posted anywhere. Think I'll go empty my drool cup now.michael salingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717310933948991992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-72875118922532201232009-05-27T11:16:50.321-04:002009-05-27T11:16:50.321-04:00Politics, like advertising, is about repetition of...Politics, like advertising, is about repetition of message.<br /><BR>This poem was apparently very successful at it. You just called it an "atrocious poem" but you are absolutely missing the point. It is, in fact, a brilliant success <I>for what it was intended to do</I>, which is to get repeated across the internet. And, yes, repetition of message <I>is</I> how political perspectives are changed. When people who don't even like your message nevertheless propagate your message verbatim across social networks-- god, you can't <I>buy</I> success like that.<br /><BR>My hat's off to the Huck. This is poetry with a message, and he, apparently, knows exactly what he's doing.Geoffrey A. Landishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04518496779546782434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-31636394361587989032009-05-26T23:38:01.675-04:002009-05-26T23:38:01.675-04:00Not saying that I didn't get a giggle out of it :)...Not saying that I didn't get a giggle out of it :)Theresa Göttl Brightmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04268724583965572272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-65250694200442240462009-05-26T23:25:06.416-04:002009-05-26T23:25:06.416-04:00C'mon guys, I don't think anyone who reads this bl...C'mon guys, I don't think anyone who reads this blog is going to have their political perspective swayed by this atrocious poem. Like Freud said, – "Sometimes a cigar IS a cigar."<br /><br />It's funny.michael salingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717310933948991992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-52721636360381075332009-05-26T21:54:22.059-04:002009-05-26T21:54:22.059-04:00I'm with Geoff on this.I'm with Geoff on this.Theresa Göttl Brightmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04268724583965572272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-50169166802080562202009-05-26T16:27:59.636-04:002009-05-26T16:27:59.636-04:00No wonder he couldn't outperform John McCain!No wonder he couldn't outperform John McCain!John B. Burroughshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11497208622485346132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-37603521292849224992009-05-26T10:14:14.030-04:002009-05-26T10:14:14.030-04:00Yep he wrote this.Yep he wrote this.michael salingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717310933948991992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-16455069064784147252009-05-25T22:00:12.938-04:002009-05-25T22:00:12.938-04:00Did Huck really write this?
Funny that he speaks ...Did Huck really write this?<br /><br />Funny that he speaks of Pelosi's ambition - since she has not yet run for President.<br /><br />Honestly, I did not force myself to read the whole piece. But though Huck may not excel as a poet, he certainly comes across to me as a po' it.John B. Burroughshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11497208622485346132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-72540352715611436282009-05-25T21:59:15.079-04:002009-05-25T21:59:15.079-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.John B. Burroughshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11497208622485346132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-18965607704297705842009-05-25T21:47:25.203-04:002009-05-25T21:47:25.203-04:00Yeah, that's a good example of why I don't like po...Yeah, that's a good example of why I don't like political poetry.<br /><BR>To be fair, though, this isn't poetry, it's political posturing, which is to say, it's campaigning, a form of advertising. It doesn't really matter if it's "good" or "bad" in any poetic sense; it's a success if it gets people to reprint it in places where people get exposed to it.<br /><BR>Like, say, clevelandpoetics.Geoffrey A. Landishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04518496779546782434noreply@blogger.com