XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments, alt.poetry

On Thu, 29 May 2025 23:23:00 +0000, NancyGene wrote:

On Thu, 29 May 2025 20:49:59 +0000, Will-Dockery wrote:

NancyGene wrote:

On Thu, 29 May 2025 15:53:17 +0000, Will-Dockery wrote:

NancyGene wrote:

Will Dockery has said that he has fifty years of experience writing
poetry, so he knows what poetry is. However, his poetry from 50 years >>>>> ago and his poetry from today are of the same sub-substandard quality. >>>>> He has had one year of experience in writing poetry--fifty times.

Of course I've had over fifty years experience with writing poetry and >>>> songs.

Will's writing has not progressed from the 5th grade level where it
"leveled" out. He could try for 1000 years and would still be a
horrible writer.

Again, you're not a very good judge of writing.

We have the academic credentials to back up our opinions.

Oh, you do? Then please back up that last opinion of yours. You can
start by telling us what these "academic credentials" of yours are, and
why you think they're sufficient to "back up" your opinions.

Show us the
progression in your writing that reflects 50 years of experience. Your
poems and prose are all written in the same primitive style you used at
17 in the 5th grade.

If you were a credentialed academic, you must have run into the phrase "shifting the burden of proof" before. When a poet and a critic disagree
about the poet's work, the onus is not the poet to demonstrate their
case; it's on the critic to demon theirs.

You also hate the writing of Manny greats including Harlan Ellison, Jack
Kerouac, Leonard Cohen.

Who is Manny? BTW, those are not great writers.

"Manny" looks like a typo for "many". As for your gratuitous attacks on Ellison, Kerouac, and Cohen, you can back those up after you've "backed
up" your opinion of Will's work (which we can get to after you've backed
up your opinion of your academic credentials).

You're basically just an igneous troll, NancyGene.

We are a Volcanic Goddess! Are we a member of MAGMA?

MAGMA was funny, so we can forgive that spelling lame. But I do have to
point out that repeatedly making spelling lames about usenet posts by
someone who's written about his vision problems does nothing to back up
your opinions of his poetry.

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