bad poetry?

is there such a thing as poetry that isn't bad?

i think not.
>>> jrovira@drew.edu 07/03/03 11:17AM >>>
I've been thinking about this, Kim, and while I do have an almost
instinctual aversion to censorship, I'm thinking in this case perhaps a
censorship "after the fact" may be entirely appropriate.

I think I'd like to advocate appropriate punishments for authors and
publishers who inflict bad poetry upon the world. I'm thinking a mere
fine isn't enough. Nothing short of corporeal punishment will do,
ranging from a hand slap for a bad line to week long torture culminating
in death for the worst poetry.

What do you think?

Jim

>
> now live: nowhere have i suggested that writers
> should be censored. at most, i float the idea--yes, i
> use the word stricture--that readers would benefit
> (and even writers too, to avoid possible future
> embarrassment)--that poems shouldn't be allowed in
> print until a year after their composition. i didn't
> say they shouldn't be published ever.
>
> kim

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