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Arkham House (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 07:42 PM Original message |
Poll question: Who's the greatest American poet? |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Other |
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miss_american_pie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 07:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. ... |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 07:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Thank you ma'am |
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miss_american_pie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 07:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. No |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 07:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Tease |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 09:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Naw. Ogden Nash |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:39 AM Response to Reply #22 |
81. I found a copy of his book, The Zoo, recently |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
88. I think he also wrote: "Candy is dandy. But liquor is quicker." |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. Uncle Shelby! |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
82. Yes, he was brilliant... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. Tupac Shakur. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 07:47 PM Original message |
Luther Campbell aka Luke Skywalker was better than him |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 09:05 AM Response to Reply #4 |
72. ... |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. Frost. Too easy. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 07:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Ugh |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
7. Where are Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder? |
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Arkham House (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 07:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Or Hart Crane, or Williams, or Longfellow, or Anne Sexton... |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
85. thank you! |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. I am surprised to find I do not have a favorite.... |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
13. Of those listed, I like Walt Whitman the best...... |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 08:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I'm with you Miss Peggy, |
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miss_american_pie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
14. Other: Ezra |
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Merrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
16. Bukowski |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
17. I chose Frost, with difficulties. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 08:08 AM Response to Reply #17 |
66. You beat me to it, StellaBlue. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
18. Ezra Pound... |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
19. Sorry, Emily....I was going to vote for you... |
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txwhitedove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
20. Other, not on list ... e e cummings |
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Merrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
21. Steven Jesse Bernstein |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. Ezra Pound. Hard choices, though. |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. GWENDOLYN BROOKS! |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:22 AM Response to Reply #24 |
44. Abortions will not let you forget. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
87. isn't she great? |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. RetroLounge. |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:17 AM Response to Reply #25 |
43. and I thought I was your favorite |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:31 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. I do adore your poems, dear, |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:57 PM Response to Reply #45 |
91. well that's for the best |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:07 PM Response to Reply #43 |
89. that's very nice Bill |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:59 PM Response to Reply #89 |
92. yeah I was in a lecture |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:43 AM Response to Reply #25 |
83. ... |
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aaronbees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
26. Elizabeth Bishop |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 09:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Bravo! |
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aaronbees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 11:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. That Gwendolyn Brooks poem is wonderful, too.... |
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momophile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
28. Mason Williams |
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5thGenDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
29. Theodore Roethke |
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6000eliot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
30. A tie: Whitman and Dickinson |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 03:04 AM Response to Reply #30 |
52. Wish I'd seen your post before mine (see #51) Whitman/Dickenson |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
31. Can't say at all. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 11:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Especially when it is described as ably as it is in your post, swag. |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 09:44 AM Response to Reply #34 |
75. Glad you liked it, but I feel like a bit of a pedantic ass having posted |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 11:37 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Wish I'd said that, but you are spot-on. nt |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
32. Edgar Allen Poe |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 01:32 AM Response to Reply #32 |
49. How come he wasn't in the poll? |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 04:58 AM Response to Reply #32 |
57. I was going to say Poe also |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
33. Walt Whitman. "When lilacs last in dooryards bloomed..." |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 03:01 AM Response to Reply #33 |
51. Whitman by a whisker over Dickenson..... |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 07:38 AM Response to Reply #51 |
63. It's lovely. Of course it's kept out of high school literature textbooks |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
35. Adrienne Rich. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 07:40 AM Response to Reply #35 |
64. Rich is sublime. I love her collection DIVING INTO THE WRECK. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 08:17 AM Response to Reply #64 |
69. It's one to own, for sure. |
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Nicole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
38. Maya Angelou |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
39. 33 posts and no mention of |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
40. ACK. How could I have neglected to mention Sharon Olds? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 04:32 AM Response to Reply #40 |
54. I love Sharon Olds. She got me thinking about sonnets and |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:46 AM Response to Reply #40 |
84. I just bought Blood, Tin, Straw this week... |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 03:38 PM Response to Reply #84 |
96. I hope you'll have a chance to read all of her books. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 03:47 PM Response to Reply #40 |
100. she's wonderful, yes. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
41. gary snyder EOM |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
42. Why can we choose Ezra Pound but not T.S. Eliot? |
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miss_american_pie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 06:53 AM Response to Reply #42 |
62. Flawed poll |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 10:57 AM Response to Reply #62 |
78. I would say so. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
46. I also forgot to consider John Ashbery. That was my very bad. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:13 PM Response to Reply #46 |
90. great picks all around, BlueIris! |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
47. Bukowski |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 01:32 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Another vote for Bukowski, |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 04:56 AM Response to Reply #50 |
56. Um...Leonard Cohen is Canadian. |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 05:29 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Duh. I missed the "American" part. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 07:42 AM Response to Reply #58 |
65. But you got the 'Cohen' part, and that's the part that rings so true |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 08:55 AM Response to Reply #65 |
70. My dad |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #70 |
94. Oh no. This is a major headline, Heidi. If Cohen's next collection of |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 03:04 PM Response to Reply #58 |
95. Silly Heidi! |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
48. Jim Morrison |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 09:06 AM Response to Reply #48 |
73. This is the only suggestion more laughable than the Tupac one. |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 03:39 AM Response to Original message |
53. Allen Ginsberg. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 04:51 AM Response to Original message |
55. H.D. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 05:38 AM Response to Original message |
59. And how could I have skipped my beloved Donald Justice? |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
60. i had to go with whitman |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
61. Stephen Dunn |
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mulsh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
67. Bob Dylan |
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JunkYardAngel (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:38 AM Response to Reply #67 |
80. Seconded |
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Magrittes Pipe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
68. Don Van Vliet |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:03 PM Response to Reply #68 |
86. No one else ponders the real issues like him. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
71. Uhm, POE? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
74. Robinson Jeffers |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
76. Yusef Komunyakaa. |
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vikegirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
77. Dorothy Parker |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
79. Langston Hughes, Carl Sandburg nt |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 03:54 PM Response to Reply #79 |
101. THANK YOU! (See post 19) nt |
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RedStateShame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
93. Chuck D |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
97. What about Ginsberg? William C. William? Hart Crane? |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
98. Carolyn Forché |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
99. It's so hard to pick a favorite, one of my most loved who has not been |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
102. Leaping Lanny Poffo |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
103. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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querelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
104. Sylvia Plath |
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Neoma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
105. Me. |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
106. Wordsworth |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
107. Walt Whitman makes me randy... |
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108. Can I get some love for Nipsy Russell? |
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