We belong to the sound of the words we've both fallen under.

[raybear]

C'mon, people, I know I buried the request in the middle of a not-so-exciting livejournal entry, but I was going bigfatmama style. So I'll ask again:

Recommend me a poet! I'm fairly ignorant. So make it "poetry for people who don't like poetry" or something. I dig narrative poems, but it's not essential. Seriously, the only books of poetry I have in my collection are Pablo Neruda, John Wieners, Marianne Moore, and Billy Collins. Yeah, I know, Billy Collins, don't cringe, but I really do love Picnic, Lightning. Frank O'Hara is coming in the mail, but I need something in the meantime. Oh, and Virginia Hamilton Adair, Ants on the Melon, I have that.

Now's your chance! I'm a fiction writer showing an interest in poetry that's not ridicule or disdain! Help me!

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[gotmce99.livejournal.com]

Ogden Nash...frickin' funny and rhymes. But otherwise probably not that interesting to you.

The Ant
The ant has made himself illustrious
Through constant industry industrious.
So what?
Would you be calm and placid
If you were full of formic acid?