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Unread 11-26-2022, 10:11 AM
Susan McLean Susan McLean is offline
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Robin Helweg-Larsen asked to re-post my recent short poem from The Asses of Parnassus. I wrote a brief background note to go with it, and the image he chose is a hoot:

https://formalverse.com/2022/11/26/s...ference-texts/

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Unread 11-26-2022, 10:41 AM
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Oh that's great, and spot on, Susan, all of it: your funny poem, your background note and Robin's choice of accompanying picture.

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That's great, Susan! The slip of the pen is really funny, along with the overreaction (perhaps warranted) of the wife. I also like the anapestic pentameter.
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