tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post1187968435543573397..comments2024-02-08T05:04:18.484-08:00Comments on J'S THEATER: Obama's Speech + Poetic ClichésJohn Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073378940347627766noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-87253923644457195642008-03-19T07:09:00.000-07:002008-03-19T07:09:00.000-07:00I think I like the title of non-poet that you've c...I think I like the title of non-poet that you've created for me. In this context, what I am seems less important than what I'm <EM>not</EM>. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-27636025113493520132008-03-19T04:33:00.000-07:002008-03-19T04:33:00.000-07:00meter: irregular. (how handy that is!) My untraine...meter: irregular. (how handy that is!) My untrained ear.<BR/><BR/>I kept thinking of Langston Hughes, actually, during parts of the speech. "Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain," with its closing paragraphs on being beautiful and ugly, lovable and not. I suspect we will all find intertextual echoes there (though an article in PMLA tells me not to conflate intertextuality with echoes/allusions).cowbcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-55227490909694674412008-03-18T21:21:00.000-07:002008-03-18T21:21:00.000-07:00Okay, Waldo, I'll change the attribution. Should ...Okay, Waldo, I'll change the attribution. Should I try editor? Or blogger? Analyst? A great piece, though!John Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08073378940347627766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-19170892777117678162008-03-18T18:58:00.000-07:002008-03-18T18:58:00.000-07:00I am, for the record, not a poet, if one excludes ...I am, for the record, not a poet, if one excludes the angsty lines I produced on looseleaf in 10th grade and carried around in my back pocket in case I should suddenly need to appear artsy in front of some hot girl.<BR/><BR/>For that matter, if "Waldo Jaquith" is a great name for <EM>anything</EM>, I'm yet to discover it, Waldo Emerson be damned. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com