I am a Poet
I AM A POET
You can not be a poet.
Do you write free verse? No.
I knew that I could show it.
Have you come out of the closet
Like Marilyn Hacker and Millay? No.
You can not be a poet.
Are you gay and proud of it
Like Ginsberg and Whitman? No.
I knew that I could show it.
Do you smoke pot and inhale it?
Are you a drug addict or an alcoholic? No.
You can not be a poet.
Are you suicidal and love to flaunt it?
Have you been married more than once? No.
I knew that I could show it.
Do you hate war and protest it?
Do you swear that you are an atheist? No.
You can not be a poet.
I knew that I could show it.
Note: I am a conservative poet.
Dedicated to the Modern Poetry Association, the Academy of American Poets,
the Poetry Society of America, the National Endowment for the Arts,
the Lambda Literary Award, the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize,
The Guggenheim Foundation, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, New York
University, Columbia University, and Vassar. (not hardly!)
You can not be a poet.
Do you write free verse? No.
I knew that I could show it.
Have you come out of the closet
Like Marilyn Hacker and Millay? No.
You can not be a poet.
Are you gay and proud of it
Like Ginsberg and Whitman? No.
I knew that I could show it.
Do you smoke pot and inhale it?
Are you a drug addict or an alcoholic? No.
You can not be a poet.
Are you suicidal and love to flaunt it?
Have you been married more than once? No.
I knew that I could show it.
Do you hate war and protest it?
Do you swear that you are an atheist? No.
You can not be a poet.
I knew that I could show it.
Note: I am a conservative poet.
Dedicated to the Modern Poetry Association, the Academy of American Poets,
the Poetry Society of America, the National Endowment for the Arts,
the Lambda Literary Award, the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize,
The Guggenheim Foundation, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, New York
University, Columbia University, and Vassar. (not hardly!)
posted by Thomas Newton at 2:38 PM
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I know this is way, way after the fact, but I just have to say DITTO. I am a musician, and what you say is true of all art forms nowadays, as I'm sure you know. The liberal "authority," being so very open-minded and tolerant of differences, loves to marginalize artists who promote life, light, order, and preservation of morals. Hippie artists are not heroes--they're cowards who fear and try to squash any threat to their power over people's emotions. And they're certainly not bold nonconformists. You want to see a bold nonconformist? I'll show you a religious, conservative, Republican artist who is damn good at her craft and proud to share her beliefs.
Very true. Many liberals believe anyone with conservative views must be an idiot. Liberals preach tolerance, but have little for those on the right.
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