http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...a_fact_trillin

Tara

On Saturday, December 8, 2012 12:34:44 PM UTC-6, Tara wrote:
> http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...a_fact_trillin
>
He seems like a decent guy, but he is about the worst excuse for a poet I've ever heard, and he is somehow under the illusion that he is funny. He's not.
>
> Tara

--Bryan

On 2012-12-08 20:35:49 +0000, Bryan said:

> He seems like a decent guy, but he is about the worst excuse for a poet
> I've ever heard, and he is somehow under the illusion that he is funny.
> He's not.

He is. And there we have the basic rationale for plentiful art:
Differing needs.

Who would you consider a better poet for your amusement?

gtr wrote:

> > He seems like a decent guy, but he is about the worst excuse for a poet
> > I've ever heard, and he is somehow under the illusion that he is funny.
> > He's not.
>
> He is. And there we have the basic rationale for plentiful art:
> Differing needs.
>
> Who would you consider a better poet for your amusement?

You didn't ask me, but back in college, I got a kick out of Dante
Alighieri. All that claptrap about the Devil and sins and circles of
hell just tickled me. Of course, that was the one time of my life when
I smoked weed regularly, so that was probably a factor.