Real easy to take a cheap shot at poetry one doesn't like, which clearly Ms. Haven doesn't. This was pretty much just a cheap shot. I can't remotely take it seriously, since Ferlenghetti is a well-known influential poet. Of course, even good poets occasionally write turkeys—including those poets Ms. Haven would no doubt have much more respect for. I'm just trying to figure out if her disdain is only for Ferlenghetti or if it's for the Beats in general. LOL
The problem with formatting poetry on the ebooks is very much true, though. Although, as I've suggested before, if the readers could take PDFs there would be no problems with future formatting.
Real easy to take a cheap shot at poetry one doesn't like, which clearly Ms. Haven doesn't. This was pretty much just a cheap shot. I can't remotely take it seriously, since Ferlenghetti is a well-known influential poet. Of course, even good poets occasionally write turkeys—including those poets Ms. Haven would no doubt have much more respect for. I'm just trying to figure out if her disdain is only for Ferlenghetti or if it's for the Beats in general. LOL
ReplyDeleteThe problem with formatting poetry on the ebooks is very much true, though. Although, as I've suggested before, if the readers could take PDFs there would be no problems with future formatting.
Well, as I'm sure you're aware, I', sympathetic to the Beats, but I've never warmed to Ferlinghetti's poetry for some reason.
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