Emily Dickinson's Silly Side
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Okay, I get it. It still doesn't make me sigh with rapture, but I can dig snark.
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It's not my favorite kind of thing—I personally find her tone to not resonate very well with me—but nonetheless I think she was successful in being pretty damn clever.
Reading some Dickinson lately?
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Emily Dickinson's Silly Side:
Reading some Dickinson lately?
No. I was reading the Look Inside of a PJ O'Rourke book and he included it.
Don't hate me, but I don't read poetry.
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@Catseye3 said in Emily Dickinson's Silly Side:
Don't hate me, but I don't read poetry.
All good, no one does. Which is almost entirely the fault of the poetry community.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Emily Dickinson's Silly Side:
@Catseye3 said in Emily Dickinson's Silly Side:
Don't hate me, but I don't read poetry.
All good, no one does. Which is almost entirely the fault of the poetry community.
Well, Baxter Black died recently. There is that...
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That includes me. Not knowing who he was, I mean.
Here's a bio and profile of Baxter Black: https://www.npr.org/2022/06/13/1104529533/baxter-black-obituary
Great name, wot?
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@Mik said in Emily Dickinson's Silly Side:
I’d bet I’m the only other one here - maybe Aqua - who knows who he was and has read some of his stuff.
I love Baxter Black. He writes traditionally, but he's accessible and has a colloquial style.
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Waddie Mitchell and Baxter Black (his first time on The Tonight Show)
Link to video