[lit-ideas] On the Prose Peck of Whirled Peas
- From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:38:42 -0400
“What think you of Chilson’s thrust at warlike Lawrence,
Was it not neatly done, a skillful sucker punch?"
I think all political debates should be carried out in
poetry...or at least in verse. To make sure that the debates
are fair and balanced, the poetry should change genres.
Formal verse must be answered by formal verse, sonnet by
sonnet, usw, unless it has already been done once, in which
case a blank verse, accentual-syllabic, or experimental form
is mandated, which must then be answered by same.
Parody doesn't count. Nor does sniping. If Lawrence is an
ex-Marine and Steve a vagabond, for example, neither should
refer to the other as "old Leatherneck" or "amoral bum."
Only David Ritchie is allowed to insult people, and then
only by acrostic.
Sound like a plan?
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