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Ars poetica

The meteoric rise in the academic sanctioning of poets since the 1970s has made "ars poetica" one of the things never far from my mind.

Modern American Poetry

In the beginning is the word, and the
Word is with god, and the word is god.

In the 2020s, the word is inert, the word
Is a wad of dough,polished, painted,

Punctured, strung up with a dozen
More to make a faux pearl necklace.

Read a poem, to ease the pain –
Ordain a poet, and make it rain.

Dave Read

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