The gist of last week's column was to look at some basic elements of poetry and make a deliberate attempt to dissuade would-be writers of poetry from the pedestrian stuff commonly displayed in newspapers, schools, churches and public gatherings.
It makes little difference, if any, whether such 'recitals' are accompanied by much animation, shrieks of agony and thundering, twisted faces and melodramatic gestures--the regalia of cowhides, tattered clothes or masked woodenobjects notwithstanding.
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