tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-969403722930208914.post2824412180762301406..comments2023-11-25T05:01:58.423-05:00Comments on The Coffee-Stained Writer: So You Think You're a Poet? Part Three: PunctuationNPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971083012537277697noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-969403722930208914.post-7484333612486860442008-04-28T05:46:00.000-04:002008-04-28T05:46:00.000-04:00LOL, fantastic!The writer in the story you quote a...LOL, fantastic!<BR/><BR/>The writer in the story you quote at the end was Oscar Wilde. I first came across it in an article about science fiction writing by Isaac Asimov, and I had that tacked to my wall for ages. The coup d'etat in Asimov's retelling was the dry British wit on the last line: "No, I removed the one I inserted this morning."<BR/><BR/>Unflappable!<BR/><BR/>My favorite e e cummings poem has to be <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:TheDialJan1920-Cummingspoem.jpg" REL="nofollow">Buffalo Bill's</A><BR/>. Line breaks, punctuation, mashed-together words, line position... the whole thing's a masterpiece.<BR/>Just an amazing poet.<BR/><BR/>Excellent post again!Dana Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00890312745525306991noreply@blogger.com