CELEBRITY GUEST POST — Introduced and edited by Steve Nadis
In response to my most recent post, Gordon Marshall–a poet, intellectual, scholar, and blogger (three out of four ain’t bad!)–said he was reminded “of a story from the poet Kenneth Koch. When a grade school student told Koch that he didn’t understand his poem, Koch replied: ‘It doesn’t matter if you understand a poem, son; what matters is that you like it. I don’t understand YOU and I like YOU!’”
Write on, GM! Write on.
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Sorry for making light of the issue of torture–although I still insist Waterboarding sounds like a great, lost Beach Boys song…Thanks for all your encouragement, Snake. You’re the best, equal in the battle of wits to my other favorite blogger, Michael Tomasky of The Guardian (you’re the apple, he’s the orange; you’re six, he’s half a dozen…).
Thanks for the well-turned guest post + for the high praise. I’ll have to check out this Tomasky character and see what he’s all about… S