I know, right. We study this one in my course although I don’t actually “teach” them anything. We listen to the poet read, we read the poem, and then I say, “That’s a perfect poem.” And, “Bears are beautiful creatures.”
Then I drop the microphone and walk out of the room.
I like grit. I like love and death. I’m tired of irony. A lot of good fiction is sentimental. The novelist who refuses sentiment refuses the full spectrum of human behavior and then he just dries up. I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments and take a chance on being corny than die a smartass.
- Jim Harrison
Jesus. I got the willies.
I know, right. We study this one in my course although I don’t actually “teach” them anything. We listen to the poet read, we read the poem, and then I say, “That’s a perfect poem.” And, “Bears are beautiful creatures.”
Then I drop the microphone and walk out of the room.