Overdone anecdotalizing should also be punishable by death.
I absolutely agree with Quincy. I think some readers waffle on through nervousness and feel self-deprication will win the audience over. It won't because they're just being extremely irritating. With others it's pure ego and they need to be told they're no one special. Poets aren't really special people, are they? I had a similar expreience to John's when I heard someone very badly and very loudly imitating Dylan Thomas. Unfortunately I was sitting in the front row and went purple trying not to laugh.
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