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Originally posted by Gail White:
Wow, this got more response than I expected.
I too was disappointed in the Humor issue, although I did laugh at Kennedy's "More Foolish Things Remind Me of You."
My friend Barbara Loots tells me that some of the poems were supposed to be parodies of current schools of poetry. I guess I was not au courant enough to pick up on that.
I'll tell you a secret: They solicit for the humor issue by notifying former contributors that it's coming up.
So, assuming it becomes an annual affair, the thing to do is send in your funny stuff between January 1 and March 15 - and indicate on the envelope that it's for the humor issue. Maybe an influx of Eratospherians can improve things.
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Hmmm... that's odd. I *just* got the latest issue of
Poetry today in my mailbox, and found this in their 'Letters to the Editor' section:
Dear Editor,
Well, friends, it was another smashing humor issue. My candidate for best in show was X.J. Kennedy's "More Foolish Things Remind Me of You," which made me laugh out loud. The "Famous Poems Abbreviated" were gems too. Keep up the great tradition.
Gail White
Breaux Bridge, Louisiana
Would the real
Gail White from Breaux Bridge, Lousiana please stand up?
[This message has been edited by jack edwards (edited September 30, 2006).]