To: PghBaldy
My, oh, my... Theodore Roethke (”My Papa's Waltz”) is rolling over in his grave right now from a whiff of that rancid knock-off.
And, yes, I'm saying it is a knock-off (and a godawful one).
15 posted on
06/10/2008 10:13:52 AM PDT by
Flycatcher
(Strong copy for a strong America)
To: Flycatcher
I don't even like Roethke in the original.
But ALL teenage poetry is derivative. The relative badness of it depends on what you decided to imitate . . . . at least I had the sense to imitate Kipling and the Scottish border ballads -- forms that don't require much actual work . . . . I can still toss off a Kipling parody when required . . . . .
21 posted on
06/10/2008 10:25:41 AM PDT by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: Flycatcher
"My, oh, my... Theodore Roethke (My Papa's Waltz) is rolling over in his grave right now from a whiff of that rancid knock-off. And, yes, I'm saying it is a knock-off (and a godawful one)."
Is there a link to read 'My Papa's Waltz'?
26 posted on
06/10/2008 10:34:18 AM PDT by
LADY J
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