the shortest poem.

[Jochen Stremmel]

Whee real cool. Whee
Left school. Whee

Lurk late. Whee
Strike straight. Whee

Sing sin. Whee
Thin gin. Whee

Jazz June. Whee
Die soon.

2016-06-05 21:01 GMT+02:00 Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>:

>
> http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2016/06/04/for_muhammad_ali_dead_at_74_speaking_and_boxing_were_a_one_two_punch.html
>
> On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 6:35 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> And I am not so sure that Ali did not intend the alternate version.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 6:26 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Well, it actually does ....in a poetic way.....in Ali's gleeful
>>> self-embracing way.....seems the two readings have now gone down in
>>> history. See The Independent, and other places yesterday....and places
>>> where it is THE preferred text of the poem.
>>>
>>> Once again, TRP knew in The Crying of Lot 49 that textual, historical
>>> uncertainty rules.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>> On Jun 5, 2016, at 4:23 AM, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot, Mark! Didn't know both of your sources. Close reading is
>>> hilarious. But I'm sure he didn't proofread the book and wheee simply don't
>>> make sense.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2016-06-04 14:54 GMT+02:00 Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> Seems there is a textual dispute over the "shortest poem". Ali
>>>> interview, if he is quoted accurately, differs from Plimpton's memory.
>>>> Doncha just love 'close reading'?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://books.google.com/books?id=8ic_8bYywxUC&pg=PA125&dq=%22When+we+were+kings%22++%2B+shortest+poem&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjyjvPYtI7NAhWFdj4KHb5pD3QQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=%22When%20we%20were%20kings%22%20%20%2B%20shortest%20poem&f=false
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://books.google.com/books?id=d4PVBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA98&dq='shortest+poem%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQ9snqs47NAhVBOD4KHbwJAXEQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q='shortest%20poem%22&f=false
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 8:40 AM, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Some of you will know the story of the shortest poem that Plimpton
>>>>> tells in When We Were Kings. That was the reason I looked up On the
>>>>> Antiquity of Microbes.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2016-06-04 14:20 GMT+02:00 Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> He's in the @OED <https://twitter.com/OED> 21 times, including
>>>>>> rumble; rope-a-dope; braggadocious; to be unable to fight one's way out of
>>>>>> a paper bag. #RIPMuhammadAli
>>>>>> <https://twitter.com/hashtag/RIPMuhammadAli?src=hash>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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