the shortest poem.

[David Morris]

Has a Rock feel. Needs drums and guitars.

On Sunday, June 5, 2016, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>>>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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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