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Poetry News:
- Poet A.E. Stallings to read at Vanderbilt —
- Poetry Foundation to Name First Children’s Poet Laureate —
- Even so, he does not condone certain types of bardolatry —
- High-Def Haiku: Win a Toshiba HD-A1 HD DVD Player —
- If you’ve walked around Green Lake on recent Sunday, you’ve probably seen the Poetess sitting in her booth —
- to be or not to be a theory specialist —
This is from the Koran:
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[26:221] Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?
[26:222] They descend upon every guilty fabricator.
[26:223] They pretend to listen, but most of them are liars.
[26:224] As for the poets, they are followed only by the strayers.
[26:225] Do you not see that their loyalty shifts according to the situation?
[26:226] And that they say what they do not do?
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Pearl responds:
Posted: September 24th, 2006 at 8:36 am →
oh, the Koran nailed poets. I didn’t know…