tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post770121449837920771..comments2023-10-18T03:33:06.156-04:00Comments on The Jargon: I read a garbage poem todayMatt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-55057069249543445772009-09-24T07:24:09.501-04:002009-09-24T07:24:09.501-04:00Spencer treated me well from the beginning. He as...Spencer treated me well from the beginning. He asked me nicely not to bother his blog, so I don't. I give respect when it is deserved... <br /><br />And crackers, I appreciate those words...matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-8142564010727928422009-09-23T16:09:17.277-04:002009-09-23T16:09:17.277-04:00such a calm sober voice from spencer, and a though...such a calm sober voice from spencer, and a thoughtful blog he has as well. humbleness warshed over the mather. this thread made mather three-dimensional for me, no longer a cartoon character but a man of substance and life. best thread yet.crackersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-90636158132163265972009-09-22T09:52:36.621-04:002009-09-22T09:52:36.621-04:00Thank you, Spencer...I've got poems on Full of...Thank you, Spencer...I've got poems on Full of Crow and Juked that you might check out...matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-71846352355096591032009-09-21T15:12:10.978-04:002009-09-21T15:12:10.978-04:00I thought 'A Serious Piece' was a fine poe...I thought 'A Serious Piece' was a fine poem. I would've accepted it.<br /><br />It's funny, because I didn't realize that you were a real person, Mather. When you began popping up here and on my blog a few months ago, I thought you were a character someone created as a joke that I wasn't in on. I'm glad you actually exist.<br /><br />Why Vandalism kindly published my one and only e-book a few years ago, which has endeared them to me. I don't read very many online lit mags regularly, but all of the one's that I do check in on sporadically have printed plenty of stuff that hasn't resonated with me, which is okay. All I ask of poetry is that it offer me an occasional shot in the arm that either inspires, uplifts, or disturbs me enough to believe that it's saying something true.Spencer Troxellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03750605353914336538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-52246084142715866732009-09-21T14:35:52.766-04:002009-09-21T14:35:52.766-04:00I think the problem may have been, that there was ...I think the problem may have been, that there was a Stonehenge monument in danger of being crushed, by a dwarf. This tended to understate the hugeness of the object.headsfromspacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00772709024591378578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-78813189964323909402009-09-21T13:26:35.081-04:002009-09-21T13:26:35.081-04:00Nathan is like the guy who comes in and kicks a gu...Nathan is like the guy who comes in and kicks a guy who's already been whipped. Always on the tail end of things, aren't we, Nathan?<br /><br />Well, Craig's kicking me on Madoreable and you're kicking me here, this is fun, should we just consolidate it? Nathan, meet Craig Snyder...you see, I am a peacemaker and friendship counselor...matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-20688431967221730152009-09-21T13:15:39.875-04:002009-09-21T13:15:39.875-04:00Haha anybody who writes that bad (or is it suppose...Haha anybody who writes that bad (or is it supposed to be badly?) should definitely pick up some remedial grammar lessons.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02887738985289299157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-74874840335980643752009-09-21T13:03:52.939-04:002009-09-21T13:03:52.939-04:00Oh, you must be Goosey...Oh, you must be Goosey...matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-89354677543538377832009-09-21T12:58:51.207-04:002009-09-21T12:58:51.207-04:00Good lord, I don't write anything like Pynchon...Good lord, I don't write anything like Pynchon...I can't even read that guy, (big surprise). Whisperin Ron was the guy's fucking name, that's what we called him, what do you want me to say? It's a true story, good poem or garbage or somewhere in between. It's not my best, but somebody liked it, and besides there are two other poems of mine there on the site...<br /><br />Thanks for complimenting the poems on Fragile Arts...that's gonna piss DiGangi and Renaissance off...<br /><br />Your last name would be nice, Joseph...matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-55335572350380798312009-09-21T12:35:00.470-04:002009-09-21T12:35:00.470-04:00"Whisperin' Ron" sounds like a name ..."Whisperin' Ron" sounds like a name for a stupid fucking Pynchon character. Mather, I enjoyed your shit in the new Fragile Arts. <br /><br />Anyway I put some very very bad poems in Why Vandalism like 3 years ago and pretty much wrote them off after they published some truly abhorrent shit my ex-girlfriend wrote when she decided she was going to take up pretending to play poet. Which was my job.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08573548351596389926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-1621760002292834932009-09-21T10:53:03.675-04:002009-09-21T10:53:03.675-04:00"then he swallowed demonstrably..." ho h..."then he swallowed demonstrably..." ho ho he. That is a pretty terrible piece. Is it really Mather? Cuz that one is bad even for him. <br />This poem will definitely go in his Damn Why Did I Even Send That Out? pile.renaissance jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-39846895500447897092009-09-21T09:45:21.323-04:002009-09-21T09:45:21.323-04:00Another grammar lesson, thanks...I went to the fir...Another grammar lesson, thanks...I went to the first poem on your current issue and noticed the perfect grammar displayed there, and you know, you're right, I am garbage. But, if you keep slamming all the journals that publish me you're not going to get much work done...matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-79755774744850713492009-09-20T17:23:01.857-04:002009-09-20T17:23:01.857-04:00Don't you think it's unprofessional to be ...Don't you think it's unprofessional to be callin niggas out like dat in public?TheodorePuertoriquezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12077736626126993697noreply@blogger.com