Ok, well...if reading through Paradise Lost, Gulliver's Travels, Oroonoko, The Rape of the Lock, The Beggar's Opera, various 18th century poems by Finch and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and a plethora of post-modern American authors doesn't sound like a good time...
Then be glad you're not me.
I'm gonna consider that statement to be a nice compromise between my natural pessimism and my infrequent optimism.
Oh, and if you enjoy poetry and you haven't read anything by Billy Collins, I suggest you do so. He was (is still..?) our nation's poet laureate, after all.
Actually, even if you don't like poetry you'll still enjoy his stuff. I swear.
-Ronin
Then be glad you're not me.
I'm gonna consider that statement to be a nice compromise between my natural pessimism and my infrequent optimism.
Oh, and if you enjoy poetry and you haven't read anything by Billy Collins, I suggest you do so. He was (is still..?) our nation's poet laureate, after all.
Actually, even if you don't like poetry you'll still enjoy his stuff. I swear.
-Ronin
Poetry is ok. I like to write it more then read it. But, I love to read song lyrics, so I don't know. Maybe I like poetry but haven't found the right author to enjoy. I will write Billy down to remember.