The Poets Strike Back
On Sunday we published “Ten Reasons Not to Sleep with a Poet,” but today poets are striking back in the comments section (led no doubt by our pals over at The Poetry Foundation) and vocally defending why you should bed a bard.
So, what do you think? Sex with sonnetists, or do you practice abstinence when it comes to odists? Click here to join the fun.
January 26th, 2012 at 10:33 am
Oh, I can think of at least twenty other reasons not to sleep with a poet. The books on the bed, the endearing quotes, the small-talk is is never small, the need for new experiences, the need to put it in a poem… Yes we poets are damned. But with that I can also think of twenty excellent reasons to sleep with a poet – the books on the bed, the small talk is never small, the quotes, the need to put it in a poem, the need for new experiences…and most of all – enjambments!