Man that inaugural poem. Talk about a premature reconciliation of contradictions. http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-inauguration-2013-richard-blanco-poem-20130121,0,5626688.story …
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@DougHenwood When I'm president: executive order forever forbidding all future inauguration poetry.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@DougHenwood Also many of the great American poets of last century have been right-wing crackpots: Pound, Eliot, cummins, Moore, Stevens2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@DougHenwood I love many of Pound's poems but he's best left out of any political discussion.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@DougHenwood It's not widely appreciated but in Washington Asylum Pound tried to hook up with US extreme right: Klan type people.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@DougHenwood@HeerJeet Stevens was not a rightwing crackpot. he was just a Republican. Pound was a fascist and anti=semite, & proud of it2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
@KathaPollitt @DougHenwood But agree Stevens wasn't as far on right as Pound. But still, that's a high bar to jump.
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