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Jim Benz Occupation: under consideration
City: Minneapolis
State: MN
Member Since: August 2005
Last Login: 03/11/2010

Teaching the Ape to Write Poems
by James Tate

They didn't have much trouble
teaching the ape to write poems:
first they strapped him into the chair,
then tied the pencil around his hand
(the paper had already been nailed down).
Then Dr. Bluespire leaned over his shoulder
and whispered into his ear:
"You look like a god sitting there.
Why don't you try writing something?"


Jim is a member of the following groups: The Bell Jar, The New Beat Movement, and The Tadpole Society.

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Title Date Posted Date Created Ratings
Votes Creativity Form Imagery Overall
  12 winter haiku 01/15/2010 01/15/2010 2 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  New Entry  Bacchanalia 03/11/2010 03/11/2010 1 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  Buk-ku 01/27/2010 01/27/2010 1 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  Coryphaeus 10/24/2009 10/24/2009 1 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  Decontextualized Barthes Quote 01/31/2010 01/31/2010 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
  Divided tongues 12/2/2009 12/02/2009 9 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  Drug/Alcohol Detox Pharmacology 02/17/2010 02/17/2010 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
  Manifesto 02/2/2010 02/02/2010 1 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  Movements of the Body 02/12/2010 02/12/2010 1 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  Of the infinite intonations 01/12/2010 01/12/2010 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
  Psalm 103 (for the modern faith) 05/21/2007 05/21/2007 2 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  the destruction of language [aphasic paradigm] 02/22/2010 02/22/2010 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
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