Creative Thought: August 2004 Archives
Often a comment on a blog needs foregrounding. Oliver, commenting on From Spam to Poem, tells about Daphne Gottlieb's poem "Frequently Asked Questions". It's not a spam poem. Instead, the lines are actual questions from the FAQ for the Emma Goldman love doll. I'm not sure about the quality of Emma, but the poem is actually quite good. It's another illustration of how language in one context can be used in another for an entirely different purpose.
