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Jim Benz Occupation: under consideration
City: Minneapolis
State: MN
Member Since: August 2005
Last Login: 10/05/2017

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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: Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought, 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
  A map of anything 07/14/2011 07/14/2011 1 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  a street in the loop 05/21/2007 05/21/2007 3 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  autumn tanka (song of summer) 10/3/2009 10/03/2009 7 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  (B)anality 03/19/2011 03/19/2011 2 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  cast of characters - Explicit 05/21/2007 05/21/2007 1 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  Coryphaeus 10/24/2009 10/24/2009 9 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  Critique of Pure Reason 06/14/2007 11/14/2005 3 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  Dishes 05/21/2007 05/21/2007 1 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  early evening 08/28/2008 08/28/2008 2 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  Eternal Glory of the Human Species 03/24/2011 03/23/2011 2 Outstanding Outstanding Flow Evocative Well Written
  Family Picture, 1964 12/20/2005 12/19/2005 4 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  feet in fading precision 07/11/2012 07/11/2012 2 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  her muted smile 11/11/2010 11/11/2010 9 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  Jenni 08/9/2005 08/09/2005 4 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  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
  Mr. Bones 10/2/2006 10/02/2006 1 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  Salted Cod 12/26/2005 12/26/2005 1 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  Scythe and a sandglass 06/5/2009 06/05/2009 4 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  Something in the air 02/28/2008 02/28/2008 1 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  Sweet gentle little mother woman 09/10/2010 09/10/2010 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
  the destruction of language [aphasic paradigm] 02/22/2010 02/22/2010 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
  The Distinction Between Pure and Empirical Knowledge 08/12/2005 08/11/2005 3 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  the fish beneath my knife 11/11/2010 11/11/2010 4 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Well Written
  There is a chair - Explicit 09/9/2005 09/09/2005 3 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Well Written
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