So I was thinking that instead of whiling away their time coming up with the name their band would have if they had a band to name, poets must spend time daydreaming about the name of the poetry journal they would edit and publish were they to have a journal. The line between dream and reality here is much thinner than with band-name and band, due to online journals, but I guess you actually have to convince people to submit to your journal. Of course, in order to convince people to submit, you could just make up fake blurbs from well-known poets, put out a press release, and dare them to sue.
I would love to see what a federal court would make of that misappropriation claim.
Anyway, out of my legal fantasies and in to my poetical ones. I have decided that my journal, should I have a journal, will be called "Blah." I'm still trying to articulate the reasons why...
--Humorous indulgence in the fact that the majority of people find poetry boring
--Likewise winking opposition to the fact that poets find it intensely interesting
--Nod to the fact that poetry is just so much "words," commanding little or no interest in a society dominated by objects that can entertain and amuse you instantly, and with little thought on your part.
--Similar nod to the drudgework engaged in getting your work out; if poety is anti-capitalist, is it pro-feudal? Must you apprentice yourself to the guild?
--Nod yet again to the fact that I have no particular political agenda to advance with my poetry (yet); this probably makes me "blah" in the minds of some other poets
--Ability to have Edward Gorey-esque cover art featuring bored Victorians langourously reading large tomes in opulent armchairs.
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