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Prose v Poetry 17:09 - Jan 25 with 832 views

Turing "frustration into celebration" reminded me of this.

Brendan Behan was once invited to Oxford to debate the difference between prose and poetry.

His opponent spoke for nearly 2 hours.

Behan rose to his feet and promised to be brief. He recited an old Dublin rhyme : -

"There was a young fella named Rollocks
Who worked for Ferrier Pollocks
As he walked on the strand
With a girl by the hand
The water came up to his ankles"

"That" said Behan "is prose. But if the tide had been in, it would have been poetry".

fka omuircheartaigh

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