LETTER: Inappropriate poetics

To the editor:

I was initially delighted and pleased by the poem dedicated to spring that appeared in Wednesday’s Utah Statesman. However, my delight turned into disgust upon sharing the poem with my brethren co-worker. He politely informed me of the poem’s title: “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”. The theme of this poem is to urge women along pornographic lines! Shame to the editorial board for including such inappropriate material on the editorial pages! Such perversions should be kept to one ‘s self, and not shared with unknowing individuals. When I want pornographic poems, I’ll find them myself – I don’t need to see them on the pages of a newspaper! Furthermore, in a separate topic – I want to voice my support to the suggestion that women and men are free to wear what they want come spring and summer! No Burqas in Cache Valley, please. We are blessed with one of the healthiest populations in America! Thanks to limited alcohol, smoking and caffeine, we have some of the greatest student bodies in America. So flaunt it!

Eric Dinger