Paterson: Book One, Chapter I, p. 15-16 and Jane Eyre, second to last page (unless you have a copy with really large or really small print).

Dear Reader[s],

So, due to several questions from readers (only one of which has had the nerve to respond to us on the blog, unafraid to face us even if we're bad poets and you're embarrased to tell us), we have clarifications on our modus operandi. Actually, it's more of a complete restatement than a clarification. We're taking chapter three of Paterson IV and using the themes/language of the poem as a springboard for our poems. They occassionally contain direct quotations (which we will continue to leave unattributed). They more often contain gross exaggerations of thematic material. We often have little or no evidence from Paterson for our characters' characterizations. We just make that up. Sometimes plot elements are also invented. In fact, every time, thus far. Fairly often we'll reference other poets and pop culture icons like Bob Barker. The titles of the posts serve as a kind of work cited page; we like that better than using the titles of the poems because we do not believe we're being original enough to call the poems' titles official blog titles. Also, it's how we started and we really dig uniformity.

All will continue unapologectically because some things can be done as well as others.

With apologies,

Schwitters and Conversely

P.S. We just discovered that we were doing the same thing. One of us wrote an explanation--a "What We're Up To"--in the sidebar. The other of us did it right here. We're leaving both because, as you can see, some things can be done as well as others.