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Sue, I would say that Joni was strongly influenced by her teacher Mr. Kratzman, who
would "red-line" her poetry and creative writing with the words CLICHE! all over it.
I think the experience instilled in her the habit of looking for uncommon ways to say
things, like sorrow instead of sadness, "Passport smiles" instead of "phony smiles",
bending a word Ogden Nash-style to make it work in a rhyme scheme, etc.
Yet she also knows when NOT to be overly metaphoric and flowery, and when the best
line is the most direct:
"All I really want to do right now is find another lover"...
Bob
NP: Becker/Fagen, "Barrytown"
