A Gilded Fool
Clare Briggs
Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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on Open Mic for the week of 11/11/2024
on Open Mic for the week of 11/11/2024
Did you touch up the lettering, or was it like that in the book?Report
Redid it. The original was pretty fuzzed up.Report
Thanks for putting in the extra work!
In retrospect, a scan probably wouldn’t have been that sharp, unless it was printed on glossy paper.Report
It took me forever to figure out what “make love” meant before it acquired its current meaning. I think I had to see it in half a dozen different contexts over a period of a few years to really get a good sense of how it was used in the past.Report