Show G tack too wrote poor poetry the into late frank stockton stock ton nevor never write a successful poem in this connection connect lon the novelist frequently told a gord story on himself in his u aa u conjunction with his brother john he wrote many poems with which he be afflicted the editors of various canadian periodicals the effa always cane back the editor of one ma magazine was an especial target of the Stock tons but as none of their poems was ever accepted tho the br bethere there came to the conclusion that the editor had no conception of good poetry to prove their belief they hunted up and dispatched to him an ode little known from milton atilton within two days they received a check and let t ter e r of thanks 1 I came to the conclusion causion that that editor knew poetry when he saw it after all mr stockton used to say and gave up trying write it |