Lemming Tracks: Silence of the Poets

Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of kumquats.

The poets taught in literature courses, anyway.

In the Lemming's experience.

A tip of the hat to G. K. Chesterton, whose observation the Lemming paraphrased. (May 31, 2009)

Not-entirely-unrelated posts:

• "Faces in the Street - a Chesterton Quote"
  (May 22, 2010)
• "Lemming Tracks: Chesterton Quotes on Bigotry and Lunatic Asylums"
  (January 16, 2010)
• "Kumquats Revealed!"
  (September 20, 2009)
• "No Such Thing as an Uninteresting Subject: a Thought for the Day"
  (August 22, 2009)
• "A Thought for the Day"
  (May 31, 2009)