critiquing poetry & the death of poetry
I kinda like some of what this guy says on both giving and receiving critique (oooo that sounds dirty):www.blehert.com/essays/critique.htmlBelieve me - I'm not preaching to anyone here. I can't...
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"If the poet just wants to hear "I like it" or "I don't like it", he may as well survey on the street."some people like brussel sprouts ... others don't.for some reason there is an unwritten rule...
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so on this same listserv i was talking about, it was said that because poets today cannot be understood, instead writing pretentious and obscure things, no one reads poetry any more. ha. being a...
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essay by Jorie Graham:poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16612"But, these basic issues aside, the difficulty of poetry, even for its mostsympathetic readers, is a real one. Or rather it is both real and...
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With the advent of pound and Eliot we saw the birth of the POET/critic. Just exactly where in time we saw the reversal of that to CRITIC/poet I've no idea. But we need a return to when the poems came...
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Quote:Let the odd egg of criticism hatch its own ugly dumplings. ha, yes!from east to west: j. lineberger, y. calderon-horn, g. wallace and more
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from a letter to a friend :"Most online writers don't really want critique;they jus' want a place to feel comfortable."i may be naive, but i think that both can be done.this is just me [Mr....
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i like a critique but i hate to give one because i so often just say how i would write it(regardless of how it's worded) and often times the author's intention gets lost. but everyone will admit it is...
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I am not a good critic never ever claimed to beI know what is beautiful perfect funny sad lovely what I consider to be well written poetrybut as to offering a writer in depth critique, I leave that...
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i feel exactly the same way, d - i read these articles and thought, "maybe i could try a critique" because there are places where people want them, but i just couldn't do it. like you, i know when i...
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i see poetry everywhere, don't you? ~ the PJ from somewhere in Maine [usually]i have so many responses for that.just be glad i haven't posted any of 'em.it's been close, belee me.hey.do they have...
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PLEASE NOTE :THE THOUGHTS COLLECTED BELOW ARE EXCERPTEDFROM MY BLOG AND HAVE NOTHING WHATEVER TODO WITH ANYTHING PREVIOUSLY POSTED IN THISTHREAD.these thoughts came as a response to reading portionsof...
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