I have nothing against Peter Porter, and in fact like his work. But to
assume that his work (or Stephens's) represents the only form of obliquity
or difficulty in modern poetry seems a bit of a jump. Williams's poetry
moves to a diffferent kind of poetry, which leads eventually to both a
Zukofsky, an Olson, and perhaps down the line a Howe. All of whom are
'difficult, all of whom are exciting (to this reader), all of whom demand
much from & give pleasure to certain readers.
So?
Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2E5
(h) [780] 436 3320 (b) [780] 492 0521
http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
Listen. If I have known beauty
let's say I came to it
asking
Phyllis Webb
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