Joe doesn't either.
Hugh Tolhurst wrote:
> Really a reply to willtam Herbert, who wrote:-
>
> We all seem to agree that the purpose of a poem is to communicate,
>
> hugh doesn't.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Roddy Lumsden <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Poetryetc <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 10:03 PM
> Subject: Re: poets who eschew clarity
>
> >
> > >Roddy invited comment on the "laziness and bad manners" of poets who
> eschew
> > >clarity. I'd say it was more a fault of ego than of laziness and bad
> > >manners.
> >
> >
> > Hang on a minute, before this becomes a chinese whisper - that sounds like
> > it's my 'soundbite'. I was inviting comment from a specific poet, who had
> > expressed this opinion. I've a lot of time for clarity, but I like a bowl
> > of minestrone now and then, just as much as I like consommé.
> >
> > Roddy
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Clarkson University
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