Ali A says, "Language will be the death of poetry."
Whoa!
I can see why you might worry about words, Ali, & how they carry ideologies
etc. But language? I take it as an ocean out there in which we swim. Or
the air we breathe. Not something we 'use' but definitely something we
collaborate with. Indeed, I find it interesting that even in what seems the
most abstract sound poetry, some sense of, some echo of, 'language' is
always present (at least to these ears). So, to me, it's (at east part of)
the life of poetry...
But, of course, what we mean by these terms may be at some ambiguous odds...
Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2E5
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Seven years' devotion
to a liberal cause
hasn't altered
the plum tree.
CK Stead
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