Yeah, someone was saying to me today that you have to make a self-sufficient
mental world for poetry, and shut out all that you feel impinges on it. I
used to love having 'something else to do' but lately the vocabulary of that
'something else' seemed to go haywire, and invasive, as has the news, so the
protected space for poetry feels increasingly unprotected.
Hope that makes some kinda sense.
Best
Dave
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Alison Croggon" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 9:40 PM
Subject: Re: FROM: An Interview with Juan Goytisolo
> I guess it depends - I think the really important thing for poets is
> to have _something else to do_. Otherwise you're in a good position
> to go nuts, poetry being what it is. The other alternative is to put
> the poetry in a harsh bit and drive it tamely on familiar roads, just
> to make it easier to live with -
>
> Best
>
> Alison
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