>Doug Barbour said,
>
>>& the old ways will remain strong, as the audience for authors remains
>>strong, it seems, as well as for their 'straight,' & traditional
>>representations of feelings of the self...
>
>Yes, Doug. But let's not forget that Poetry, in its institutional
>expressions, has played a central role in consolidating such ideological
>expectations.
>
>Thus, my question: How can poets begin to effectively *poeticize the
>institutional structures of ideology*, rather than merely accept them as
>natural and beyond poetry's aim?
And it's a good question. Poetry that takes aim, however, at such
structures, is worth pursuing. I think there'll be a lot of different
poetries that might manage to do so, at least partially, within their
structures. And many different poets who will have different ideas about
how to go about this activity...
Doug
Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
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resurrection of a forgotten love, a vanished
civilization, where the waning moon is the
accusational eye of a discarded lover. . . .
Love's absence
is still love, the heart a celestial wound.
Christopher Dewdney
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