> Because love is stupid.
>
Well said, Douglas.
And profoundly uneconomic and un-New World Order-ish and unsupported by
prizes or UN sponsored readings and a folly to the eyes of those who are
'unmoved, moving others' and also something without which life wouldn't be
bearable.
Rather like poetry in that, methinks.
Best
Dave
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Clark" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: Back on Planet Earth
> Bacause love is stupid.
>
>
>
> Douglas Clark, Bath, England mailto: [log in to unmask]
> Lynx: Poetry from Bath ..........
http://www.bath.ac.uk/~exxdgdc/lynx.html
>
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Alison Croggon wrote:
>
> > Lately I've been on holiday in another world, which has been
> > strangely restful. Just returned to this one, and it looks just as
> > dire as it ever did. Anyone else here read Robert Fisks's article in
> > the Independent the other day about what it's like in Taliban-held
> > Afghanistan? Yeah, right.
> >
> > Anyway, for these and myriad other reasons, I was pondering Heiner
> > Muller's statement that "poets have to be stupid". (It's probably
> > important to remember that Muller writes poetry). I think he's right.
> >
> > But why?
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Alison
> > --
> >
> >
> > Alison Croggon
> >
> > Home page
> > http://users.bigpond.com/acroggon/
> > Masthead
> > http://au.geocities.com/masthead_2/
> >
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