on 9/21/02 11:31 PM, Frederick Pollack at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> "... how much work I have to do to overcome my conviction that
> _published and serious_ poetry is the domain of a certain kind of man
> (arrogant, showy, sure of themselves, spouting their knowledge at every
> opportunity - not anyone on this list of course!) ..."
>
> Yes, it's terrible, terrible ... makes one ashamed to be straight or
> male or whatever's wrong ... I'm glad it's no one on this list ... But
> y'know: arrogance may be in the eye of the beholder, and self-confidence
> and knowledge are not the worst vices to have. (Even if the latter is
> "showy.") And sometimes the howl of the wolf is more interesting than
> the bleat of the sheep.
All this sounds very pat, but none of it is true. So, go on! Compose some
more poems.
Best
Árni
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Árni Ibsen
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