on 13/8/02 7:34 AM, maria fletcher at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> It has to do with passion - and honesty.
>I too consumed the existentialists and camus in my twenties, but look in
>my present writing for a meaningful move forward from the work of Boake
>and the bush poets - far away from the current entrenched and expected
>cringe that becomes a stock response from contemporary poets, generally
>educated in creative writing classes.
> There is a true need in Australia for debate on the urbane and inwardly
> reflective nature of much contemporary poetry - and, perhaps the
> motivation of poets for looking beyond the Australian landscape - it is
> a debate I am trying to have in my own writing, and I am more and more
> often having to look to the past for inspirational, philosophical or
> truly honest and passionate writing.
Hi Maria,
I'm interested in what you are saying here. Could you expand a bit -
particularly how you see 'the stock response' and what you mean by passion?
(I will be away for a day and a night but will be interested to read any
response in 36 hours or so - just to excuse any tardiness in replying on my
part.)
best,
Jill
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