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From: "Carley" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: [THE-WORKS] A Gallon of Gas
> Hi all,
> Sue writes (in part): "poetry has more than one function."
>
> Excellent point Sue. And one which is not made frequently enough.
>
> Best wishes, john e c
>
here here
and Sarah wrote
I'm not quite sure which side of the debate that puts me on, though!
The problem with Marcus' stance seems to be that he is taking a side and
rather than allowing free discussion wants to boil things down to some
either/or position and an argument where there are two sides and one winner.
But there are many types of poetry and many sides to poetry -- at the end of
the day it isn't a question of one being right and another wrong -- there
are things most people agree on and others where we must agree to disagree.
One aspect of poetry is the search for originality -- it may, as Marcus
points out -- be impossible to find -- but if we stop trying and settle for
the trite and the banal, we might as well give up poetry altogether.
Happy Easter to all
Gerald
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