with a lot to do I've been naturally wasting my time looking at anything
which will divert me - & so searching through the british poets archive i've
found that in mid 99, Polly Clark & Keston Sutherland had a dialogue here
about the nature of truth in poetry! The meeting of minds... Here's the key
to the debate:
>Polly:
>
>"The way the poet lies and the kind of lie that is convincing for them to
>construct comes from some part of themselves, a part which is honest and
>true."
>
>This seems to me to come from money, to propagate a mere decency of
>self-reflection that verges (snorkel to hand) on the saleably narcissistic.
> Honesty by market default. The idea that poetic affect
>derives so straightforwardly from the forces of good is all money jargon,
>I think, and serves to preclude more violent attempts at probity from
>the outset. If there's a part of me which is just honest and true, well,
>of course I ought to dole it out.
>
>
>k
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K
I don't see how 'poetic truth' derives from market forces in the way you
describe. Can you give me an example or explain it further?
P
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