On Sunday, March 26, 2006, at 12:49 PM, Andrew Burke wrote:
> Huh. I can assure you that at the end of a PhD all you want to read is
> the
> simplest of lyrics, peaceful works that please the senses.
Hi Andrew,
Most PhDs I know can't (don't, won't?) read poetry at all (my SO
excepted - but she taught poetry to primary school kids and had a ball
wit it). Maybe I know the wrong PhDs.
In my own experience, I've found that it's usually folks without
letters after their names that happily approach poetry without worrying
too much about 'accessibility' (silly word- what does it really mean? -
hmm). They may ask questions that go to 'meaning', for sure, but don't
get caught up in it, or not to my face. I'm thinking of, for instance,
one of my neighbours. She's reading one of my books, a poem a day,
doesn't bother me about it but chats to others about each poem (I'm
told this very reliably). She's older and wiser than me, hasn't got one
letter after her name.
What *could* a PhD offer the poetry reader? I don't have one, so I've
no idea.
Cheers,
Jill
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