I'm occasionally good for overall sentiments, not for inspection-proof
assertions so much
KS
On 20/10/2007, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I'm not sure how much suffering there has to be to enable you to
> become a great poet - AE Houseman, who may or may not be "great" poet,
> didn't exactly experience a great deal beyond a tortured love affair
> and some trips to France. I don't think the grit-in-the-oyster holds
> up that well on inspection.
>
> Sure a lot of poets - and artists - have mental problems but how
> different are they from the social class within which they work? Do
> the greatest artists have the greatest problems? I don't think there
> are any neat correlations here, and a lot of pop science going on.
>
> I agree with your overall sentiment though.
>
> Roger
>
> On 10/20/07, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > I've always been of the opinion that to write great poetry you have to
> > (1) experience a great deal [and, thus, suffer] and/or (2) be
> > extremely in touch with language. I almost want to say 'in love', but
> > making language poetry isn't rosy. but there needs to be an
> > infatuation, with the pictures of language.
> >
> > the difference to me has been that you can be (2) but not (1) & write
> > good poetry, but if you're (1) but not (2), the chances are
> > disappearingly slim. both, & you're set. what I DON'T believe in is an
> > inborn gift. tendencies, sure; but if my parents hadn't been
> > journalists or if I hadn't been around music as much or if I hadn't
> > learned two mother tongues at once, I wouldn't write poetry. at the
> > moment, at this age, I'm hoping/shooting for the (+2) (-1) scenario.
> >
> > KS
> >
> > On 20/10/2007, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > 1. Be a tortured genius
> > >
> > > http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/10/poets_souls_outsell_their_vers.html
> > >
> > >
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> > > "In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons."
> > > Roman Proverb
> > >
> >
>
>
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> "In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons."
> Roman Proverb
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