I doubt if poetry changes the poet, except during the act of writing,
or maybe afterwards in intimate reception. What does change the poet
is reputation, then he or she can become capable of fatuous inanities.
2008/8/27 Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>:
> Thanks for this, Pierre; I'm usually too busy to remember to check your blog
> until you remind me.
>
> Really enjoyed Insider.
>
> And this from the article on Darwish, all too true I suspect:
>
> In a 2002 interview, Darwish stated: "I thought poetry could change
> everything, could change history and could humanize, and I think that the
> illusion is very necessary to push poets to be involved and to believe. But
> now I think that poetry changes only the poet."
>
> Doug
> On 27-Aug-08, at 6:03 AM, Pierre Joris wrote:
>
>> Well, summer's over — or so it seems because teaching has started up again
>> & I'm trying to get up to speed with posting on Nomadics.
>> Enjoy these recent posts by going to: http://pjoris.blogspot.com
>>
>> The State of Things by Ligorano/Reese
>> Global warming time bomb trapped in Arctic soil
>> Pélieu & Beach: "Insider"
>> The Jewel of Medi(n)a
>> Failing Darwish's Legacy
>> The Saif Ghobash – Banipal Prize
>> Jürgen Habermas on a "Post-Secular Society"
>>
>>
>> be well,
>>
>> Pierre
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> Douglas Barbour
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> Latest books:
> Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy)
> http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664
> Wednesdays'
> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html
>
> A little planet blues, for the
> deathwatch.
> A season of rictus riffs.
>
> Dennis Lee
>
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