Good point are some poets idiots not superbeings??
P:-)
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From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
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Sent: 22 June 2010 11:00
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Subject: Re: Next door: The careerist
So they were idiots?
As to Hay, I never yet went
Rolled in it on occasion...
L
On Tue, June 22, 2010 10:49, Patrick McManus wrote:
> Sounds like the Hay festival??
> Patrick grunts and pre-verbals for ever those pre verbal cave paintings
> were pretty hot stuff Ps I like the story where in New York ? guy went
into
> bar heard the conversation said these guys are idiots then discovered they
> knew each ball game who played for the last fifty years
>
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> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
> Sent: 22 June 2010 10:28
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> Subject: Next door: The careerist
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>
> If I went on stage and tried to tell them
> what I think is the use of Poetry, they would not laugh, would not find
> that funny and they would not agree with my theses - although they might
> hear another word there.
>
> As do I.
> Think "shit". I, too, am childish.
> Few could give a response more than "Get off".
> They do not understand logical thought.
> They do not respect people who debate.
> Which is not to say that they are stupid.
>
>
> It is, though, better not to speak anything.
> Words do not last long in a mob before
> they turn back into grunts and pre-verbal experiments in threatening and
> fear. If they asked, I would say "Poetry's fun";
>
>
> but that's because I enjoy being liked more than I want to make our lives
> worthwhile. It is my cowardice, not their bravery,
> which undermines attempts to be truthful and ensures that idiots are heard
> the most.
>
>
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>
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>
>
> --
> Bartender: You really think the world's gonna end?
> Ford: Yes.
> Bartender: Shouldn't we lie down? Put paper bags over our heads or
> something? Ford: If you like.
> Bartender: Would it help?
> Ford: Not at all.
>
>
>
> Lawrence Upton
> AHRC Creative Research Fellow
> Dept of Music
> Goldsmiths, University of London
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Bartender: You really think the world's gonna end?
Ford: Yes.
Bartender: Shouldn't we lie down? Put paper bags over our heads or
something?
Ford: If you like.
Bartender: Would it help?
Ford: Not at all.
Lawrence Upton
AHRC Creative Research Fellow
Dept of Music
Goldsmiths, University of London
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