Well, wisdom was the old codger's word - It starts in playfulness and ends
up saying something more profound. Tiddly-winks to chess, style of thing.
Hmm, yes, a 'true' poem and an 'untrue' poem are murky definitions, for
which I apologise, Tim. Maybe there are lots of flawed poems, seriously
flawed to the point of being laughable - sentimental slop, jingoistic
declarations, philosophy dressed up in verse, etc. They are as 'untrue' as a
damaged spirit level.
Andrew B.
On 21 July 2011 17:37, Tim Allen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I don't know what Andrew means here by 'true poem' - if there is such a
> thing then there must be something called an untrue poem too. And I have a
> well developed antipathy to poems which end up sounding wise - much better
> to my mind to start with wisdom and end up with delight.
>
> Tim A.
>
>
> On 21 Jul 2011, at 06:32, andrew burke wrote:
>
> I find games of poetry often lead to a 'true' poem - as
>> the old folk-poet Frost once said, A poem begins in delight and ends in
>> wisdom.
>>
>
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Andrew
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