That’s a goo one, Andrew. I used to try to ‘define’ poetry, but very time I did some poem came along that was outside the boundaries of the ‘definition,’ so I no longer try…
Doug
> On Aug 25, 2018, at 6:13 AM, Tim Allen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> My definition of poetry, today at least, is that it is something that proves that renovation of experience is impossible.
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> Cheers
>
> Tim Allen (long time lurker)
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> On 25 Aug 2018, at 07:06, Andrew Burke wrote:
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>> Wallace Stevens once defined poetry as 'the renovation of experience.'
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>> I like that.
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>> What's your definition of poetry?
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>> Andrew
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Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations 2 (UofAPress).
Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
Listen. If (UofAPress):
Shakespeare
Drag yr mouldy old bones
Up these stairs & tell me
What you died of,
I think
I’ve got it
Too.
Sharon Thesen
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