Must agree with Mr.Silliman. What's the idea about Mr. Prynne giving up
poetry to join a pop group? I think re audience it ain't always the
size, but the way you etc.Is the idea something like a utilitarian poetry?
The greatest lines for the greatest number? Anodyne more often offered in
pop than
revolution. Millions consoled that Elton thinks Princess Diana and Norma
Rae lived their lives like candles in the wind. This admittedly a complex
metaphor (good thing? Bad thing? opportunity to be indoor candle?).
On
Wed,
25 Aug 1999, Ron Silliman wrote:
> "Is it not true that if one is committed to changing the world one uses the
> simplest language?"
>
> No it is not true. Hardly ever has this been the case. Lenin, for example.
> Or Fanon. Or Gramsci. Or Benjamin. Or Marx. Even Abraham Lincoln, for
> example: "Four score and seven years ago" is a very round about way of
> saying anything.
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> Ron Silliman
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