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This is a question that I never ask myself. It matters to me to write it--seems to be a necessity--and I would continue to write it even if I knew that it mattered to no one else. Mark At 01:26 AM 7/26/2001 +0100, david.bircumshaw wrote: >> And all of you out there - let's get back to basics. Why does poetry >> matter? > >That most telling question, Alison, which some poets spend their entire >careers attempting to answer. My hunches gather around notions of the >vindication of the Word, a cluster of thoughts which obviously have relic >Christian drifts, but I think in terms of speech being what makes us >distinctively human, in respect of its bringing-to of self-awareness, and >even moral reflection. That's all very hazy though, but I am sure that there >are 'emptyings' of language, as in corporate or political vocabularies, that >volubly demonstrate the very reverse to that why poetry matters. > >And, too, I would hazard that that almost unanswerable question's answer can >be heard in the voices of those who can barely articulate, more so I think >at times than in the relentless feuding jabber of the 'literary world' >(eek!) > >Best > >Dave >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 12:39 AM >Subject: Back again > > >> from the wilds of Frankston, where I spent time talking to people to whom >> poetry matters for reasons that in some cases they can barely articulate, >> and how nice that was! >> >> To find the fan well and truly clogged with faeces. Thanks for Matthew's >> poetry, Candice, that's what we're here for - and looking forward to the >> interview. >> >> And all of you out there - let's get back to basics. Why does poetry >> matter? >> >> Love to all >> >> Alison >> >