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I totally agree (except with the possibility of _your_ "being stupid"--perish the thought!). I don't know why anyone would "have to be stupid," apart from those who are (tho' probably not by choice), and the last poetry I'd ever want to read is the dozey-headed, naively stupid kind championed by David. Where does this romantic notion of stupidity, which emerges from time to time, come from anyway? But who knows what Muller meant, absent original context and language. (Alison, can you fill those in?) Candice > I'm afraid I can't think of any sense of the word 'stupid' which would > be a necessary quality of a poet. I think Muller's statement is stupid. > > Or perhaps I'm being stupid. > > Regards, > -- > Peter > > http://www.hphoward.demon.co.uk/poetry/