All that a poem needs to exist is one reader.
Hal
"My experience is what I agree to attend to."
--William James
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On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Stephen Vincent <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> I been thinking - and maybe others have, as well - that a poem does not
> exist in any of the public spheres (online, print, etc.) until it 'breeds' a
> review and/or critical response in the eye/ear in a similar or entirely
> separate public channel (online,print, etc.) And something continues to grow
> from there.
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> I am thinking that most poetry, no matter how well or diligently written
> has become absolutely frivolous. Frivolous because it has no visible, or
> useful function in the culture(s). It's just dead on arrival! The
> mechanisms for making it so appear entirely devoid of vitality.
> At best Hermes is talking to Hermes.
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> Until such public means (call and response) are constructed (again), no
> matter our skills and muse fidelities, in terms of any longer being a big
> public animal, we be sweeping salt. (i.e., there is much work to be done,
> and why the weekly poetry snap here can be and is valuable).
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> Whatever his graces, flaws, etc. I suspect Padel was able for a bit to play
> her ruse on Braithwaite and make it persuasive was because not many in this
> world had read his poetry. Where issues of sexual harassment are - and
> rightly so - required literacy and training in multiple (academic,
> corporate, etc.) environments. And consequently publicly persuasive and, for
> a time, ruled this discussion
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> On this this joyous note!
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> Stephen V
> http://stephenvincent.net/blog/
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