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He didn't mention Pound, whom the class is on. In the quote, I think there is enough indeterminacy (as 'now' emphasizes discontinuity between looking in the mirror and rain I also seem to have to look for a link between rain and wisdom) to suggest I apply its clear political thoughts to myself, even as those are really fragments to his life. Like your interviewer says "avant garde in both these senses". Cheers, Luke On 28 January 2018 at 19:21, Luke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks Jeffrey, some of that should be usable. > > Luke > > On 28 January 2018 at 18:34, Jeffrey Side <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> This interview with him from The Argotist Online might be of interest to >> you, Luke: >> >> http://www.argotistonline.co.uk/Baraka%20interview.htm >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Luke <[log in to unmask]> >> Reply-To: British & Irish poets <[log in to unmask]> >> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2018 15:11:31 +0000 >> >> >> If I may? >> >> If >> I think myself ugly >> & go to the mirror, smiling, >> at the inaccuracy, or now >> the rain pounds dead grass >> in the stone yard, I think >> how very wise I am. How very >> very wise. >> >> -- Amiri Baraka >> >> Seems like there's many different voices there, yet still held in its own >> idiom. If you agree, what is that? I'm looking to write a short >> presentation, on Baraka, and want to be critical, too. >> >> Thanks for any help, of course. >> >> >> Best, >> >> L >> > >