Who knows where we start? Or end? it's that uncertainty that drives me on....
Doug
On 2011-07-21, at 3:37 AM, Tim Allen wrote:
> I don't know what Andrew means here by 'true poem' - if there is such a thing then there must be something called an untrue poem too. And I have a well developed antipathy to poems which end up sounding wise - much better to my mind to start with wisdom and end up with delight.
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> Tim A.
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> On 21 Jul 2011, at 06:32, andrew burke wrote:
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>> I find games of poetry often lead to a 'true' poem - as
>> the old folk-poet Frost once said, A poem begins in delight and ends in
>> wisdom.
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