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.
Tim A.
On 21 Jul 2011, at 06:32, andrew burke wrote:
> 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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