[New-Poetry] Re: Frost on the edge

[Jason Quackenbush]

it's only pointless if you're on the side you're so obviously on.

David Graham wrote:
> 
> On Feb 4, 2007, at 11:58 AM, Bob Grumman wrote:
> 
>> Frost was a great poet, and I've always loved his prose about poetry.  
>> But he was not innovative--because he invented no new way of doing 
>> anything in poetry, just used conventional ways of doing poetry better 
>> than just about anyone else. 
> 
> ------------
> 
> We've been around this track before.  You define "innovative" in such a 
> way as to restrict it far more than I would do.  Our argument is over 
> before it starts.  In any case, like David Orr I tend to be far more 
> interested in looking at ways in which Frost is a great poet than in 
> choosing up sides in this old and pointless battle.  
> 
> 
> ========================================
> David Graham
> grahamd at ripon.edu <mailto:grahamd at ripon.edu>
> Home Page:
> http://www.ripon.edu/academics/faculty/GrahamD/index.html
> Poetry Library:
> http://www.ripon.edu/academics/faculty/GrahamD/poetrylib.html
> ==========================================
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> _______________________________________________
> New-Poetry mailing list
> New-Poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu
> http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry