[New-Poetry] What is Poetry?

[Jeff Newberry]

Not being snarky here--I think I see your point.

I'll ruminate & marinate in your ideas.

Thanks,

Jeff Newberry

On 7/2/07, Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net> wrote:
>
>  The Mole is probably referring to Keats's remark about Coleridge.  But,
> remember, Keats was very young.
>
> And, yeah, Jeff, I live in doubt and uncertainty.  Takes me three hours to
> dare sit down on what I think may be the chair in my study for fear it may
> be something not in Horatio's philosophy that will devour me.  On the other
> hand, who knows whether being devoured is bad or not.  Or whether it would
> really be me who is being devoured.  Poetry should certainly open us up to
> these possibilities.  Perish forbid it should ever bring us cheek to jowl
> with . . . some kind of (yuck) Final Verity.
>
> --Bob
>
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