[New-Poetry] What is Poetry?

[Bob Grumman]

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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