[New-Poetry] Nat'l Poetry Slag Week

[jforjames at aol.com]

EB White on Poets...
 
You read, perhaps, about the man who stole 
four tires from a car in Norfolk, Virginia, and 
left a purse and a diamond ring untouched on
the front seat, with the note: "Roses are red,
violets are blue, we like your jewels but your tires
are new." The papers said it was a case of a 
thief who had a flair for poetry. This is palpable
nonsense. It was case of a poet who was willing
to attempt any desperate thing, even larceny,
in order to place his poem. Clearly, here was 
a man who had written something and then had
gone up and down in the world seeking the precise
situation which would activate his poem. It must
have meant long nights and days of wandering 
before he found a car with jewels lying loose in 
the front seat and four good tires on the wheels. 
Poets endure much for the sake of their art.

 
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