[New-Poetry] Re: Aesthetic Diversity in Poetry Today

[Bob Grumman]

David Graham wrote:
> I wonder too.  And these arguments about "the new" are getting fairly 
> long in the tooth, aren't they?
>
>
But only dolts claim that only the new is good.  What any poet worth a 
nickel should want to do is write a good poem that does not ENTIRELY 
repeat previous poems (except for trivialities like subject matter, 
themes, specific rhymes, etc.). 

--Bob G.