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

[Jeff Newberry]

Why is subject matter a "triviality?"

Jeff Newberry

On 9/5/07, Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> 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.
>
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