[New-Poetry] subject matters

[Halvard Johnson]

The notion that poems must have subjects is equally silly.

Hal

"What do I know of man's destiny? I could
  tell you more about radishes."
               --Samuel Beckett

Halvard Johnson
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On Sep 6, 2007, at 8:52 AM, JforJames at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 9/6/2007 8:39:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
> jeff.newberry at gmail.com writes:
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> I suppose I just bristle at the dismissive attitude some (not all)  
> critics & poets have toward the subject matter of a poem.
>
> re that point...I post this to my blog last month:
>
> One of T.S. Eliot’s sillier notions was that the poem’s content was  
> little more than a bit of meat that a burglar carries with him to  
> distract the house dog while he steals away with the valuables. My  
> mind-keep is guarded by a beast that could tear the three heads off  
> Cerberus. So that poet-burglar better be dragging the carcass of a  
> water buffalo.
>
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