Fwd: [New-Poetry] CD Wright's body count

[jforjames at aol.com]

Somehow my message to John went b/c...
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From: JforJames at aol.com
To: jjeffreymail at yahoo.com
Sent: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 8:59 am
Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] CD Wright's body count




In a message dated 6/30/2008 10:21:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jjeffreymail at yahoo.com writes:

For me, the issue isn't that poets can't weigh in on social and political issues, it's just that, usually, the poems are so numbingly weak.? Too often the poets rely on their belief that the issue and--more importantly (to them, at least)--their political take on the issue gives the poem its gravitas.? It doesn't.? An image can.? The writing can.? Insight can.? But a political point of view cannot.




John,?any kind of subject matter can be the basis for bad poetry. If socio-political circumstances and themes are tougher to tackle without the poetry faltering, that might be more reason that these difficult subjects/themes should be taken on. One probably has a better opportunity to produce a memorable and lasting poem by?taking on the?difficult subject/theme than?by giving us a poetic treatment of material in which the?poetry essentially inheres.?

Finnegan




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