[New-Poetry] hate

[Anny Ballardini]

My question was logically referring to the thread that James Finnegan opened
on this list. I'd say that if she is not on this list, she seized the idea
quite smartly. And I agree completely with James' point, having raised the
same objections several times which triggered violent reactions that spanned
from feminism to women's rights to Rights to Hypertights and the Hell that
ensued. To cut a nightmare short, Never Again.
But I am happy to see that I am not the only one. And on the other hand the
free submissions to the Corner daily teach me that there are many other
people who share the same idea. Less visible and 'screaming' people who with
Van Gogh are able to make of a couple of potatoes a dinner for four.


On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 3:41 AM, <jforjames at aol.com> wrote:

> Anny, I can symphathize with Myles' frustrations. We all have our moments.
> But I have to say her plaint is somewhat scattershot.
> It makes me think that sometimes we ask too much from our art, poetry in
> this case. Is poetry not giving us what we expected,
> or, at times, do we expect too much from it? What were we promised other
> than a few touchstone poems that we can carry with us through time,
> and the feeling that, once in great while, something we wrote rubbed
> against those magic momuments.
>
> Posted this to my blog
> http://ursprache.blogspot.com/
> thinking about what Myles had to say...
>
> It was not important that [the poems] survive.
> What mattered was that they should bear
> Some lineament or character,
>
> Some affluence, if only half-perceived,
> In the poverty of their words,
> Of the planet of which they were part.
>
>
> —Wallace Stevens, from “The Planet On The Table”
>
> --
> Finnegan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anny Ballardini <anny.ballardini at gmail.com>
> Sent: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 8:02 am
> Subject: [New-Poetry] hate
>
> I am wondering, is Eileen Myles on this list? She write on :
> I hate poetry @ Harriet's
> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/05/i-hate-poetry/
>
>
>
>


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