[New-Poetry] William Blake's America, 2010

[Tad Richards]

Actually, I would say that there are far more similarities between Blake's
London and America than between New-Po and an people's republic, starting
with the fact that both London and America are geo-political entities.
Beyond that, it doesn't seem to me to be such a stretch to imagine
contemporary America caught in mind-forg'd manacles. You, yourself, see the
the contemporary poetry establishment caught in mind-forg'd manacles.

On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>wrote:

>  On 11/5/2010 10:57 AM, Tad Richards wrote:
>
>
> A simile is supposed to suggest parallels, not exact duplication. I have no
> idea as to the happiness of members of people's republics.
>
> Tad, I'll just say that New-Poetry is a hundred times more like any
> people's republic you want to name than America is like Blake's London--not
> that I *really* think New-Poetry is a hotbed of rabid
> communist-sympathizers.
>
> --Bob
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